Undergraduate
Saint Michael's Council on Undergraduate Research announces summer grants
13 students awarded $3,500 grants
Contact Information:
Buff Lindau, Public Relations
802.654.2536
blindau@smcvt.edu
Academic proposals from 13 Saint Michael's College undergraduates earned their authors summer grants of $3,500 each with additional funds to be awarded to cover costs of supplies that may be needed to carry out the research projects and for travel to a conference to present the research.
The council was impressed with the significance and potential impact of the research proposed by the undergraduates.
"I enthusiastically agree with the committee in its judgment of the quality of these proposals," said Dr. Karen Talentino, Saint Michael's vice president for academic affairs, on announcing the awards and congratulating the recipients.
The recipients, their proposals and their faculty advisers are the following:
Kathryn Bailey, sophomore from Hooksett, N.H., "Refugee Assimilation into Vermont School Systems and its Effect on Education Policy," Political Science Professor Patricia Siplon
Lauren Dunn, junior from Rensselear, N.Y., "From Apathy to Activism: An Assessment of MOVE's Fight against the Indifference of Generation Q," Political Science Professor Patricia Siplon
Tyler Gillingham, sophomore from North Pomfret, Vt., "Effects of Incubation Period on Colonization of Hester-Dendy Sampler," Biology Professor Declan McCabe
Joy-Anne Headley, junior from St. James, Barbados, "Women, Roads and Timor: An Analysis of Gender Equity in Rural Infrastructure in East Timor," Anthropology Professor Patti Delaney
Danielle Moore, junior from Chester, Vt., "Connections and Perceptions: The Role of Language in Modernist and Post-Modern Novels," Professor of English Christina Root
David Kronenberg, junior from Winchester, Mass., "Investigating the Impact of Seed Value Choices for the K-Means Clustering Algorithy," Computer Science Professor John Trono
Ryan LaRochelle, junior from Pittsfield, Mass., "The Trail of Fears: The New York Society for the Suppression of Vice and its Suppression of Political Writings Following the Assassination of William McKinley," Fine Arts Professor Amy Werbel
Patrick Redmond, junior from Strafford, N.H., "Studying an Exemplar-Based Approach to Cluster Determination," Computer Science Professor John Trono
Nicholas Rizzo, junior from Revere, Mass., "How Good are the Single Link and Complete Link Cluster Algorithms," Computer Science Professor John Trono
David Schulz, sophomore from Craftsbury Common, Vt., "The Medieval Attempts at Nation-Building in Switzerland and Wales through Primary Sources," History Professor Jennifer Purcell
Natasha Skrzypek, junior from Southhampton, Mass., "Vermont EPSCoR Streams Project: Effects of Phosphorus on the Diversity of Macroinvertebrates," Biology Professor Declan McCabe
Shelby Superneau, sophomore from Cheshire, Mass., "Conservative Clashes: The White Ribbon Cause vs. Anthony Comstock," Fine Arts Professor Amy Werbel
Elizabeth Tuxbury, junior from New Hartford, Conn., "What Determines the Length of Time a Person is Unemployed?" Economics Professor Herb Kessel
Saint Michael's College, founded in 1904 by the Society of St. Edmund and headed by President John J. Neuhauser, is identified by the Princeton Review as one of the nation's Best 368 Colleges. A liberal arts, residential, Catholic college, Saint Michael's is located just outside of Burlington, Vermont, one of America's top college towns and less than two hours from Montreal. As one of only 270 institutions nationwide with a prestigious Phi Beta Kappa chapter on campus, Saint Michael's has 2,000 full-time undergraduate students, some 500 graduate students and 200 international students. In recent years Saint Michael's students and professors have received Rhodes, Woodrow Wilson, Guggenheim, Fulbright, National Science Foundation and other grants, and Saint Michael's professors have been named Vermont Professor of the Year in four of the last eight years. The college is currently listed as one of the nation's Best Liberal Arts Colleges in the 2009 U.S. News & World Report rankings.
Buff Lindau, Public Relations
802.654.2536
blindau@smcvt.edu
Academic proposals from 13 Saint Michael's College undergraduates earned their authors summer grants of $3,500 each with additional funds to be awarded to cover costs of supplies that may be needed to carry out the research projects and for travel to a conference to present the research.
The council was impressed with the significance and potential impact of the research proposed by the undergraduates.
"I enthusiastically agree with the committee in its judgment of the quality of these proposals," said Dr. Karen Talentino, Saint Michael's vice president for academic affairs, on announcing the awards and congratulating the recipients.
The recipients, their proposals and their faculty advisers are the following:
Kathryn Bailey, sophomore from Hooksett, N.H., "Refugee Assimilation into Vermont School Systems and its Effect on Education Policy," Political Science Professor Patricia Siplon
Lauren Dunn, junior from Rensselear, N.Y., "From Apathy to Activism: An Assessment of MOVE's Fight against the Indifference of Generation Q," Political Science Professor Patricia Siplon
Tyler Gillingham, sophomore from North Pomfret, Vt., "Effects of Incubation Period on Colonization of Hester-Dendy Sampler," Biology Professor Declan McCabe
Joy-Anne Headley, junior from St. James, Barbados, "Women, Roads and Timor: An Analysis of Gender Equity in Rural Infrastructure in East Timor," Anthropology Professor Patti Delaney
Danielle Moore, junior from Chester, Vt., "Connections and Perceptions: The Role of Language in Modernist and Post-Modern Novels," Professor of English Christina Root
David Kronenberg, junior from Winchester, Mass., "Investigating the Impact of Seed Value Choices for the K-Means Clustering Algorithy," Computer Science Professor John Trono
Ryan LaRochelle, junior from Pittsfield, Mass., "The Trail of Fears: The New York Society for the Suppression of Vice and its Suppression of Political Writings Following the Assassination of William McKinley," Fine Arts Professor Amy Werbel
Patrick Redmond, junior from Strafford, N.H., "Studying an Exemplar-Based Approach to Cluster Determination," Computer Science Professor John Trono
Nicholas Rizzo, junior from Revere, Mass., "How Good are the Single Link and Complete Link Cluster Algorithms," Computer Science Professor John Trono
David Schulz, sophomore from Craftsbury Common, Vt., "The Medieval Attempts at Nation-Building in Switzerland and Wales through Primary Sources," History Professor Jennifer Purcell
Natasha Skrzypek, junior from Southhampton, Mass., "Vermont EPSCoR Streams Project: Effects of Phosphorus on the Diversity of Macroinvertebrates," Biology Professor Declan McCabe
Shelby Superneau, sophomore from Cheshire, Mass., "Conservative Clashes: The White Ribbon Cause vs. Anthony Comstock," Fine Arts Professor Amy Werbel
Elizabeth Tuxbury, junior from New Hartford, Conn., "What Determines the Length of Time a Person is Unemployed?" Economics Professor Herb Kessel
Saint Michael's College, founded in 1904 by the Society of St. Edmund and headed by President John J. Neuhauser, is identified by the Princeton Review as one of the nation's Best 368 Colleges. A liberal arts, residential, Catholic college, Saint Michael's is located just outside of Burlington, Vermont, one of America's top college towns and less than two hours from Montreal. As one of only 270 institutions nationwide with a prestigious Phi Beta Kappa chapter on campus, Saint Michael's has 2,000 full-time undergraduate students, some 500 graduate students and 200 international students. In recent years Saint Michael's students and professors have received Rhodes, Woodrow Wilson, Guggenheim, Fulbright, National Science Foundation and other grants, and Saint Michael's professors have been named Vermont Professor of the Year in four of the last eight years. The college is currently listed as one of the nation's Best Liberal Arts Colleges in the 2009 U.S. News & World Report rankings.
