SUMMER 2011 PURC-NASNTI STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS
The PURC Center and the Native American Serving NonTribal Intuitions (NASNTI) grant joined forces to offer paid summer internship/research assistantships for Summer 2011. Each proposal was qualified, interesting, and provided important opportunities for student engagement, which made selection very difficult. Thanks to all who applied.
SUMMER FELLOWSHIPS
- Mr. George Harrison, Dept. of Mass Communications
- Project: The Use of Native American Athletic Mascots, Nicknames, Logos, and Imagery in America's Universities: An Opportunity for Public Relations Practitioners to Build Mutual Understanding.
- Student Assistant:Elizabeth Locklear, Junior
Major: Public Relations
- Dr. Timothy Hayes, Dept. of Sociology and Criminal Justice
- Project: Crime and Violence in North Carolina
- Student Assistant: Kellie Van Dyke, Junior
Major: Criminal Justice - Student Assistant: Rebekah Oxendine, Senior
- Major: Criminal Justice
- Dr. Mary Ann Jacobs, Dept. of American Indian Studies
- Project: Rural high school student's perception of the college application process
- Student Assistant: Lindsay Brock, Senior
Major: Social Work
- Dr. Jaime Martinez, Dept. of History
- Project: Wilmington During the Civil War
- Student Assistant: Rebecca Davis, Junior
Major: History
- Dr. Maria Pereira, Dept. of Biology
- Project: Staple Crops Germination and Growth Rates Affected by Ultrasound and Magnetic Fields
- Student Assistant: Maria Lea Chavis, Sophomore
Major: Elementary Education - Student Assistant: Rebecca F. Panter, Senior
- Major: Chemistry
- Dr. Meredith Storms, Dept. of Chemistry and Physics
- Project: Ready, Set, Read: Teaching Science With Children’s Literature
- Student Assistant: Michelle Campbell, Junior
Major: Elementary Education
- Drs. Rose Stremlau and Jaime Martinez, Depts. of History and AIS
- Project: The Lumbee Veterans Project
- Student Assistant: James Brigman, Senior
Major: History
2010-11 STUDENT TRAVEL GRANTS
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STUDENT NAME |
FACULTY MENTOR |
MEETING |
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Joanna Cooper |
Ben Bahr |
Neuroscience 2010 |
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Project Title: Amplitude-specific AMPA receptor modulator protects against excitotoxicity in hippocampus and is well tolerated with respect to stable GluR subunit levels after prolonged treatment. |
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Kimberly Brassard |
Brian Postek |
21st Biennial Conference on Chemical Education |
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Project Title: Catalyzing the reaction: high school seniors --> college chemists |
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Floyd Inman, III |
Len Holmes |
2010 Meeting of the North Carolina Branch of the American Society for Microbiology |
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Project Title: Symbiotic Properties of the Entomopathogenic Bacterium,Photorhabdus luminescens, and its Nematode Partner, Heterorhabditis bacteriophora. |
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Annette Hagens |
Hanmer & Mandjiny |
2010 Geological Society of America |
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Project Title: Sorption Characteristics of Imidacloprid on Biochar |
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Cheron McMullen |
Teagan Decker |
Writing Center Fall 2010 Conference |
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Project Title: Assessing and Adapting to the needs of Non-tradaitional Students in the Writing Center |
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Ryan Wise |
Teagan Decker |
Writing Center Fall 2010 Conference |
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Project Title: Assessing and Adapting to the needs of Non-tradaitional Students in the Writing Center |
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Lonnie Cox |
Teagan Decker |
Writing Center Fall 2010 Conference |
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Project Title: Assessing and Adapting to the needs of Non-tradaitional Students in the Writing Center |
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Kim Stepp |
Teagan Decker |
Writing Center Fall 2010 Conference |
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Project Title: Assessing and Adapting to the needs of Non-tradaitional Students in the Writing Center |
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Troy Cotten |
Teagan Decker |
Writing Center Fall 2010 Conference |
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Project Title: Assessing and Adapting to the needs of Non-tradaitional Students in the Writing Center |
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Wellington Howard |
Teagan Decker |
Writing Center Fall 2010 Conference |
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Project Title: Assessing and Adapting to the needs of Non-tradaitional Students in the Writing Center |
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Kim Brassard |
Teagan Decker |
Writing Center Fall 2010 Conference |
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Project Title: Assessing and Adapting to the needs of Non-tradaitional Students in the Writing Center |
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Stephanie Edwards |
Marilu Santos |
2010 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students |
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Project Title: Prevalence of Phenol Resistant Bacteria in a Biochar Farm in Claden County, NC |
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Armando Corona, Cynthia Correa, Josh Ellerbe, Nicholus Faulkner, Austin Griffen, Rebecca Howell, Daisy Irra, Jasmine Rowlett |
Bahr, Brandon, Flowers, Mandjiny, Poage, Sellers |
2010 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students |
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Laurie Bryant |
Lee Phillips |
Annual Meeting of the SE Section of the Geological Society of America |
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Project Title: Characterization of the Orangeburg Scarp boundary by mapping density and distribution of Carolina Bays in Hoke County, NC |
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Anna Sanford |
Lee Phillips |
Annual Meeting of the SE Section of the Geological Society of America |
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Project Title: Delineating the Orangeburg Scarp in Scotland County, NC by mapping the westernmost extent of Carolina Bays |
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Amanda Kuhfahl |
Kally Charlton |
2011 Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention |
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Project Title: That sexy elf: How do we evaluate online characters? |