2014-2015 Grant Recipients

Summer 2015

 

Undergraduate Student Assistantships

  • Prof. Brandon Sanderson, Dept of Art

    • Student: Courtney Hockett

    • Project: \"Experimenting with the Art of Illustrating Children’s Pop-up Books while\"

  • Prof. Brandon Sanderson, Dept of Art

    • Student: Desiree Thomas

    • Project: \"Rendering the Human form in stone lithographic printmaking\"

  • Prof. Brandon Sanderson, Dept of Art

    • Student: Rebecca Spruill

    • Project: \"Themes and Fetishes of Death: A Visual Interpretation of Cross-Cultural Phenomena\"

  • Prof. Brandon Sanderson, Dept of Art

    • Student: Jada Jackson

    • Project: \"Art and Healing: Drawing to Mend the Mind\"

  • Dr. Meredith Storms, Dept of Chemistry and Physics

    • Student: Destinee Oxendine

    • Project: \"HPLC Determination of Guanfacine and Amphetamine\"

  • Prof. Nathan Phillippi, Dept of Geology and Geography

    • Student: Michael Litty

    • Project: \"Cultural Geography of Scotland County\"

  • Prof. Scott Zielger, Dept of Art

    • Student: Jai Woods

    • Project: \"A Study of Narrative Sculpture: Transitioning Ceramic Portraiture into Figurative Narrative\"

  • Prof. Joseph Begnaud, Dept of Art

    • Student: Joan Blackwell

    • Project: \"Creation of Illustration Book showing icongraphics of Lumbee Tribe Murals\"

  • Prof. Adam Walls, Dept of Art

    • Student: Jessica Wyre

    • Project: \"Sculpture Park Bench\"

  • Dr. Siva Mandjiny, Dept of Chemistry and Physics

    • Student: Kody Heubach

    • Project: \"Development of a Novel Technique for Protein Separation\"

 

 

 

Spring 2015

 

Undergraduate Student Assistantships

  • Prof. Brandon Sanderson, Dept of Art

    • Student: Andrew Alekseev

    • Project: \"Screen Printing Original Art onto T-Shirts\"

  • Prof. Brandon Sanderson, Dept of Art

    • Student: Lauren Ellerbe

    • Project: \"Continuing Watercolor Drawings Inspired by Contemporary Music\"

  • Prof. Brandon Sanderson, Dept of Art

    • Student: Desiree Thomas

    • Project: \"Approaches to Relief, Intaglio Copper and Lithography Printmaking\" 

  • Dr. Lisa Kelly, Dept of Biology

    • Student: Mycah Sewell and Haylee Trotter

    • Project: \"Social Form of Invasive Fire Ant Colonies in Natural Ecosystems\"

  • Dr. Debby Hamner, Dept of Biology

    • Student: Travis Michael

    • Project: \"Development of an edible cover crop and its affect on tomato yeilds\"

  • Dr. Sonali Jain, Dept of Sociology and Criminal Justice

    • Student: Alexis Wilkerson

    • Project: \"Migration, Ethnicity and Belonging: Second-Generation Indian Americansin India\"

  • Dr. John Labadie and Brandon Sanderson, Dept of Art

    • Student: Frida Mejia

    • Project: \"Depicting Latino Identity\"

  • Dr. John Roe, Dept of Biology

    • Student: Zachary Lunn

    • Project: \"Habitat selection of box turtles in response to prescribed burns in the North Carolina Sandhills\"

  • Dr. Cynthia Miecznikowski, Dept of English, Theatre, Foreign Languages

    • Student: Zachary Ubaldini

    • Project: \"Dickens as an Advertiser: Sell Out or Precursor\"

  • Prof. Nathan Phillippi, Dept of Geology and Geography

    • Student: Michael Litty

    • Project: \"Cultural Geography of Scotland County

  • Dr. Marilu Santos, Dept of Biology

    • Student: Marcos Dial

    • Project: \"The Stability of Human Gut Microflora upon Exposure to the Antibacterial Agent Triclosan\"

  • Profs. Adam Walls and Brandon Sanderson, Dept of Art

    • Student: Courtney Hockett

    • Project: \"Assembling Underwater Scenery\" 

  • Prof. Scott Ziegler, Dept of Art

    • Student: Jai Woods

    • Project: \"A Study of Sculptural Portraiture: Techniques for Achieving Realism in Cermics\" 

 

Fall  2014

 

Undergraduate Student Assistantships

 

  • Dr. Meredith Storms, Dept of Chemistry and Physics

    • Student: Tammy Hoang

    • Project: \"The Stability of Grape-Flavored Omeprazole Suspension\"

  • Dr. Brandon Sanderson, Dept of Art

    • Student: Courtney Hockett

    • Project: \"Creating 2-D and 3-D Underwater Flora and Fauna Hybrid Species\"

  • Dr. Shi Xinyan, Dept of Economics, Finance and Decision Sciences

    • Student: Kwangho Kim

    • Project: \"Mindfulness and Public-Goods Games\"

  • Dr. Betty Brown, Dept of Educational Specialties

    • Student: Kate Shelley

    • Project: \"Cursive Handwriting for Elementary Education and Reading\"

  • Dr. Rachel Smith, Dept of Chemistry and Physics

    • Student: Arieana Van Allen

    • Project: \"Microwave Biodiesel Production from Waste Vegetable Oil\"

  • Dr. Sonali Jain, Dept of Sociology and Criminal Justice

    • Student: Alexis Wilkerson

    • Project: \"Migration, Ethnicity and Belonging: Second-Generation Indian Americansin India\" 

 
Student Travel Funds

  • Zachary Lunn, Kenley Patanella, and Kelli Jacobs, Writing Center Tutors

    • International Writing Center Association Conference

    • Panel on Collaborative Project

  • Mary Grace Curiale, Madison Wilcox, and Cassidy Miles

    • North Carolina Honors Association

    • Presentation: Welcome Events: Will You Stay Or Will You Go?

  • Stephanie Brown, Jacob Brown, and Brandi Guffey

    • North Carolina Honors Association

    • Presentation: The River

  • Christopher Long

    • ABRCMS

    • Presentation: Enhancement of the Canabinoid Pathway Provides Protection Against Seizure-Related Brain Damage

  • Georgianna Revels, Trae Griffin, Tiffany Scott, and Molly Musslewhite

    • NASA Facility in Houston, TX

    • Microgravity Research

 

Student Scholarship Support

  • Caleb Stubbs

    • Project: Performing Yeast Tetrad Disections

    • Mentor: Dr. Maria Santisteban

  • Joshua Chase

    • Project: Printmaking of \"things that people think, but never wish to say\"

    • Mentor: Prof. Brandon Sanderson

  • Courtney Hockett

    • Project: Curating Present/Previous Research

    • Mentor: Prof. Brandon Sanderson

  • Kate Shelley

    • Project: Cursive Handwriting in Elementary Education and Reading (CHEER)

    • Mentor: Dr. Betty Brown

  • Alexis Wilkerson

    • Project: \"Migration, Ethnicity and Belonging: Second-Generation Indian Americansin India\"

    • Mentor: Dr. Sonali Jain