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2015 Scholars Forum Award Winners
Undergraduate
Eberly College of Business and Information Technology
Dean's Award for Excellence - First Place Award
Alyssa Schaard, Hanna Andrussier, Stacie Eberly, Vince Peyronel, Alex Glisan
"Business Case Competition: Competition among the North American Warehouse Clubs: Costco Wholesale versus Sam's Club versus BJ's Wholesale"
Second Place Award - Outstanding Presentation
Jessica Black
"Dropping Out of High School: An Analysis of Pennsylvania Counties"
College of Education and Educational Technology
Dean's Award for Excellence - First Place Award
Victoria Stone
"Human Health and Toxicology: Determining Educational Outreach Needs"
Second Place Award - Outstanding Presentation
Ashley Rush, Kaitlyn Colbert, Alexis Potts, Michael Pampena, William VanEmburg
"Support for Students with Autism Transitioning to College"
College of Fine Arts
Dean's Award for Excellence - First Place Award
Nicholas Metz
"An Overview of the Origins and Development of the Steel Pan"
Second Place Award - Outstanding Presentation
Nicole Gencarelli
"Investigating the Female Image in Byzantine Culture: The 6th Century Kelsey Textile of Leda and the Swan"
Art Exhibit Award
Christina Cassone
"Charm Bracelet"
College of Health and Human Services
Dean's Award for Excellence - First Place Award
Kristen Vander Woude
"Glycemic Properties of Breakfast and the Effect on Cognitive Function in Adolescents"
Second Place Award - Outstanding Poster
Rachel Magliane
"A Sweet Spin on Shortcakes"
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Dean's Award for Excellence - First Place Award
Jennifer Johnson
"Determinants of Per Capita Electricity Consumption at the State Level"
Second Place Award - Outstanding Poster
Samantha Conklin
"Weathering: A Question of Depositional Processes Affecting Faunal Assemblages at the Johnston Site (36ln2)
Kopchick College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Dean's Award for Excellence - First Place Award
Danielle Lewis
"Silent Seas: Exploration of Land Usage along Mississippi River and the Correlation to Growing Hypoxic Areas in the Gulf of Mexico"
Second Place Award - Outstanding Poster
Jeremiah Thomas
"Paleontology and Geology of the Ore Hill Member of the Upper Cambrian Gatesburg Formation in Centre County, Pennsylvania"
Sigma Xi
First Place Award
David Ampofo
"Interactive effects of maternal 5-HT2C inhibition and mouse pup handling on maternal care behavior, working memory, and acute stress response in pups"
Second Place Award
Rebecca Kruise
"Seasonal Activity, Density and Collection Efficiency of Ixodes scapularis and Infection Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi, Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Babesia micro Pre- and Post-Winter in Midwest"
Third Place Award
Samantha Conklin
"Weathering: A Question of Depositional Processes Affecting Faunal Assemblages at the Johnston Site (36 ln 2)"
Best Bibliography
First Place Award
Gabrielle Fontainelle and Ashley Niccolai
"Is Age Really Just a Number? The Stigmatizing Implications of Age Discrepant Relationships"
Second Place Award
Dana Formaini, Jessica Fasano and Kelly Davis
"The Effect of Social Support on Trans People's Self-Conceptualization"
Honorable Mention
Rachel Magliani
"A Sweet Spin on Shortcakes"
Social Media
Christyna Esposito
Jodi Ewing
Graduate
College of Education and Educational Technology
Dean's Award for Excellence - First Place Award
Wenxi Yang
"The Opportunities and Challenges in Distance Education for Adult Learners"
Second Place Award
Laken Chromiak
"Mindfulness in Adolescence"
Third Place Award
Huachuan Wen
"A Descriptive Analysis of Undergraduates' Facebook Use and Their Perception of its Relationship with Academics"
Kopchick College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Dean's Award for Excellence - First Place Award
Matthew Dovey
"Photoperiod Regulation of Mammalian Circadian Rhythms through Social Interactions and Aggression"
Second Place Award
Timothy Hummel
"Spatial Ecology of the Eastern Hellbender in Pennsylvania: Seven Year Analysis"
Third Place Award
Michael Itgen
"Offensive Tail Autotomy within Tropical Salamanders: Osteological Variation of the Basal Tail Region"
College of Health and Human Services
Dean's Award for Excellence - First Place Award
Colleen Sunday
"Exploring the Experiences of Doctoral Nursing Students who have Completed Research Focused Doctoral Degrees in Nursing"
Second Place Award
Bianca Domahidi
"Youthful Delinquency and Immigration"
Third Place Award
Shavonne Arthurs
"College Student Drinking Patterns: Do High School Credits Transfer?"
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Dean's Award for Excellence - First Place Award
Rachel Applebaum
"Spatial Manifestation and Trends of Cremation in Pennsylvania"
Second Place Award
Lauren Johnson
"A Seedy Affair: An Archaeolobotanical Study of the Johnston Site (36ln2)
Third Place Award
Brian Fogle
"Vernal Pool Analysis of Powdermill Nature Reserve"
College of Fine Arts
Dean's Award for Excellence - First Place Award
Melissa Riggatire
"Lived Reality and Construction"
Second Place Award
Crystal Miller
"As History Repeats Itself"
IUP Environmentally Conscious Organization (ECO)
John Kamau
"Peeling the Way to Green Energy: The Use of Potato Peels as a Potential Source of Bio-Ethanol"
Sigma Xi Award
Lauren Johnson
"A Seedy Affair: An Archaeobotanical Study of the Johnston Site (36ln2)
Best Bibliography
First Place Award
Ruba Tatar
"Parents' Role in Their Children's Development and Maintenance of the Heritage Language: A Case Study of a Turkish-American Immigrant Family"
Second Place Award
Joe Tokosh
"Declining Retail Establishment: The Case of Century III Mall"
Honorable Mention
Ying Jian
"A Social Cognitive Perceptive on International Students' Use of Educational Technology"
Graduate Student Assembly Peers Choice
First Place Award - Presentation
Shavonne Arthurs
"College Student Drinking Patterns: Do High School Credits Transfer?"
Second Place Award - Presentation
Mir Abdullah Miri
"Policy and Practice: An Overview of the Afghan Seventh Grade English Language Textbook's Objectives"
Crystal Miller
"As History Repeats Itself"
First Place Award - Poster
Kristina Navnyko
"Russian Novice English Teachers' Perception of Selves as English Teachers"
Second Place Award - Poster
Ahmed Alnasser
"EFL Saudi Students' Preferences for Different Writing Styles"
Social Media
Casey Leigh Campetti