黑料不打烊 Odyssey Program
Project Funding
April 2018
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The Committee on Engaged Learning has crossed the $4-million-dollar
milestone with the Odyssey grants for the April 2018 cycle. It has awarded $4,050,
772.28 in Odyssey grants to 黑料不打烊 students and faculty since the Odyssey
Program鈥檚 inception in 2005. In this cycle, 36 projects received $109,850 in
grants to help 黑料不打烊 students explore their career paths, develop new skills,
and conduct meaningful research.
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Noah Adams
Continuing Campaigns:
A Practical Application
Category:
PL
Supervisor:
Jay Barth, Politics and International Relations
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This
summer, Noah Adams will work as a campaign finance
intern on Clarke Tucker鈥檚 Congressional
Campaign for Arkansas鈥檚 Second District. He will gain experience in the
campaign process, apply his political science education, foster a deeper
understanding of his home state鈥檚 political environment, and create lasting
professional connections.
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Leah Bankhead
Bringing History Back
Category:
PL
Supervisor:
Dionne Jackson, Diversity and Inclusion
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The
Mosaic Templars Cultural Center in Little Rock is a museum dedicated to telling
the story of the African American experience in Arkansas. Leah Bankhead will
help research notable figures, gathering information and writing a paper that
the museum can use to create exhibits that feature more individuals in an
interactive way.
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Ben Benton
Botany/Ecology
Internship at the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission
Category:
PL
Supervisor:
Joyce Hardin, Biology
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Ben
Benton has a deep interest in native plants, and as an intern at the State
Herbarium at the Arkansas Heritage Commission, he will have a chance to build
his skills in a professional setting. He will survey rare and insufficiently
documented species of plants and ecological communities. The data will be used
to create an extensive map of rare and at-risk species in Arkansas.
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Marlee Bird
PBS "Frontline"
Editorial Internship
Category:
PL
Supervisor:
Jay Barth, Politics and International Relations
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The
Public Broadcasting System show 鈥淔rontline鈥 is well-known as a long-format
documentary news series that provides comprehensive investigatory stories. As
an editorial intern in Boston, Marlee Bird will assist the senior editorial
staff with researching, reviewing story submissions and maintaining the series
library.
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Duwan Booker and
Stone Paul
Strength and
Conditioning: Insight to the World of Coaching
Category:
PL
Supervisor:
Buck Buchanan, Athletics
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Duwan
Booker and Stone Paul have an interest in careers in coaching. This summer, they
will learn what goes on behind the scenes to create success for athletes and
spectators alike. Working with 黑料不打烊 professionals, Booker and Paul will
focus on practice planning, game planning, strategy, and strength and
conditioning.
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Jenna Bracas
Internship at Toltec
Mounds
Category:
PL
Supervisor:
Brett Hill, Sociology and Anthropology
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Toltec
Mounds Archaeological State Park is an active site with on-going research. This
summer, Jenna Bracas will be working with Dr. Elizabeth Horton on a couple
different projects. She will be helping to create and organize a botanical
comparative collection for the site, helping with the upkeep of the Plum Bayou
Garden containing species the original inhabitants used, and working on
collaborative epigenetic research with the Smithsonian through comparative test
plots for a species native to the Toltec area.听
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Bailey Brya
Professional Field
Experience in US Senator Boozman鈥檚 Washington D.C. Office
Category:
PL
Supervisor:
Daniel Whelan, Politics and International Relations
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Bailey
Brya will spend a month working in United States Senator John Boozman鈥檚 office
in Washington, D.C., meeting and interacting with professionals in legal,
political and foreign service fields. During the summer, Brya will assist
office staff with briefings, help conduct research and act as a liaison between
the office and constituents.
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Hannah Burdette
A Summer on the Hill:
Professional Field Experience with Senator John Boozman
Category:
PL
Supervisor:
Kiril Kolev, Politics and International Relations
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For
her professional field experience, Hannah Burdette will work in the Washington,
D.C. office of United States Senator John Boozman. She will attend committee
meetings to take notes for the Senator鈥檚 staff, give tours of the Capitol to
visiting Arkansans, assist with constituent communications and draft memos and
press briefings.
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Kyle Christenson
From Minnesota to
Madrid: Cross-Cultural Psychological Studies
Category:
PL
Supervisor:
Sara Taylor, Psychology
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Kyle
Christenson will participate in the Psychology and Research in Madrid program
sponsored by the University of Minnesota. He will conduct research in a Spanish
psychology lab, take a cross-cultural psychology course, and live with a host
family as he explores his chosen professional path and improves his language
skills.
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Maddie Clendening
Interning in DC:
Political Activism, Honing Professional and Leadership Skills, and Building a
Safer Environment for the LGBTQ+ Community on Campus and Beyond
Category:
PL
Supervisor:
Leigh Lassiter-Counts, Career Services
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Through
the American University School of Professional and Extended Studies in
Washington, DC, Maddie Clendening will participate in an internship with the National LGBTQ+ Task Force and a weekly colloquium
on the US Government. She hopes to hone her professional skills in political
activism for the LGBTQ+ community.
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Cole Cramer
Intern: Accounting
Analyst and Legal Assistant
Category:
PL
Supervisor:
Megan Leonard, Economics and Business
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Cole
Cramer will participate in a joint internship connected to the construction
industry in Little Rock with one focus on accounting and the other on the law.
He will get to see financial and tax planning along with litigation and
contracts, which will give him insight into being both an accountant and a lawyer.
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Caisa Doyle
A Summer with
Houston: ReVision
Category:
PL
Supervisor:
Leslie Zorwick, Psychology
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Houston:
ReVision is a program to break the school to prison pipeline for young adults
in Houston, Texas. Caisa Doyle will serve as a mentor to help teach at-risk
teenagers life skills and provide a guiding presence to them. She will also
organize weekly community events to keep the youth connected and geared toward
success.
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Mackenzie Gearin
Asian Economic
Development Internship
Category:
PL
Supervisor:
Anne Goldberg, Sociology and Anthropology
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The
Asian Economic Development Association (AEDA) in St. Paul, Minn., has a mission
to increase economic opportunities for Asian Americans. As an intern for AEDA,
Mackenzie Gearin will, advocate for local policy changes, assess microfinance
loan applications for entrepreneurs to start their own businesses, and assist
with programs to help immigrants navigate the cultural landscape of American
business.
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Jared Goff, Garrett
Sosbee and Martha Crenshaw
Sea Turtle
Conservation in Quepos, Costa Rica
Category:
SW
Supervisor:
Lilian Contreras-Silva, Foreign Languages
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The
Tortugas de Pacuare Turtle Conservation Project in Costa Rica focuses on the
protection and conservation of endangered leatherback and green see turtles. In
a service project over winter break that will also allow them to immerse in
Costa Rican culture, Jared Goff, Garrett Sosbee and Martha Crenshaw will work
on habitat creation and conservation, along with collecting and relocating eggs
to a hatchery, caring for young turtles and returning them safely to the ocean.
Additionally, they will participate in a community outreach program to teach
local school students about conservation and the environment.
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Wesley Hance
Professional
Experience with Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families
Category:
PL
Supervisor:
Jay Barth, Politics and International Relations
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This
summer, Wesley Hance will work on a health policy research project for Arkansas
Advocates for Children and Families. He will construct a report on the Arkansas
health care system that will contribute to a current research collection for
the organization.
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Maxfield Hancock
Missing Migrants and
the Colibri Center for Human Rights: Field Experience along the U.S. Mexico
Border
Category:
PL
Supervisor:
Daniel Whelan, Politics and International Relations
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The
Colibri Center for Human Rights is an organization in Tucson that works with
families in Mexico, Central America and the United States to identify and
repatriate the remains of missing border crossers. Maxfield Hancock is fluent
in Spanish and is returning for a second year with the Colibri Center to help
the organization as it reaches out to families, collects information for a
confidential database, writes missing person reports, interacts with medical
examiners, and brings families closure.
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Ashley Harrison
Physical Therapy
Internship at Conway Regional Medical Center
Category:
PL
Supervisor:
Laura MacDonald, Biology
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Ashley Harrison aspires to be a physician assistant, and she
will get a look at the profession through a physical therapy internship with
Conway Regional Medical Center. She will help patients achieve their goals of
better mobility and correct healing of injuries at the Conway hospital and
Scherman Heights clinic.
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Geneva Hill and Greta
Kresse
Professional
Development Experience at the New York Studio School
Category:
PL
Supervisor:
Matthew Lopas, Art
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The
New York Studio School of Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture has accepted Geneva
Hill and Greta Kresse to participate in its intensive figurative painting
marathon session for two weeks this summer. Hill plans to combine her
psychology and art majors into a career intertwining art therapy and painting,
while Kresse plans to pursue her business and studio art interests in a career
as a figurative painter.
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Elizabeth Jones
Internship with the
Jacksonville Museum of Military History
Category:
PL
Supervisor:
Sasha Pfau, History
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The
Jacksonville Museum of Military history has permanent exhibits on American
involvement in all wars from the Civil War to the present. Building on a
long-standing interest in military history, Elizabeth Jones will serve as an
intern at the museum this summer, working on exhibits, giving tours and
organizing fundraising events for the museum and veterans.
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Justin Lockhart,
Katelyn Pitcher and Pratik Patel
The FWRD Study: An
Examination of Friendships, Wellbeing, and Racial Diversity on the 黑料不打烊
College Campus
Category:
UR
Supervisor:
Dionne Jackson, Diversity and Inclusion
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FWRD
is an acronym for Friendships, Wellbeing, and Racial Diversity, and it is a
study that Justin Lockhart, Katelyn Pitcher and Pratik Patel will conduct on
campus this fall. Their goals are to show a more nuanced picture of the racial
diversity climate on campus, to gather empirical data on the impact of
homogenous compared to heterogeneous friend groups on wellbeing, and to work
toward a more inclusive environment for students of color at 黑料不打烊.
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Macullen Nadurak
Professional Field
Experience in Immigration Law
Category:
PL
Supervisor:
Kiril Kolev, Politics and International Relations
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Working
with an established immigration attorney, Macullen Nadurak will experience the
law both in and out of the courtroom. He hopes to confirm his interest in
immigration law as a career path, develop his Spanish skills, and learn about
professional decorum in dealing with clients and appearing in court.
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Abigail Nathan
Internship: Crestwyn
Behavioral Health
Category:
PL
Supervisor:
Leslie Templeton, Psychology
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Crestwyn
Behavioral Health is a mental hospital in Memphis, Tenn., that treats
adolescents and adults who suffer from a range of mental health issues ranging
from addiction to depression and Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease. As an intern, Abigail
Nathan will experience psychology-based occupations and interact with
psychiatrists, therapists, and other personnel during group therapy sessions.
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Tristan Norman
In Search of Hope:
City of Hope Outreach
Category:
PL
Supervisor:
Deb Skok, History
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City
of Hope Outreach Center is a nonprofit in Conway that provides and sustains
centers of growth for the materially and socially disadvantaged in Central
Arkansas. As an administrative intern, Tristan Norman will learn about
nonprofit management while developing his leadership, communication, networking
and grant writing skills.
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Innocent Nsabimana
Software Development
Internship
Category:
PL
Supervisor:
Gabriel Ferrer, Mathematics and Computer Science
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This summer, Innocent Nsabimana will be an intern at Hexakomb
Ltd, a technology company based in Rwanda that develops software applications.
In this internship experience, He will be improving his computer programming
skills from building small class projects to building large-scale software
projects that people can conceivably use. In addition to improving his
programming skills, he will learn how software developers handle large
projects, solve problems creatively, and produce innovative designs of the
software applications.听
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Grace Anne Odom
Welding My Own
Bridge: Combining My Passions of Metal Working and Children's Welfare
Category:
PL
Supervisor:
Maxine Payne, Art
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Grace
Anne Odom will explore welding in three ways this summer. First, she will work
at American Estates, a company that is exploring a focus on creative freedom
through its own furniture line. Next, she will attend a two-week workshop on
metal fabrication at the Penland School of Crafts. Finally, she will work as an
instructor at Rosie鈥檚 Girls Weld and Build camps.
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Austin Pierce
Synergy Internship
Category:
PL
Supervisor:
Brenda Houck, Biology
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With
a goal of becoming a chiropractor, Austin Pierce will intern at Synergy
Wellness and Performance in Dallas, Texas.听
The company specializes in chiropractic care and rehabilitation
techniques to help people recover from existing injuries and to teach patients
how to prevent them in the future.
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Katelyn Pitcher
Understanding
Developing Minds: A Summer with the BC Cooperation Lab
Category:
PL
Supervisor:
Lindsay Kennedy, Psychology
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Katelyn Pitcher will explore developmental psychology as a
research assistant in the Boston College Cooperation Lab. The lab focusses primarily
on understanding how children learn to be cooperative and fair to one another.
Pitcher will help recruit participants, assist with running experiments both in
the lab and an outdoor setting, and then input and code the results.
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Abigail Rains, Sarah
Buford, KeyShawn Henson, and Victoria Tang
Cooking Matters
Category:
SW
Supervisor:
Sarah Donaghy, Community Engagement
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Abigail
Rains, Sarah Buford, KeyShawn Henson, and Victoria Tang will use the 鈥淐ooking
Matters鈥 course developed by Share Our Strength to teach and promote healthy
and affordable eating styles to lower-income families near 黑料不打烊. The
students will offer six weekly classes that include both a nutrition and a
culinary lesson, guiding the participants in creating a healthy dish.
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Pamela Rogers
Surveying Small
Animal Veterinary Practices
Category:
PL
Supervisor:
Joyce Hardin, Biology
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To
help gain the experience she needs for veterinary school, Pamela Rogers will
shadow professionals at St. Francis Veterinary Clinic. She will learn about
diagnostics, treatment, surgery, animal nutrition, client communication, and
patient care along with the daily process of running a veterinary office.
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Anna Romm
Development with the
Clinton Foundation
Category:
PL
Supervisor:
Kiril Kolev, Politics and International Relations
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Anna
Romm has an interest in career opportunities in the nonprofit sector, and she
will have a chance to explore her options through an internship with the
development division of the Clinton Foundation. She will focus on grant
writing, member and donor engagement, coordination of fundraising events, and
other administrative tasks.
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Sophia Rudman
Clinical Psychology
and Grief Counseling at the Conway Human Development Center
Category:
PL
Supervisor:
Sara Taylor, Psychology
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The
Conway Human Development Center helps people with intellectual disabilities
through counseling/clinical psychology services, speech therapy, special
education and other health care. Sophia Rudman will work with doctors at the
center and hopes to learn more about grief counseling in the face of traumatic
life events and how psychologists can help patients deal with emotional issues.
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Drew Scanlan
Summer Internship in
Nashville
Category:
PL
Supervisor:
John Krebs, Music
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As
an intern for Vector Management in Nashville, Tenn., Drew Scanlon will get a
behind-the-scenes look at the music industry. The company represents prominent
bands, and Scanlon will work with the groups on tour management, marketing, and
onsite event work that will show him what it takes to have a successful concert
or festival.
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Macie Stultz
Internship at Conway
Family Dental
Category:
PL
Supervisor:
Mark Sutherland, Biology
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Macie
Stultz will learn about the daily work of dentists along with the business
aspects of maintaining a successful office during her internship at Conway
Family Dental. She plans to attend dental school, and this experience will give
her the career discernment to confirm that she is making the right choice.
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Brock Sullivan
Exploring the Non-Traditional
Mind: A Summer at the Conway Human Development Center
Category:
PL
Supervisor:
Laura MacDonald, Biology
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The Conway
Human Development Center is a residential facility for individuals with
intellectual disabilities. Brock Sullivan is a pre-med student with an interest
in the human brain, and he will have the opportunity to experience caring for
patients for whom the non-traditional mind is the norm. He will learn about the
psychiatric and psychological care the facility provides the residents. In addition, he will volunteer in the
facility鈥檚 special education program.
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Sarah Weems
The Nature
Conservancy Internship
Category:
PL
Supervisor:
Maureen McClung, Biology
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Sarah
Weems will take her classroom training to her internship at The Nature Conservancy
as she works with professional conservationists. She will focus on plants and
their role as the basis of a healthy ecosystem.
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Jim Wiltgen
The Law and
Mississippi: Civil Rights Experience over Fall Break
Category:
SP
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Dean
of Students Jim Wiltgen will take twelve students on an immersive experience to
explore the importance of the law and Civil Rights. The group will gain an
understanding of not only how American laws shaped the Civil Rights movement
but also how the movement reshaped the laws.
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