The McNair Scholar Program proudly graduates 7 scholars this May.
These four scholars will be headed to graduate school next fall:
Samantha Asper: University of Wisconsin, Madison- Masters of Science in Agroecology
Morgan Bartlett: Iowa State University- Master of Education-Student Affairs
Amber Dorr: Seattle University- Master in Science in Community Counseling
Gilbert Penaherrera: University of North Dakota- Maters of Science in Mathematics
The McNair Scholars were well represented with 12 scholars presenting an oral or poster presentation at the 16th Annual Student Scholarship and Creative Achievement Day Conference on April 8th.
Three scholars, Larry Krog, Jordan Morgan and Agbeko Sallah highlighted a poster and oral presentation. Below are the scholars with their research topics:
Larry Krog– Critters or Companions: An Investigation of Human Animal Interaction and Mood
Morgan Bartlett– A Piece of my Honors Thesis
Amber Dorr- Racial Microaggressions in American Indian Healthcare
Shelby Andrist- Gallivanting in Spain!
Ben Goltz– An Analysis of Fluctuations in Stock Market Prices Using Artificial Neural Networks
Agbeko Sallah- Detoxification and Optimization of Protein Enrichment on Flax Meal to Supplant Fish Meal Using a Fungal Incubation Process
Morgan Bartlett- First Year Experience Seminar: An Instructor’s Perspective
Sierra DeGeest- Impact of Fees on Student Attitudes toward Counseling
Gilbert Penaherrera– Pursuing the Saddle Point: Social Science vs. Natural Science
Jordan Morgan- Free Stores: On Campus and in the Community
Poster Session:
Larry Krog– Does Anyone Have a Tissue? Interventions to Improve Respiratory Etiquette in the Classroom
Agbeko Sallah– Analysis of Trace Heavy Metals in our Drinking Water
Josh Hatton- Analysis of Capsaicin and Dihydrocapsaicin in Peppers
Jordan Morgan- Social Movements: Taking our Education beyond the Classroom
Anthony Orttel– GIS: A Multidisciplinary Tool
