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Pictured above (left to right): Mentor Kendal
Broad, Belle Phillip, Abigail Sewell, Robert Dickerson, Mentor Benjamin
Lok
Four USP Scholars Receive Best Paper Awards
At the University Scholars Program’s sixth annual spring
banquet held on April 8, four scholars were honored with Best Paper Awards.
The following students received a commemorative certificate and $250:
Robert Dickerson, College of Engineering (Mentor: Benjamin Lok)
Evaluating
a Script-Based Approach for Simulating Patient-Doctor Interaction
Belle Phillip, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (Mentor: Greg Moreland)
The
Effect of Ethnicity on the Development of Cultural Awareness and Identity
in a Study Abroad Setting
Natalie Rios, College of Medicine (Mentor: John Aris)
An
Episomal Model for Aging in Saccharomyces cerevisae
Abigail Sewell, Honors Program (Mentor: Kendal Broad)
The
Impact of Workplace Isolation, Occupational Stress, and Stereotypes on the
Experience and Expression of Anger Among Black Workers
The competition is judged by the Dial Center for Written and Oral Communication
and submissions are welcomed from all current students in the University
Scholars Program. The annual deadline to apply is February 1.
Outstanding Mentors Honored
In addition to recognizing the winners of the Best Paper Competition
at the University Scholars Programs annual spring banquet on April 8, the
program, for the first time, honored a group of Outstanding Mentors. Each
was nominated by their student and supported with letters from their department
chairs. The following faculty received a $10 gift certificate to Starbucks
for their outstanding performance as a 2004-2005 USP mentor:
Richard Lutz (Business)
Mitchell Knutson (Agriculture)
Abbas Zaman (Engineering)
Nina Caputo (CLAS)
Ranga Narayanan (Engineering)
