Honors Day Features Student Presentations
More than 100 Alma College students participated in Alma College's 13th annual Kapp Honor's Day program on Thursday, April 2, 2009. Honors Day provides a forum when traditional classes are canceled and students share their original research, creativity and talents with an audience of their peers.
In sessions spanning four hours, students perform in music, theatre and dance productions, give oral presentations of scholarly research, and lead poster discussions. With many students participating, other students are encouraged to attend as many presentations as possible both to support their fellow students and to learn from them.
Honors Day Students
| SR | Abigail Grieve | Soil and Water Contaminants on the U.S./Mexico Border | Alden MI | Kalkaska High School |
| JR | Hannah Ropp | Students In Free Enterprise Projects | Alma MI | Alma High School |
| SR | Kelsey Hughes | Mutant bSULT1A1 Monomers and Dimerization Studies | Battle Creek MI | Harper Creek High School |
| SR | Drew Emge | HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa: Is 'Universal Access' to Antiretroviral Medications Feasible When Pharmaceutical Patents Must be Enforced by Least Developed Countries After 2016? | Bay City MI | John Glenn High School |
| SR | Margaret Hewitt | Manufacturing Social Unrest: Detroit's Auto Industry and the Detroit Riots | Bay City MI | Bay City Central High School |
| SR | Samantha Lazarowicz | Students In Free Enterprise Projects | Bay City MI | Bay City Central High School |
| JR | Rachel Markillie | An Actor Prepares | Bay City MI | All Saints Central Catholic |
| SO | Laura Mulders | Comic Strip; and No One Knows | Bay City MI | Bay City Central High School |
| SR | Lindsay Cain | Water Quality of a Bog-Dystrophic Lake | Bridgeport MI | Saginaw Arts & Sciences Academy |
| SR | Abigail Zukausky | Lessons in Looking: Poetry-Writing Workshops for Elders | Cadillac MI | Home School |
| SR | Stephanie McGuire | Comic Strip | Canton MI | John Glenn High School |
| JR | Blake Reed | The Allene-Claisen Rearrangement to Produce Sandalwood Odorants | Charlotte MI | Charlotte High School |
| SR | Katherine Porter | Field Marshal Alexander and the 'Failure' of the Sicilian Campaign, July-August 1943 | Cheboygan MI | Cheboygan High School |
| JR | Crystal Lukowski | Fairytales | Clinton Township MI | Arts Academy in the Woods |
| JR | Karin Bruinsma | Observations of a Medical Clinic in Kerala, India | Columbus MI | Richmond High School |
| SO | Chelsea Clark | Thailand Hill Tribes: Communities Without Citizenship | Coopersville MI | Coopersville High School |
| SR | Amy Seidl | A Balanced Perspective - Incorporating Women into History Courses | Croswell MI | Croswell-Lexington High School |
| JR | Letha Dolza | Private Military and Security Companies in Conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan | Davisburg MI | Marian Catholic High School |
| SR | Stephanie VanSteenburg | Art and Design Majors' Senior Show | Davison MI | Davison High School |
| SR | Antuan Davis Featherstone | In Search of Values-Driven Leadership in Organizations | Detroit MI | Cass Technical High School |
| SR | Maria Quintana | Art and Design Majors' Senior Show | Detroit MI | Cass Technical High School |
| SR | Sharre Elliott | Art and Design Majors' Senior Show | East Lansing MI | Ovid-Elsie High School |
| JR | Denise Elowsky | Students In Free Enterprise Projects | East Tawas MI | Michigan Lutheran Seminary |
| SR | Earl Elowsky | Art and Design Majors' Senior Show | East Tawas MI | Michigan Lutheran Seminary |
| SO | Robert Danbert | Relationship Between Pre-Exercise Caffeine Ingestion and Hydration Response to Exercise in the Heat | Ellsworth MI | Ellsworth High School |
| JR | Paul Converse | Thermoregulatory Precision in Midland Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta marginata) on Beaver Island, Michigan | Engadine MI | Engadine High School |
| FR | Anita Hemlich | Effective Ways to Fund Health Care in Third-World Countries Using Foreign Aid | Essexville MI | Garber High School |
| SR | Lindsey Voss | The Unique Experience of Single Parents by Choice | Essexville MI | Garber High School |
| FR | Margo Brines | Masculine Pathways to Closeness: Intimacy in Adolescent Males' Same-Sex Friendships | Farwell MI | Clare High School |
| SR | Megan Crawford | Passion Versus Social Obligation: The Fatal Conflict of Bodas de sangre; and Potent Posies: A Cross-Cultural Examination of the Pastoral in 16th Century Drama | Fenton MI | Fenton High School |
| SR | Amanda Bishop | The Effects of Aquatic Exercise on Balance in the Elderly | Goodrich MI | Goodrich High School |
| JR | Taylor Gibson | Women in Government: What They Do, Why it Matters | Gowen MI | Greenville High School |
| SO | Logan Ricket | An Actor Prepares | Gowen MI | Greenville High School |
| FR | Sarah Henning | Comic Strip | Grand Rapids MI | Kenowa Hills High School |
| SR | Geri Gaskell | Pharmacological Characterization of 5-HT Receptors Mediating Contraction in the Rat Jugular Vein | Greenbush MI | Oscoda Area High School |
| SO | Adam Ellsworth | The Populism of Barack Obama and Sarah Palin: A Contrast in Styles | Greenville MI | Greenville High School |
| SR | Kimberly Joki | The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Policy Legitimacy | Greenville MI | Greenville High School |
| SR | David Dyer | The Director's Journey | Grosse Ile MI | Grosse Ile High School |
| SO | Jacquelynn Olson | Comic Strip | Grosse Pointe MI | University Liggett School |
| SR | Emily Boerman | The Myths of Hispanic Undocumented Immigrants in the United States | Hamilton MI | Hamilton High School |
| SR | James Allen IV | The Realization of the Right to Food in the United States: A New Strategy for NGO Advocacy | Harbor Springs MI | Harbor Springs High School |
| SR | Kristina Fuehring | Corporate Social Responsibility: A Society in Transition - The Expectation of Corporate Social Responsibility | Hart MI | Hart High School |
| SR | Brittany Law | Happy Healthcare; and Prospects for African Regional Integration | Hartland MI | Hartland High School |
| SR | Andrea Martz | An Actor Prepares | Holly MI | Fenton High School |
| SO | Justin Dietzel | The Director's Journey | Jenison MI | Jenison High School |
| JR | Leanne Nichols | Observations of a Medical Clinic in Kerala, India | Lapeer MI | Lapeer West High School |
| SR | Daniel Fraser | The Historical Persuasiveness of Renaissance Explorers | Lexington MI | Croswell-Lexington High School |
| JR | Kelley Walsh | Effects of Altitude Exposure on Lactate Clearance During Active and Passive Recovery | Linden MI | Fenton High School |
| JR | Kori Snow | No One Knows | Livonia MI | Winston Churchill High School |
| FR | Angela Flynn | Comic Strip; and No One Knows | Macomb MI | Henry Ford II High School |
| SO | Kyla Wojtas | Literacy Beyond Borders | Macomb MI | Henry Ford II High School |
| SO | Rebecca Guenthardt | Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome: Incidence and Underlying Mechanisms | Manistee MI | Manistee High School |
| JR | Katie Sigman | Winter Raptor Densities and Locations | Manistee MI | Manistee High School |
| SR | Amy Rockafellow | Art and Design Majors' Senior Show | Manton MI | Manton High School |
| JR | Joshua Hodge | Regrouping of the Taliban | Marshall MI | Marshall High School |
| SR | Jo Mollhagen-Jaksa | Art and Design Majors' Senior Show | Mattawan MI | Mattawan High School |
| SR | Brittany Fales | Differences in Size and Structure of Foraging Areas of Nesting Male and Female Veery in a Central Michigan Woodlot | Midland MI | H. H. Dow High School |
| SR | John Fillmore | Searching and Seizing in the 21st Century: An Analysis of America's Origins and Modern Conceptions of Privacy | Midland MI | Midland High School |
| SR | Kathryn Krauss | The Effect of Estrogen and Diet on Learning and Memory | Midland MI | H. H. Dow High School |
| SR | James Kruse | Sustainability and Alma College: An Introductory Study of Energy Consumption in Alma College Residence Halls | Midland MI | Bullock Creek High School |
| JR | Sarah Lindesmith | Exploring the Process of Writing a Novel | Midland MI | Michigan Lutheran Seminary |
| SR | Kevin Bilbrey | An Ethical Analysis and Evaluation of Defensive Wars; and Visions of Hell: A Study in the Evolution of Hell in Literature | Monroe MI | Monroe High School |
| JR | Lauren Hasler | Effects of Exercise at Moderate Altitude on Sweat Composition and Sweat Rates | Mt. Pleasant MI | Sacred Heart Academy |
| JR | Alexander Montoye | Effect of Altitude on Post-Exercise Recovery | Mt. Pleasant MI | Mt. Pleasant High School |
| SR | Margaret Powers | Bacterial Enumeration | Muir MI | Ionia High School |
| SR | Jaclyn Freeman | The Forgotten Sector of Operation 'Torch': Anderson's Failed Advance on Tunis, November-December 1942 | North Branch MI | North Branch High School |
| SR | Faina Polt | Worlds Without Men: Speculative Fiction and Masculinity | Oak Park MI | Berkley High School |
| SO | Kathryn Rice | Literacy Beyond Borders | Oakland Township MI | Lake Orion High School |
| SO | Kayla Pesko | No One Knows | Onekama MI | Onekama High School |
| SR | Brett Seymoure | Light Habitat Variation and Reflectance Patterns of the Painted Turtle, Chrysemys picta | Paw Paw MI | Paw Paw High School |
| SR | Adam Sypniewski | A Novel Cryptological System | Petoskey MI | Home School |
| JR | Jaimie Bolda | Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome: Incidence and Underlying Mechanisms | Port Austin MI | Ubly High School |
| SR | Dustin Gary | Employee Motivation and Firm Size; and Self-Complexity and Role Overload | Quincy MI | Quincy High School |
| SR | Megan Darcy | A Brachial Plexus Injury in a Collegiate Football Player and its Complications | Ravenna MI | Ravenna High School |
| SR | Aaron Pooley | Six Weeks Out of Rabat, A Novel | Reed City MI | Reed City High School |
| JR | Gabriella Abrego | Comic Strip | Rochester Hills MI | Rochester High School |
| SR | Heather Evans | No One Knows | Rochester Hills MI | Notre Dame Preparatory |
| JR | Ahna Danyluk | Students In Free Enterprise Projects | Rockford MI | Swartz Creek High School |
| SR | Rebecca Bruning | Effect of Rehydration with a Caffeinated or Non-Caffeinated Beverage on Hydration Status After Exercise in the Heat | Rogers City MI | Rogers City High School |
| FR | Benjamin Roberts | Effective Ways to Fund Health Care in Third-World Countries Using Foreign Aid | Saginaw MI | Hemlock High School |
| SR | Amanda Rogers | Winter Territory Size Differences in American Kestrels (Falco sparverius) | Saginaw MI | Swan Valley High School |
| SR | Sara Swanton | Effects of Altitude Exposure on Lactate Clearance During Active and Passive Recovery | Saginaw MI | Heritage High School |
| SR | Rebecca Miller | Art and Design Majors' Senior Show | Sault Ste. Marie MI | Sault Area High School |
| FR | Melissa McIntosh | Comic Strip | St. Clair Shores MI | Lakeview High School |
| SR | Katherine Burton | Chemical Mutagenesis for New Alleles of Unc-82 and Other Viable Mutations That Change Muscle Function and Structure in Caenorhabditis elegans; DNA Isolation and PCR to Produce Sequence of BT Receptors in Danaus plexippus | St. Johns MI | St. Johns High School |
| SR | Martin (Anderson) Minnick | Investigation of the Hydration of Anhydrous Chondrite Meterorites | St. Johns MI | St. Johns High School |
| JR | Charles Bunce | Substrate Color-Induced Melanization in Adult Midland Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta marginata) | St. Louis MI | St. Louis High School |
| FR | Jaclyn Bodary | Comic Strip; and No One Knows | Sterling Heights MI | Notre Dame Preparatory |
| SR | Alexandra Conell | The Archaeology of Death | Sterling Heights MI | Bishop Foley High School |
| SR | Stephanie Proudfoot | Impact of Mindfulness Components on Worry in a Nonclinical Student Sample | Tawas City MI | Tawas Area High School |
| SR | Jennifer Bassett-Payne | Graves' Disease: Case Study of a Collegiate Swimmer | Traverse City MI | St. Francis High School |
| SR | Kayla Bauer | Art and Design Majors' Senior Show | Traverse City MI | Traverse City West High School |
| SR | Sarah Garrity | Art and Design Majors' Senior Show | Traverse City MI | Traverse City West High School |
| SR | Joye Kallgren | Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Group-1 Specific Neuraminidase Inhibitors | Trenton MI | Trenton High School |
| SR | William Allen | A Common Table: Understanding and Generating Rights-Based Local Agricultural and Social Development Practices in Rural Mexico | Unionville MI | Valley Lutheran High School |
| SR | Amanda Ketchum | Yeast Two-Hybrid System to Test SULT:SULT Interactions | Vermontville MI | Maple Valley High School |
| SR | William Scarborough III | Agents of the Brain Drain: Perspectives from the Field of Academia | Washington MI | Romeo High School |
| SR | Lisa Brindley | The Effects of Massage on Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness | West Branch MI | Ogemaw Heights High School |
| SR | Ashlee Forde | Art and Design Majors' Senior Show | White Lake MI | Walled Lake Northern High School |
| JR | Lauren Deutscher | No One Knows | Huntsville AL | Randolph School |
| JR | Christopher Duymich | Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Group-1 Specific Neuraminidase Inhibitors | Simi Valley CA | Garber High School (Essexville, MI) |
| SR | David Haskell | Art and Design Majors' Senior Show | Durham CT | Hackett Catholic Central High School |
| SR | Allison Barnhart | Fairytales | Land O' Lakes FL | South Lyon (Mich.) High School |
| FR | Simone Boos | Fairytales | Indianapolis IN | Cathedral High School |
| SR | William (Brad) Baughman | Zooplankton Population Dynamics in a Small Dystrophic Lake | Albuquerque NM | Swartz Creek High School |
| SO | Tara Bouldrey | The Director's Journey | Findlay OH | Vanlue Local High School |
| SR | Elizabeth Fishback | Effects of Land and Water Aerobic Classes on Balance and Older Adults | Banks OR | Banks High School |
| SR | Laura Engebretson | Comic Strip; and Fairytales | Sioux Falls SD | Lennox High School |
| JR | Martin Kuustik | Students In Free Enterprise Projects | Saku Harju Estonia | Alpena (Mich.) High School |
Posted: Thu, May 28th, 2009 at 3:27PM
