Student Scholars Receive Awards

Poster award winners in attendance (from left): Carly Paget, John Whitinger, Myles Walimaa, Erin Brino, Sierra Gillman, Grace Freitag, Lane Jeakle, Isabella Oldani, Brooke Krysiak, Garrett Raubinger, Annika Desai, Chris Kailing and Tara Myers.

An awards ceremony kicked off Northern Michigan University's 24th Annual Celebration of Student Scholarship on April 11. Undergraduate and graduate students were honored in various categories of poster presentations. There were also awards for an essay competition, projects using Lydia Olson Library and/or NMU Archives resources, and technology innovation.  

The award categories and honored students were:

Undergraduate Lower Division Awards

Primer Assessment for a Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay for Glioblastama Multiforme: Isabella Oldani, 1st place

A Phylogenetic Analysis of the Parasitic Pinworm Eugenuris sp. In Ochotana sp.: Annika Desai, 2nd place

Finish Time Gaps in Elite Athletes: Gender Comparisons in Cross Country Running and Nordic Skiing: Tara Myers, 3rd place

Undergraduate Upper Division Awards

Comparing Trends in Solar Radiation over the Laurentian Great Lakes: Myles Walimaa, 1st place

Population Structure of Graphidiella ochotonae, a Parasite of American Pikas (Ochotona princeps): Erin Brino, 2nd place

Geospatially Tracking the Placement of African Americans in the Redline Neighborhoods of Detroit, MI: Garrett Raubinger, 3rd place

Undergraduate Group Awards

Can Animal Personality Facilitate Adaptation to Climate Change?: Brooke Krysiak and Grace Freitag, 1st place

Should You Shower Before Getting into the Pool?: Janean Fabino and Stephanie Parks, 2nd place

Influence of Habit Structure on the Diet and Gut Microbiome of the American Marten: Chris Kailing, Sierra Gillman, Lane Jeakle and Myles Walimma; 3rd place

Graduate Poster Awards

Feeding the Beast: Are Human Foods Another Pressure on Wildlife Health?: Sierra Gillman, 1st place

West Nile Virus: Applying a Novel Genetic Assay to Blood and Tissue Samples of Wild Birds: Carly Paget, 2nd place

A Preliminary Investigation on the Tropic Ecology of Sport Fish on Little Bay de Noc: Jon Whitinger, 3rd place

Essay Competition

Antecedents of Workplace Deviance: Taylor Harder

Library and Archives Research Award

The Underground Railroad in the Upper Peninsula: Emily Wros

Technology Innovation for Students

Computational Simulations of Hydrogen with Titanium Dioxide: Mariah Goeks and Jarryd Horn

This event was sponsored by the McNair Scholars Program and the NMU Office of Graduate Education.

Emily Wros (left) receives the Library and Archives Research Award from Dean Leslie Warren.
Emily Wros (left) receives the Library and Archives Research Award from Dean Leslie Warren.
Jarryd Horn (left) and Mariah Goeks receive the Technology Innovation Award from Professor Yuba Gautam.
Jarryd Horn (left) and Mariah Goeks receive the Technology Innovation Award from Professor Yuba Gautam.
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Charlie Edwards
Student Writer
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