Research, Creativity Are Essence of Honors Day
ALMA, Mich. — Over 120 Alma College students participated in Alma College's 16th annual Kapp Honors Day program on Thursday, April 5, 2012. This 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 nearly eight hours, students perform in music, theatre and dance productions, give oral presentations of scholarly research, and lead poster discussions. With nearly 10 percent of the student body participating, other students are encouraged to attend as many presentations as possible both to support their fellow students and to learn from them.
Students are listed alphabetically by their hometown, along with the titles of their presentations.
| Name | City/State | Class Year | Abstract Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cassie Haley | Weston, FL | FR | "Will You Be There" |
| Israel Pacheco Santos | Zion, IL | SR | Creating the "Third Space": Hybrid Identity Within Rudolfo Anaya's Bless Me, Ultima |
| Miriam Lipman | Columbia City, IN | SR | Single Mineral End-Member Fragmentation Patterns in Disrupted Meteorites |
| Aaron Hollenberg | Fort Wayne, IN | JR | Evidence for Signal Matching: Positive Response of Male Wolf Spiders (Schizocosa ocreata) to Courtship Vigor of Another Male |
| Simone Boos | Indianapolis, IN | SR | (1) Shakespeare's Women; and (2) Choreographer of "Will You Be There" |
| Alexandra Woodburne | Ada, MI | FR | "Will You Be There" |
| Shauna Cook | Adrian, MI | FR | "Will You Be There" |
| Jacob Hammer | Allegan, MI | SO | Designing a New Honors Program |
| Andrew Grant | Allen Park, MI | JR | Effect of Altitude of Residence on the Cardiovascular Responses to Dynamic and Isometric Hand-Grip Exercise at 4900 Meters |
| Heidi Beckmann | Alma, MI | SR | (1) Youth, Immigration and Social Unrest in Contemporary France; and (2) Culture, Tradition and the Persistence of Prostitution in Thailand |
| Amanda Gatlin | Alma, MI | SO | Synthesis and Derivatization of Novel Azacrown Heterocycles |
| Kat Goffnett | Alma, MI | JR | Pine River Anthology: "Fusion" |
| Jordan McCarthy | Alma, MI | FR | "Internal Balance — A Study of Choreography" |
| Andrew Wright | Alma, MI | SR | Senior Art and Design Majors' Show |
| Susan Wright | Alma, MI | SR | Senior Art and Design Majors' Show |
| Vanessa LaRouche | Bay City, MI | SR | Aerobic Capacity and Muscle Fiber Typing |
| Alexandra Gasiorowski | Birmingham, MI | JR | Fundraising and Communication: An In-Depth Look at Small Non-Profit Organizations |
| Hannah Stone | Birmingham, MI | SO | (1) No Differences in Wrist Flexion Strength for Isometric, Eccentric, and Concentric Contractions With and Without Venous Occlusion; and (2) Lack of an Effect of Venous Occlusion on Reactive Hyperemia During Three Different Types of Contractions |
| Caige Lauring | Bloomfield Hills, MI | SR | Senior Art and Design Majors' Show |
| Haley Schriber | Caro, MI | SO | Designing a New Honors Program |
| Kelsey Blades | Cedar Springs, MI | SO | (1) The Faded Image of Women in The Picture of Dorian Gray; and (2) Designing a New Honors Program |
| Jessica Gauthier | Charlevoix, MI | SR | (1) Bridging Feminism: Reflections of the Space Between Feminist Activism and Feminist Academia; and (2) Progressing Trans Health Care: The Limitations in Accessing Substantive Trans Health Care in Canada |
| Sha'Quice Mullany | Cheboygan, MI | SO | Toxicity of mid-Michigan Plant Extracts in the Brine Shrimp Lethality and MTS Cell Proliferation Assays |
| Ellie Gamble | Clare, MI | SR | The Effects of Mouthguard Use on Respiration and Aerobic Activity in College Athletes |
| Andria Baker | Constantine, MI | SR | An Exploration of Management and Learning Styles Between Boys and Girls in Elementary School |
| Brittany Jones | Detroit, MI | SR | Senior Art and Design Majors' Show |
| RaiAda LaNier | Detroit, MI | FR | Re-defining the Reparation: First Wave Affirmative Action Implications on Post-Proposal 2 Michigan Minority Student Populations |
| Andrea Rasdale | DeWitt, MI | SR | The Effects of Self-Control on the Living Arrangments of First Year Students |
| Matthew Deja | Edmore, MI | SR | Healthcare Risk Management: A Multiple Component Solution for Reducing Medical Malpractice |
| Thomas Erickson | Escanaba, MI | SR | Effects of Pre-Workout Supplementation on Muscle Hypertrophy, Muscle Strength and Motor Unit Activity |
| Anita Hemlich | Essexville, MI | SR | (1) The Effects of Novel or Accustomed Exercise on Skeletal Muscle When Taking Simvastatin; and (2) Muscle Cell Death with Statin Use |
| Shane Douglas | Evart, MI | JR | The Effects of Nicotine on Weight Loss/Gain and Learning |
| Erica Fraiser | Farmington Hills, MI | SO | "Internal Balance — A Study of Choreography" |
| Sophia Hrutkay | Farmington Hills, MI | SR | Comparison of 5- Hour Energy® Shot and Red Bull Energy on Hemodynamic Changes and Aerobic Capacity During Exercise in College-Aged Population |
| Caitlin Marsh | Farwell, MI | SR | (1) Meeting Carrie Stillwell: An Exploration of Historical Fact Through the Lens of Historical Fiction; (2) A Piezoelectric Biosensor for Use in Screening Botanical Extracts for Drug Target Binding; and (3) Toxicity of mid-Michigan Plant Extracts in the Brine Shrimp Lethality and MTS Cell Proliferation Assays |
| Amanda Jackson | Fenton, MI | JR | "Internal Balance — A Study of Choreography" |
| Kelsey Irland-Wright | Flint, MI | JR | Pine River Anthology: "Fusion" |
| Zahra Hussain | Fort Gratiot, MI | JR | Role of Forearm Vasoconstriction in the Development of Primary Raynaud's Phenomenon |
| Nathaniel Grimm | Fowlerville, MI | SR | Alma College Percussion Ensemble: A Documentary and DVD |
| Daniel May | Frankenmuth, MI | JR | (1) Chemical Analysis and Toxicity of Geranium maculatum L.; and (2) Toxicity of mid-Michigan Plant Extracts in the Brine Shrimp Lethality and MTS Cell Proliferation Assays |
| Alice Richard | Gladwin, MI | JR | "I Would Not Wish Any Companion in the World but You;" Companionate Marriage in The Tempest |
| Alexandra Karr | Grand Blanc, MI | SR | Senior Art and Design Majors' Show |
| Alissa Jullie | Grand Haven, MI | SR | Physiologic Changes in College-Aged Men and Women Participating in a 19-day/900-mile Bicycle Tour |
| Sarah Henning | Grand Rapids, MI | SR | (1) "Internal Balance — A Study of Choreography;" and (2) "Terpsichore" |
| Patricia Reynolds | Grand Rapids, MI | SR | The Effects of Mouthguard Use on Respiration and Aerobic Activity in College Athletes |
| Chelsea Brown | Grant, MI | SR | A Survey and Case Review of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries in Female Athletes at Alma College and the MIAA |
| Richard Schreiber | Grayling, MI | SR | Hemarthrosis of the Right Knee in A Collegiate Football Player |
| Carolina Cortes | Grosse Ile, MI | JR | "Terpsichore" |
| Bryan Scheiber | Grosse Ile, MI | SR | An Analysis of Japanese and American Management Structures: The Impact of the Keiretsu |
| Matthew Yascolt | Grosse Pointe Woods, MI | SR | Is ADHD Actually Overdiagnosed? A Look at Satisfaction of ADHD Diagnosis Across Socioeconomic Status and School Placement |
| Lydia Anderson | Gwinn, MI | SO | Toxicity of mid-Michigan Plant Extracts in the Brine Shrimp Lethality and MTS Cell Proliferation Assays |
| Brittany Braun | Harbor Beach, MI | SR | The Effects of the "G Series" on Performance in Collegiate Women's Soccer Players |
| Cassie Kopke | Haslett, MI | SR | Investigation of Novel Styrene-based Organic Dyes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells |
| Anna Sall | Holland, MI | SO | Designing a New Honors Program |
| Alexis Louth | Holt, MI | SR | Lay Perceptions of Crime |
| Alison Hemenway | Ionia, MI | SR | HIV and Hepatitis B in Rural Sierra Leone, West Africa |
| Maurina Aranda | Jonesville, MI | JR | Wilms Tumor 1 Expression in Healthy Adult Epicardium |
| Lauren Forrest | Laingsburg, MI | SR | The Effect of (S)Partners for Heart Health Intervention Program on the Body Composition and Food Consumption Habits of Fifth-Grade Students at Nikkari Elementary School |
| Alesa Hughson | Lake Ann, MI | SO | The Effects of High-Fat Diet on Learning: Transference of Ill-Effects of Parental Diet on Offspring |
| Tristan Smith | Lowell, MI | SR | Prohibition in the Age of Excess: Social and Scientific Implications of the Eighteenth Amendment |
| Kimberly Barker | Manistee, MI | SR | (1) "Terpsichore;" and (2) "Internal Balance — A Study of Choreography" |
| Katelyn Gentner | Marlette, MI | SO | Designing a New Honors Program |
| Joseph Baxter | Marshall, MI | SR | Effects of Pre-Workout Supplementation on Muscle Hypertrophy, Muscle Strength and Motor Unit Activity |
| Ashley Esselink | Marshall, MI | FR | Pine River Anthology: "Fusion" |
| Kristen Gaffney | Marysville, MI | SR | Competitive Titrations of a Phenol Sulfotransferase Reveal Nucleotide Binding Affinities |
| Tanis Rozeveld | McBain, MI | JR | Infant Mortality: Sierra Leone |
| Morgan Bauman | Memphis, MI | JR | (1) Lack of an Effect of Venous Occlusion on Reactive Hyperemia During Three Different Types of Contractions; and (2) No Differences in Wrist Flexion Strength for Isometric, Eccentric, and Concentric Contractions With and Without Venous Occlusion |
| Meredith Brown | Midland, MI | SR | The Complication of Kali: Built-In Challenges to Hindu Construction of Gender |
| Lauren Haines | Midland, MI | SR | Evaluation of Concussion Protocols for the Sport of Women's Soccer |
| Maggie Heeschen | Midland, MI | SO | (1) Cultural Identity in the Franks Casket; and (2) Designing a New Honors Program |
| Marta Perez | Midland, MI | JR | Effect of Altitude of Residence on the Cardiovascular Responses to Dynamic and Isometric Hand-Grip Exercise at 4900 Meters |
| Jacob Poliskey | Midland, MI | SO | Assessment of an mRNA Poly-A Tail Mimic on Sulfotransferase Binding and Activity |
| Karen Hopkins | Morley, MI | SR | Senior Art and Design Majors' Show |
| Guy Ball | Mt. Pleasant, MI | SR | Role of Forearm Vasoconstriction in the Development of Primary Raynaud's Phenomenon |
| Samantha LaChance | Mt. Pleasant, MI | SR | Exploring the Relationship Between Economics and Environmental Sustainability |
| Stephanie Weymouth | Munising, MI | SR | The Effect of Balance Training on Muscle Fiber Type Composition and Overall Balance in College Athletes |
| Meghan Kelly | Muskegon, MI | JR | Pine River Anthology: "Fusion" |
| Jennifer Meloche | Muskegon, MI | SR | Synthesis of Inosamine Derivatives to Function as Nutritional Mediators for Nitrogen Fixation |
| Annette Stromberg | Muskegon, MI | SR | Aerobic Capacity and Muscle Fiber Typing |
| Chelsea Radgens | Novi, MI | SO | (1) "Internal Balance — A Study of Choreography;" and (2) "Terpsichore" |
| Eva Schneider | Oak Park, MI | SR | The Explosion of Rage in Detroit: The Detroit Riot of 1943 |
| Chloe Grounds | Ortonville, MI | SO | Designing a New Honors Program |
| Joseph Caporale | Oxford, MI | SR | Competing Views of a Nazi Europe: Fritz Sauckel, Albert Speer and the 1943 Franco-German Bichelonne Agreements |
| Edward Webb | Petoskey, MI | SO | (1) Alma College: Under The Influence; and (2) Miss Representation |
| Kelsey Weekley | Redford, MI | SR | Alice Walker: Piecing Together the Quilt of Identity |
| Kaitlyn Squanda | Reese, MI | SO | Muscle Cell Death with Statin Use |
| Lynzee Brenner | Riverdale, MI | JR | Pine River Anthology: "Fusion" |
| Amanda Coe | Rochester, MI | SO | (1) Sexual Abuse and its Prevalence in Society; (2) Designing a New Honors Program; and (3) Miss Representation |
| Nicole Green | Rochester Hills, MI | SR | Marked: A Project in Creative Writing |
| Jared Kilpatrick | Rochester Hills, MI | JR | Investigation of Reactions and Reactivity of the Platinum-Rich Heterometallic Complex [(dppePt)2 (?3-S)2Ru(PPh3) 2Cl]Cl and Related Compounds |
| Justine Minish | Rochester Hills, MI | SR | A Defense of Cosmetic Psychopharmacology |
| Kaitlin Klingshirn | Rogers City, MI | SR | Effects of a Lower Body Plyometric Training Program on Muscle Strength, Muscle Endurance and Aesthetic Jumping in Female Collegiate Dancers |
| Mary Smuda | Rogers City, MI | SR | Senior Art and Design Majors' Show |
| DMontae Jones | Saginaw, MI | SO | Designing a New Honors Program |
| Emma Patmore | Sidney, MI | FR | Characterization of Cosmic Dust |
| Rachel Tykoski | South Lyon, MI | SR | Investigation of Novel Styrene-based Organic Dyes for Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells |
| Bert Craig | Southgate, MI | SR | A Survey and Case Review of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries in Female Athletes at Alma College and the MIAA |
| Josh Gove | St Johns, MI | SO | Pine River Anthology: "Fusion" |
| Morgan McSweyn | St. Charles, MI | SR | Effects of a Lower Body Plyometric Training Program on Muscle Strength, Muscle Endurance and Aesthetic Jumping in Female Collegiate Dancers |
| Holly Graham | St. Johns, MI | SR | (1) "Internal Balance — A Study of Choreography;" and (2) "Terpsichore" |
| Maggie Donely | St. Joseph, MI | SO | (1) "Terpsichore;" and (2) "Internal Balance — A Study of Choreography" |
| Emily Schuiling | Stanton, MI | JR | A Comparison of Two Methods Using Telemetry to Locate Veery (Catharus fuscescens) in Order to Determine Territory Size |
| Allison Zink | Sylvan Lake, MI | SR | Modernist Expression and the Five Senses |
| Julie Enzenberger | Tawas City, MI | JR | (1) Dose Response of EPA and DHA on Isolated Smooth Muscle in Response to an Asthmatic Stimulus; and (2) Physiologic Changes in College-Aged Men and Women Participating in a 19-day/900-mile Bicycle Tour |
| Anne Friedlander | Traverse City, MI | SR | Prevalence of the Female Athlete Triad in At-Risk Female Collegiate Athletes and its Relationship to the Control of Peripheral Blood Flow |
| Sarah Herpst | Traverse City, MI | SR | Citizenship and Education |
| Rachel Lane | Traverse City, MI | SO | Designing a New Honors Program |
| Cameron Alman | Troy, MI | SR | The Effects of Mouthguard Use on Respiration and Aerobic Activity in College Athletes |
| Amelia Glazier | Troy, MI | SR | Post-translational Modifications of two Cardiac Myofilament Proteins |
| Elisabeth Wilder | Vassar, MI | SR | Senior Art and Design Majors' Show |
| Rachel Burckhardt | Waterford, MI | JR | (1) Discovering Local Antibiotic Resistant Coliform Bacteria; and (2) Frequency of Pathogenic E. coli in a Cohort of Pasture-Raised Cattle |
| Linsey Hough | Waterford, MI | SR | Dose Response of EPA and DHA on Isolated Smooth Muscle in Response to an Asthmatic Stimulus |
| Doug Smith | Waterford, MI | SR | A Survey and Case Review of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries in Female Athletes at Alma College and the MIAA |
| Mallory Montgomery | West Bloomfield, MI | SO | Designing a New Honors Program |
| Kassandra Weber | West Branch, MI | SR | Somatic Cell Gene Targeting of ARID1B in MSI Cancer Lines |
| Aly Leright | Westland, MI | SO | Synthesis of 5-(4-methoxyphenyl)-2,4-Pentadienal via Wittig Reaction for Use in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells |
| Rebecca Marton | Williamston, MI | SR | Athletes and Eating Disorders |
| Ashley Davidson | Bethlehem, NH | SR | Effects of Plyometric Training on Ground Reaction Forces, Leg Strength and Vertical Jump Height in Highland Dancers |
| Daniel Jaremko | Allegany, NY | JR | Copper Coupling Reactions of Cluster Halides |
| Gabriel Svobodny | Dayton, OH | SR | Learning of Socially Facilitated Courtship in the Brush-Legged Wolf Spider Schizocosa ocreata Hentz (Araneae: Lycosidae) |
| Colin Silkwood | Milan, OH | SO | Alma College: Under The Influence |
| Angela Clayton | Houston, TX | SO | Fabrication of Hydrous Meteorites for Use in Meteorite Disruption Experiments |
| Jacqueline Kolb | Prairie du Sac, WI | SO | Designing a New Honors Program |
Posted: Wed, April 25th, 2012 at 10:07AM
