Students earned 15 awards for presenting scholarly work at the Huskies Showcase April 23 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.
The Showcase drew participants from across campus with 90 faculty mentors supporting nearly 400 students participated in nearly 300 projects.
Huskies Showcase gives the campus community an opportunity to engage with industry employers and regional communities to prepare St. Cloud State graduates for life, work and citizenship in the 21st century.
The 18 students earning awards are:
Award | Students | Project | Faculty Mentor |
Best Our Husky Compact Reflection: Act with Personal Integrity and Civic Responsibility | Katie Koetz | Demographic and Landscape Changes in Linden Hills, Minneapolis: A Case Study in Gentrification | Gareth John Mikhail Blinnikov |
Best Our Husky Compact Reflection: Seek and Apply Knowledge | Alex Maile | Body Shape Changes Across Habitat Transitions in Lizardfishes (Aulopiformes) | Matthew Davis |
Best Our Husky Compact Reflection: Engage as a Member of a Diverse and Multicultural World | Levi Johnson and Kai Zhou | Cross-Cultural Student Teaching Internship Engagement | Kathryn Johnson |
Best Our Husky Compact Reflection: Integrate Existing and Evolving Technologies | Clara Welhouse | The Effects of the Increasing Immunization Schedule on Children in the United States and Its Influence on the Anti-Vaccination Movement | Cindy Gruwell |
Best Our Husky Compact Reflection: Think Creatively and Critically | Nina Duffeck | Adolescent Depression Education in Public Middle and High Schools | Jill Andel Margaret Glazer |
Best Oral Presentation- Undergraduate | Elliot Murzyn | Isolating and Culturing Methanogens from Fermenter Samples: A First Step Towards Synthetic Biogas Producing Microbial Communities | Ryan Fink Melanie Melendrez-Vallard |
Runner-Up Oral Presentation-Undergraduate | Katie Koetz | Demographic and Landscape Change in Linden Hills, Minneapolis: A Case Study in Gentrification | Gareth John Mikhail Blinnikov |
Best Oral Presentation-Graduate | Zachary May | Evolution of Body Shape in the Deep-Sea Hatchetfishes (Sternoptychidae | Matthew Davis |
Runner-Up Oral Presentation- Graduate | Devon Dell | How Many Sub-Species of Salmonella Are in Your Salad? | Ryan Fink |
Best Poster Presentation-Graduate | Bernard Aucamp | Enterobacteriaceae: Desiccation Survival and Thermal Tolerance of Closely Related Genera | Ryan Fink |
Runner-Up Poster Presentation-Graduate | David Reimer | Transcriptional Response of Campylobacter Jejuni Within the Spinach Rhizoplane | Ryan Fink |
Best Poster Presentation-Undergraduate | Jenna Nelson, Jace Engelmann and Logan Olson | The Effects of Sodium Bicarbonate on Type I Diabetes in Mice | Marina Cetkovic-Cvrlje |
Runner-Up Poster Presentation-Undergraduate | Madeleine LaFond and Amira Zaher | The Effect of Sodium Bicarbonate Treatment on the Inflammatory Process in Type I Diabetic Mice | Marina Cetkovic-Cvrlje |
3-Minute Thesis | Samantha Mills | Paleoenvironment of the Late Eocene Whitehead Creek Locality | Matthew Tornow |
Best Applied Experience Display | Taylor Richards | The Impact of Food Insecurity on University Students Academic Success | Sheila Moriarty |