Rural Reimagined would like to recognize Dr. Lauren Michel (Earth Sciences), Dr. Troy Smith (History), Dr. Evan Hart (Earth Sciences), and Ms. Megan Atkinson (University Archives) for receiving Level 3 funding ($10,000-$25,000) from our Faculty Grant Program. Dr. Michel’s team proposed their project titled “Establishment of the Upper Cumberland Climate History Project,” which will remedy the Upper Cumberland’s lack of consistent climate studies by examining archives and collecting “published meteorological and historical records to create databases of paleoclimate.” Their project’s generated resources will help assess the past and future climate changes in this region. We congratulate Dr. Michel, Dr. Smith, Dr. Hart, and Ms. Atkinson and encourage other faculty members to submit their ideas in the future!