Students earned 16 awards for presenting scholarly work at the Huskies Showcase April 11 in Atwood Memorial Center.
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Types of projects presented included a thesis, creative work, internship, research project, service learning experience or volunteer experience.
About 500 students participated in nearly 300 projects.
Among the winning projects were six mentored by Marina Cetkovic-Cvrlje, a biology professor and 11-year employee. She teamed with Shana Rogan to earn the Best Graduate Oral Presentation award. Rogan, a biology master’s candidate from New Hope, presented on research that deflates claims that bitter kola can prevent Type 1 diabetes. Rogan’s research also earned her the Best Three Minute Thesis award.
Huskies Showcase combines three former events: Student Research Colloquium, Honors Research Colloquium and Community Engagement Celebration.
The 24 students earning awards are:
| Award | Students | Project | Faculty Mentor | Department | College/School |
| Best Our Husky Compact Reflection: Act with Personal Integrity and Civic Responsibility | Michelle Tryba | A possible solution to decrease excessive single use bag waste | Mark Minger | Biology | College of Science and Engineering |
| Best Our Husky Compact Reflection: Seek and Apply Knowledge | Kaitlyn Gohman and Megan Unterberger | The Speech-language Pathologist’s Role in Family-centered Bilingual Pre-literacy Development | Theresa Estrem | Communication Sciences & Disorders | School of Health and Human Services |
| Best Our Husky Compact Reflection: Engage as a Member of a Diverse and Multicultural World | Olivia Musser, Connor Stark-Haws, and Adele Lies | El Poder de los Padres: Volunteering in a Multicultural Parent-Child Group that Supports Language Development and Literacy Skills | Theresa Estrem | Communication Sciences & Disorders | School of Health and Human Services |
| Best Our Husky Compact Reflection: Integrate Existing and Evolving Technologies | Brian Calva, Thaddeus Stasney, and Matt Ebeling | Burn Sensor | Serdar Sezen | Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering | College of Science and Engineering |
| Best Our Husky Compact Reflection: Communicate Effectively | Amanda Clemens | Older Women’s Stories of Cherished Possessions: A Digital and Mindful Listening Approach | Phyllis Greenberg | Gerontology | School of Health and Human Services |
| Best Our Husky Compact Reflection: Think Creatively and Critically | Kholood Abuhadid and Kate Kopeck | An African Herbal Extract Affects Immune Response in Type 1 Diabetic Mouse Model | Marina Cetkovic-Cvrlje | Biology | College of Science and Engineering |
| Best Dimension of the Year Reflecton: Think Creatively and Critically | Blake Johnson | Shaping Student Identities: A Gendered Examination of the College Chronicle in the 1950s | Rob Galler | History | College of Liberal Arts |
| Best Poster Presentation | Kholood Abuhadid and Kate Kopeck | An African Herbal Extract Affects Immune Response in Type 1 Diabetic Mouse Model | Marina Cetkovic-Cvrlje | Biology | College of Science and Engineering |
| Runner-Up Poster Presentation | Alexis Corbett and Danielle Hall | Variable Temperature Thermochromic Switching Under Varying Illumination | John Sinko | Physics and Astronomy | College of Science and Engineering |
| Best Undergraduate Oral Presentation | Jacob Walling | Effects of Water Contaminants on the Immune System of the Fathead Minnow | Marina Cetkovic-Cvrlje | Biology | College of Science and Engineering |
| Runner-Up Undergraduate Oral Presentation | Christian Ward | Will Weed Put America To Work? | Lynn MacDonald | Economics | School of Public Affairs |
| Best Graduate Oral Presentation | Shana Rogan | Herbal remedies and type 1 diabetes – a cautionary tale | Marina Cetkovic-Cvrlje | Biology | College of Science and Engineering |
| Runner-Up Graduate Oral Presentation | Joshua Gordon | Assessment of innate immunity of fathead minnow acutely exposed to individual and complex mixtures of contaminants of emerging concern | Marina Cetkovic-Cvrlje | Biology | College of Science and Engineering |
| Best Three Minute Thesis | Shana Rogan | Herbal remedies and type 1 diabetes – a cautionary tale | Marina Cetkovic-Cvrlje | Biology | College of Science and Engineering |
| Best Demonstration | Amila De Silva | Husky Maskerade | Bryant Julstrom | Computer Science & Information Technology | College of Science and Engineering |
| Best Applied Experience Display | Brianna Johnson | Smarter Lunchrooms | Teresa Heck | Kinesiology | School of Health and Human Services |
