2015-2016 Grant Recipients

Spring 2016

 

Undergraduate Student Assistantships

 

  • Anisha McDowell

    • Mentor: Prof. Joseph Begnaud, Dept of Art

    • Project: \"The Body in Abstraction\"

  • Andriy Alekseev

    • Mentor: Prof. Brandon Sanderson, Dept of Art

    • Project: \"Screen-Printing Art Poster\"

  • Katherine Davenport

    • Mentor: Prof. Brandon Sanderson, Dept of Art

    • Project: \"Exploration of Contemporary Narratives in Reductive Serigraphy and Linocut\"

  • Courtney Hockett

    • Mentor: Prof. Brandon Sanderson, Dept of Art

    • Project: \"Creating and Installing Educational Outdoor Sculptures of North Carolinian Wildlife for Raven Rock State Park\"

  • Robbie Juel

    • Mentor: Dr. Lisa Kelly, Dept of Biology

    • Project: \"An Analysis of the Vascular Flora of Sampson’s Landing, Robeson County, North Carolina\"

  • Ashley Nordquist 

    • Mentors: Dr. Carla Rokes, Dept of Art; and Prof. Amy Gross, Dept of Geology and Geography

    • Project: \"Uncovering the Beauty of Mineralogy and Artistic Expression\"

  • Brandon Smith 

    • Mentor: Dr. Rita Hagevik, Dept of Biology

    • Project: \"Kinds in the Garden: Palynology and Bees\"

  • Kaylee Buckley

    • Mentor: Prof. Brandon Sanderson, Dept of Art

    • Project: \"Animal Symbolism and the Bestiary as a Vehicle to Develop Artistic Style\"

  • Terri Smith

    • Mentor: Dr. Tim Altman, Dept of Music

    • Project: \"Orchestral Excerpts for the Collegiate Trumpeter\"

  • Christian Happel

    • Mentor: Prof. Adam Walls, Dept of Art

    • Project: \"A Scultural Study of Surrealist Environments\"

  • Lea Tardanico

    • Mentor: Dr. Ashley Allen, Dept of Psychology

    • Project: \"Self-Compassion and Gravitation Toward Highly Motivated Individuals\"

 

Student Scholarship Support

 

  • Rachel Hockett

    • Mentor: Prof. Brandon Sanderson, Dept of Art

    • \"Co-curating Exhibition for Faculty and Student Prints\" and \"Combining traditional Printoing method of Intaglio with Modern Polyester Plate lithography\"

  • Rebecca Spruill

    • Mentor: Prof. Brandon Sanderson, Dept of Art

    • Project: \"Curating Present and Previous Research for Solo Exhibit\"

  • Katherine Davenport

    • Mentor: Prof. Brandon Sanderson, Dept of Art

    • Project: \"Nature in Woodcut\"

  • Tod Frazer

    • Mentor: Dr. Marilu Santos, Dept of Biology

    • Project: \"What is in that Soiled Baby Diaper: Bifidobacteria sp. Colonization of Infant Gut.\"

  • Christian Happel

    • Student:  Prof. Adam Walls, Dept of Art

    • Project: \"The Influence of Genetics on the Hybridization Between Animals and Humans\"

  • Hannah Grass

    • Mentor: Prof. Joseph Bregnaud, Dept of Art

    • Project: \"Landscapes in Oil Paint\"

  • Natasha Wells

    • Student:  Dr. Cornelia Tirla, Dept of Chemstry and Physics

    • Project: \"Synthesis of Organic Compounds with Biological Properties\"

 

Spring 2016

 

Undergraduate Student Assistantships

  • Vivienne Leaven

    • Mentor: Dr. John Labadie, Dept of Art

    • Project: \"The Foundations of Animation\"

  • Aysha Belem

    • Mentor: Prof. Brandon Sanderson, Dept of Art

    • Project: \"Contemporary approches to Ukiyo-e, Sumizuri-e, Nishiki-e, and Aka-e\"

  • Frida Mejia

    • Mentor: Dr. John Labadie, Dept of Art

    • Project: \"Digital Magazine about UNCP Campus\"

  • Jai Woods

    • Mentor: Dr. Scott Ziegler, Dept of Art

    • Project: \"Sculpting Beyond the Bust: Advancing Technique for the Production of Life-Size Figurative Sculptures\"

  • Amber Hester

    • Student:  Dr. Catherine Parisian, Dept of English, Theatre, and Foreign Language

    • Project: \"Transcribing and encoding the Letters of Mary R. Mitford (1811) for Web Publication\"

  • Zachary Lunn 

    • Mentor: Dr. Jessica Pitchford, Dept of English, Theatre, and Foreign Language

    • Project: \"Editing an International Literary Magazine\"

  • Dusty Smith 

    • Mentor: Prof. Jesse Rouse, Dept of Geology and Geography

    • Project: \"Determining the Ideal Area for Renewable Energy in North Carolina by using Remote Sensing\"

  • Desiree Thomas

    • Mentor: Prof. Brandon Sanderson, Dept of Art

    • Project: \"Reductive Linocut\"

  • Andrea Bound

    • Mentor: Dr. Renee Lamphere, Dept of Sociology and Criminal Justice

    • Project: \"College Studdent's Alcohol & Substance Abuse: Religious Peers as Protective Factors\"

  • Bobbi Sampson

    • Mentor: Dr. Ashley Allen, Dept of Psychology

    • Project: \"Self-Compassion and Perceptions of Judgement\"

  • Lea Tardanico

    • Mentor: Dr. Ashley Allen, Dept of Psychology

    • Project: \"Is Self-Compassion an Observable and Valued Trait?\"

 

Student Travel Funds

  • Jordyn Roark, Honors College Student

    • Mid-South Sociological Association: Gender Research in Progress

    • \"The Bitch of Buchenwald: An Exploration of Gender among SS Guards\"

  • Natasha Wells, RISE Fellow

    • SERMACS-SWRM

    • \"Synthesis of Organic Compounds with Biological Properties\"

  • Joan Blackwell and Jessica Wyre

    • NCAEA Professional Development Conference

    • \"Workshop Innovative Ways to Teach Native American Art\"

  • Lyndsie Elliot

    • ABRCMS

    • \"Developing the PADK Catrepsin B activating agent\"

  • Sandra Torres

    • Guest Lecturer UNC-CH

    • \"Voices of the Lumbee Documentary\"

  • Hannah Anderson and Raymond Hunt

    • Rural Freaks Conference

    • \"Freaking\" Out the Rural Classroom

  • Dana Reijerkerk, Honors College Student

    • National Chinese Language Conference

    • \"How Trace Theory Affects Chinese Langauge Learning\"

  • Zachary Lunn, Honors College Student

    • Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference

    • \"Editing an International Literary Magazine\"

  • Madeleine Smith, Nicholos Palmer, and Jessica Wyre

    • Southern Regional Model United Nations Conference

    • Representing Ethiopia, Bulgaria, and Russia

  • Mingyu Liao

    • Alpha Chi Honor Society Convention

    • \"Native Tongues\"

  • Brittany Roberts

    • Alpha Chi Honor Society Convention

    • \"Policing Police: A Critical Analysis on UNC Pembroke Campus Police\"

  • Cassidy Miles

    • Alpha Chi Honor Society Convention

    • \"An Examination of the Relationship Between Specific Cell Phone Uses and Anxiety\"

  • Russell Reed

    • American Association of Geographers

    • \"The Impact of Technology Firms in NC\"

  • Tyler Scoville and Mary Grace Curiale

    • Southern Regional Honors Council Conference

    • \"Finding the History and Place: Ecocritical Approach\"

  • Sonya Hunt

    • Sothern Sociological Society Conference

    • \"Food for Success: Promoting Summer Feeding Programs\"

  • Cassandra Cisneros

    • Conducting Research

    • Interview elder members of the Three Affiliated Tribes (Arikara, Hidatsa, Mandan) of Fort Berthold Indian Reservation

 

Fall 2015

 

Undergraduate Student Assistantships

  • Prof. Brandon Sanderson, Dept of Art

    • Student: Courtney Hockett

    • Project: \"Learning the Complex Art Form of Paper Engineering While Expirementing with the Printmaking Technique\"

  • Dr. Lisa Kelly, Dept of Biology

    • Student: Haylee Trotter

    • Project: \"Social Form of Invasive Fire Ant Colonies in Wetland Ecosystems in North Carolina\"

  • Dr. Daren Nelson, Dept of Geography and Geology

    • Student: Jay Ritchie

    • Project: \"Mapping Potential Hazards of the Gold Hill Historic Mines Using Ground Penetrating Radar\"

  • Dr. John Labadie, Dept of Art

    • Student: Vivienne Leaven

    • Project: \"The Foundations of Animation\"

  • Dr. Jason Hutchens, Dept of Mass Communication

    • Student: Rodnesia Jeffries

    • Project: \"Growing Change Documentary Film\"

  • Dr. Catherine Parisian, Dept of English, Theatre, and Foreign Language

    • Student: Amber Hester

    • Project: \"Transcribing and encoding the Letters of Mary R. Mitford (1811) for Web Publication\"

  • Dr. Jessica Pitchford, Dept of English, Theatre, and Foreign Language

    • Student: Zachary Lunn

    • Project: \"Editing an International Literary Magazine\"

  • Prof. Scott Ziegler, Dept of Art

    • Student: Desiree Thomas

    • Project: \"Approaches to Spraying Glazes on Ceramic Ware\"

  • Prof. Carla Rokes, Dept of Art

    • Student: Jai Woods

    • Project: \"An Investigation of Drawing Medium: techniques for Creating Narrative Illustrations\"

  • Ms. Yuanyuan Lin, Dept of English, Theatre, and Foreign Language

    • Student: Dana Reijerkerk

    • Project: \"How Trace Theory Affects Chinese Language Learning\"

  • Dr. Ben Bahr, Dept of Biology

    • Student: Donna Porter

    • Project: \"Diabetes and Alzheimer's: The Diseases of the Aging Population\"

 

Student Travel Funds

  • Hannah Anderson, Writing Center Hawk Assistant

    • Research and Observation

    • \"Canines for Service\"

  • Jeremy Deck, Honors College Student

    • Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences

    • \"The Business of Marijuana: An examination of the effects of US Legalization\"

  • Brandon West, William Camps, Allison Sontag, Angelis Hernandez, Hunter Baxley, Melody Strupe, Darius Dawson; UNCP Percussion Ensemble

    •  PASIC Convention

    • World Premiere Performance of David Macbride's \"Flam\" for percussion ensemble

  • Ethan Sanford, Honors College Students

    • North Carolina Honors Association

    • \"Effects of Multiple Environmental Stressors on Marine Bivalves\"

  • Cora Bright, Honors College Student

    • North Carolina Honors Association

    • \"The Study of Planarian Reaction to Light on a Vertical Plane\"

  •  Elizabeth Wessinger, Honors College Student

    • North Carolina Honors Association

    • \"How Walmart Affects Small Businesses\"