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The 鈥淐ervantes and the Quixote鈥 travel-learning course visited Spain to make connections between literature read in class and the culture, society, history, and arts of Spain.
Economics major Max Beard 鈥22 interned at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, finding, summarizing, and analyzing research for a literature review of e-payment technologies in developing countries.
As a first-year student, Alexander Sanchez '20 presented at the Student Symposium his research on Ana de Mendoza and her role as a mother in the Court of Phillip II of Spain.
Carlie Braden 鈥18, Audrey Castaneda Walker 鈥18, Troy Jones 鈥17, and Kevin Rossi 鈥17 traveled to Japan with OWU faculty to study sustainability.
Dylan Hays '20 created a cohort of first-generation college students in the OWU Class of 2023 that met regularly to discuss the challenges and triumphs of being first-gen.
Myles Steed 鈥23 conducted summer research exploring faster, more effective ways to create a chemical called a dipyrrin ligand, which improves the use of hydrogen fuel cells.
Creative Writing major Kaitie Welch '20 traveled to Pordenone, Italy, to participate in an Italian-to-English translation project for a new comics museum, Palazzo Arti Fumetto Friuli.
Computer Science major Eugene Kramskoi '19 worked with Prof. Sean McCulloch and a student from Syracuse University in a summer project developing a computer program to play the board game Pandemic.
For her senior thesis, Amanda Hays 鈥20 completed an honors project in which she explored how Leo Tolstoy鈥檚 philosophy influenced the movement for Indian independence.
For two summers, Jack Mauter 鈥21 conducted research on respiratory conditions with a doctor in the Nationwide Children鈥檚 Hospital Department of Allergy and Immunology.
Kristen Krak 鈥15 used an OWU Connection grant to attend the National Theatre Institute summer intensive in Waterford, Connecticut, for classes, collaborative creation, and workshops.
Film Studies and Spanish major Tess Meddings '22 combined two of her academic passions by serving as the intern for Ohio Wesleyan鈥檚 Hispanic Film Festival.
Dyna Bresson 鈥24 spent a semester enrolled in the New York Arts Program, during which she completed an internship with an award-winning company founded as a multi-racial ensemble dedicated to using theater as an agent for positive social change.
Caitlin Hyatt 鈥22 earned a competitive Theory-to-Practice Grant (TPG), part of the OWU Connection, to support a three-month summer internship with Pelican Harbor Seabird Station, a nonprofit wildlife rescue center located in Miami, Florida.
Catie Kocian '18 and James Ormerod '17 traveled to Japan & Taiwan to study waste management. Their trip was funded by a Luce Grant.
In a directed reading project on women and power in early modern Spain, Maria Alonso 鈥20 worked with Prof. Glenda Nieto Cubas to explore the enigma behind Joanna of Castile鈥檚 mental state.
Dyna Bresson 鈥24 spent a semester enrolled in the New York Arts Program, during which she completed an internship with an award-winning company founded as a multi-racial ensemble dedicated to using theater as an agent for positive social change.
Michael Barr '18 spent a year creating an honors thesis about subjectivity in James Joyce's "Ulysses" and presented at the Student Symposium.
Exercise Science major Megan Sievers 鈥20 conducted research to help clarify the role of multiple variables in the development of shin splints in college runners.
S.K. Bulander 鈥23 created the OWU Recycling Connection, a way to help residents of the OWU and Delaware communities quickly determine what materials can be recycled locally and where.
In the travel course "The Literary Politics of Ireland," students attended Listowel Writer's Week, a weeklong literary festival celebrating Irish writing, theatre, and film.
Taimur Iftikhar '20 and Avianna Carmoega 鈥20 interned with Human Connections, a nonprofit social enterprise based in Bucer铆as, Mexico.
After interning with an improv company in New York, Hannah Wargo '20 created her own sketch show and performed it for the OWU community for her senior project.
Callia Barwick 鈥24 and several other members of the OWU community participated in an OWU Connection Spring Break Interfaith Service Team experience at Lakota Nation, South Dakota, for a week of 鈥淏uilding and Rebuilding.鈥
Cole Peterson 鈥23 traveled to the United Kingdom to conduct senior thesis research in the British Library鈥檚 India Office Archives.
In a Cincinnati Children鈥檚 research fellowship, Madeline Bonfield 鈥18 examined the correlation between the presence of a language gap and lower social function and negative behaviors in children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Lauren Kiebler 鈥16 completed several internships and gained valuable veterinary experience at Severna Park Veterinary Hospital, Mobile Pet Vet, and the Humane Society of Delaware County.
Microbiology major Gretchen Weaver 鈥20 worked with doctors at the Cleveland Clinic Cole Eye Institute-Louis Stokes VA Medical Center to study the effects of diabetic retinopathy.
In the travel course 鈥淢exican Migration Experience,鈥 students explored the pyramids of Teotihuacan and stayed with families to become more familiar with Mexican culture.
Environmental Studies major Peyton Hardesty 鈥20 worked as an apprentice with the head apiarist at Stratford Ecological Center researching healthy hive management and observing honey bees鈥 natural processes.
At the OWU Student Symposium, Chloe Dyer 鈥18 presented her research on perceptions of Irish nationalism, identity, and the role of women in the poetry of 鈥淭he Lost Land鈥 by Eavan Boland.
Allie Eynon '19 and Shelby Quade '18 developed materials for an online test that measures the knowledge students from 1992 to 2017 retained from an OWU Quantitative Methods course.
S.K. Bulander 鈥23 created the OWU Recycling Connection, a way to help residents of the OWU and Delaware communities quickly determine what materials can be recycled locally and where.
Belle Norman 鈥22 participated in a Bishop Externship at Nationwide Children鈥檚 Hospital shadowing Kim Leary 鈥09 to learn more about Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Max Johnson 鈥21 used an OWU Connection grant to complete a 200-hour training course to earn yoga teacher certification through the Yoga Alliance.
While studying abroad in Amsterdam, Alix Templeman '19 took classes on comparative sexuality studies and expanded her WGS minor into a second major.
Callia Barwick 鈥24 and several other members of the OWU community worked with the Lakota Youth Development nonprofit as part of an OWU Connection Spring Break Interfaith Service Team to 鈥渞eclaim Lakota language, culture, and spirituality.鈥
For her senior thesis, Amanda Hays 鈥20 completed a two-semester honors project in which she took an in-depth look at the relationship between Leo Tolstoy and Mahatma Gandhi.
Two travel courses, 鈥淢athematical Models of Climate鈥 and 鈥淧lant Responses to Global Change,鈥 have completed their semester with research and study in Alaska.
Astrophysics and Politics & Government major Guillermo Gutierrez '18 served as an intern with the Radiant Earth Foundation and the American Physical Society.
In a mentored research project, Communication major My Ta 鈥21 explored visual meanings and variations in illustrations of 'Alice in Wonderland' from the Edwardian era.
At the Student Symposium, Rebecca Penrod 鈥18 presented research exploring the relationship between educational outcomes and socioeconomic differences.
Theatre major Jasmine Lew 鈥22 gained student-teaching experience at the nonprofit Chicago Center for Urban Life and Culture.
In an independent study project, Dilara Gingerich 鈥19 explored how the criminal justice system can use information about psychopathy to protect society from criminals with that condition.
After receiving an OWU Connection Theory-to-Practice Grant, Camy Dodd 鈥23 traveled to Chicago to observe professional rehearsals and make connections with theatre artists.
Working with Prof. Paul Dean, five sociology students surveyed about 150 OWU students to understand the factors that lead students to become involved in social activism.
During her internship at the National Archives, Mackenzie Sommers '16 accessed previously classified documents for her senior project on Clara Maas, an Army nurse during the Spanish American War.
Accounting and International Studies major Ahmed Hamed 鈥20 earned a Gilman International Scholarship from the U.S. Department of State to study Arabic in Morocco.
Kaytlin Ward 鈥21 worked with two faculty on a summer research project to find an effective route of synthesizing an organic molecule called a dipyrrin, which can be used in cancer treatment.
Students visited Italy as part of a Chemistry and Art travel course, learning how chemistry plays a role in the creation, preservation, restoration, destruction, forgery detection, and analysis of art.
Funded by an OWU grant, Carly Zelenski 鈥15 interned with the East Meets West Foundation in Vietnam, traveling to various provinces to conduct onsite evaluations for clean-water projects.
Economics major Erica Shah 鈥16 used an OWU Connection grant to travel to European Union headquarters in Belgium to study how the EU sustains its aims with its cultural, economic, and political diversity.
Curry Carr 鈥21 worked with Prof. Shari Stone-Mediatore to examine arguments that facilitated the enactment of harsh U.S. sentencing laws, focusing on truth in sentencing laws in Illinois.
Erin Cannon '18 and Caitlin Maggio '17 used an OWU Connection grant to study the impact of international accounting standards in Australia.
Through the Summer on the Cuyahoga program, Mic Kreutzer 鈥22 worked at College Now as an AmeriCorps program intern.
Katherine Berger '16 completed an internship in the Ohio Attorney General's office. After graduating, she moved on to The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.
Ben Arnold '20 participated in a Summer Research Fellowship in the Department of Medicine at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center.
Raissa Kanku '19 interned with the Borgen Project, a nonprofit that aims to reduce global poverty by advocating for U.S. congressional leaders to support bills tied to foreign aid and poverty.
S.K. Bulander 鈥23 created the OWU Recycling Connection, a way to help residents of the OWU and Delaware communities quickly determine what materials can be recycled locally and where.
Students in the "Re-Placing Great Britain" travel course study museum narrative, architecture, theatre, poetry, and novels in the classroom and in London, Liverpool, and Manchester.
Students travel to Siena and Florence, Italy, as part of a Travel-Learning Course designed to explore how art and thought in the Renaissance intersect to form a unique 鈥榗ultural and intellectual geography.鈥
The travel-learning Space Exploration class traveled to England and Germany, including a tour of the European Space Agency's Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications.
Annabel Benes 鈥24 is spending fall semester studying overseas in Denmark and England through the Open Campus Block Program offered by the Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE).
Colin Hawes 鈥20, Becca Porter 鈥20, and Katie Vonderembse 鈥19 worked with professor Amy Downing to study salt pollution in freshwater near campus, as part of a global research project with universities around the world.
At the OWU Student Symposium, three students presented their research on the representation of women in francophone films, portrayals that challenged or confirmed stereotypes.
Jackie Everetts '18 spent two weeks exploring L'Abri communities, where individuals are invited 鈥渢o seek answers to honest questions about God and the significance of human life.鈥
Savannah Brantley '25, Jenna Nahhas '24, and other students received an OWU Connection Grant to attend a writers conference in Kansas City.
Erica Shah 鈥16 used an OWU Connection grant to travel to European Union headquarters in Belgium to study how the EU sustains its aims with its cultural, economic, and political diversity.
Environmental Science major Jakob Woodside '20 worked with Prof. Laurie Anderson to monitor sugar maples and their sap to determine how individual trees would change as the climate changed around them.
Exercise Science major Jacqueline Feliciano 鈥18 studied muscle imbalances and performance changes during a field hockey season. She moved on to the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at Ohio University.
Health Promotion major Lauren Mussenden 鈥22 and Nutrition major Leigh Stavar 鈥22 completed a summer internship working with the Cooking Matters community education program.
Kiersten Payne '17 worked with Prof. Susan Gunasti to examine the language contemporaries used to discuss the Donatists, beginning in the 4th century, and Anabaptists, beginning in the 16th century.
History major Andrew Stock 鈥17 conducted original historical research to explore the career of Henry Crozier (OWU Class of 1866) as a Union artilleryman. He presented at the Student Symposium.
Business Administration major Reese Little 鈥22 launched the entrepreneurial venture 420Coin, a community-driven cryptocurrency created to benefit a friend paralyzed in a skiing accident.
Rachel Leslie 鈥23 spent a semester abroad in Quito, Ecuador, studying Latin American identity and cultural syncretism.
Daniel Eilert 鈥23 conducts neuroimaging research at Nationwide Children鈥檚 Hospital.
Six zoology students working with Prof. Shala Hankison found that recently mated female sailfin mollies tended to produce more offspring than did females using sperm storage.
Adrienne Wentling 鈥22 used an OWU Connection grant to travel to Montreal, Qu茅bec, Canada, to conduct research on identity in French-speaking cultures.
Dhruv Sekhawat 鈥26 and Inesh Tickoo 鈥26 participated in the 2022 HackOHI/O event, a 24-hour innovation and coding marathon held at The Ohio State University.
Pre-Medicine major Alex Goldenberg 鈥25 founds nonprofit to provide clothing and shoes to Delaware County homeless community.
Chemistry and Art major Rachel Spotts '17 used an OWU Connection grant to complete an internship at the Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum in Austin, Texas.
Students in the travel course 鈥淢odernity & Colonialism,鈥 spent a week with a Zapatista community in Chiapas, Mexico, reconsidering concepts such as progress, justice, and truth.
The travel-learning course 鈥淚ntroduction to French Literature鈥 visited France for a week, with stops in Paris, Versailles, and Provins.
Josh Pletcher '21 presented an iCubed lecture about his time spent cataloging artifacts in OWU's Brandt Museum of Zoology.
Maeve Nash 鈥16 completed student teaching in Columbus with drama educator & OWU alum Emily Foster Whittaker. At OWU, Maeve performed, stage managed, and studied in Ireland.
Adriana Pamela Rodriguez 鈥18 was a summer intern at the Lookingglass Theatre in Chicago, a nationwide leader in creating and presenting cutting-edge theatrical works.
Students in Prof. Mary Anne Lewis Cusato鈥檚 "Fourteen Kilometers" class on immigration between Africa and Europe visited a Central African refugee living in Columbus to hear his story firsthand, in French.
Peyton Hardesty 鈥20 worked as an apprentice with the head apiarist at Stratford Ecological Center researching healthy hive management and observing honey bees鈥 natural processes.
Using a human rights framework suggested by philosopher Johnathan Wolff, Valentina Marginean 鈥16 found if stakeholders perceive an obligation to protect intellectual property, they risk inhibiting access to generic medicines.
Tom Dolan '18 enjoyed a Wesleyan in Washington internship in the U.S. Senate. After he graduated, Dolan was hired as an assistant with the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
Blake Johnson 鈥25 interned with The Salvation Army and participated in an educational program in Washington, D.C., developing leadership skills, learning about hyperpartisanship, and sustaining the efforts of nonprofits.
Brianna DeMuth '23 worked with Prof. James Franklin on research into protest waves in various countries that have led to some kind of accountability or regime change.
Sports and Exercise Management major Paddy Colligan 鈥24 interns as an operations assistant for the Columbus Crew.
Genetics major Cindy Hyunh 鈥19 and Neuroscience major Mollie Marshall 鈥19 received OWU Connection funding to research the effects of prenatal alcohol and methamphetamine exposure on infants in New Zealand.
Communication majors Erin Ross 鈥21 and Jacey Scheffel 鈥21 filmed and produced a documentary on Delaware County鈥檚 annual Olentangy River Cleanup.
Leah Crawford 鈥19 spent her summer in Culver City and Beverly Hills, CA, completing internships with Grey Matter Productions and Artists First.
Julia Stone 鈥16 lived with a host family while she studied abroad for a semester in Aix-en-Provence.
Alyssa Richter 鈥17 and Lauren Kibler 鈥16 worked with Prof. Danielle Hamill, researching worms with a mutant gene to better understand cell division.
In a project with Prof. Eva Paris-Huesca, Landry Cowles 鈥20 and Gretchen Weaver 鈥20 explored how health literacy competency is dependent upon language competency and cultural impact.
Khanh Le '16 investigated a problem in quantum physics, exploring three approximations of the energy eigenvalues of the solutions of the one-dimensional time-independent Schrodinger equation.
Creative Writing major Sarah Jonassen 鈥22 completed a summer internship with Franklin County鈥檚 Mifflin Township, expanding her writing portfolio.
At the Student Symposium, Cierra Cresanto 鈥17 presented her research into why some regimes were overthrown in the Arab Spring and others were not.
Prof. Eva Paris-Huesca mentored three students who researched the Spanish Civil War and the influence of early-20th century literary and artistic movements in Federico Garcia Lorca's 1933 play "Bodas de Sangre."
Rachel Leslie 鈥23 spent a semester abroad in Quito, Ecuador, studying Latin American identity and cultural syncretism.
Tiyinoluwa Olushola-Alao 鈥23 was one of several students to present original pieces at the Composition Studio Recital, performed by OWU students and faculty.
In a summer internship, Isa Johnson 鈥22 worked in plant genetics as part of the cutting-edge Plant Genome Research Program at Cornell University.
Dyna Bresson 鈥24 spent a semester enrolled in the New York Arts Program, during which she completed an internship with an award-winning company founded as a multi-racial ensemble dedicated to using theater as an agent for positive social change.
Aadarsha Gopala Reddy 鈥23 participated in OWU鈥檚 annual Summer Science Research Program (SSRP), researching the use of artificial intelligence as it applies to modern board games.
HannahJo Grimes '20 used an OWU Connection grant to compare racism in America to sectarianism in Northern Ireland.
In a senior research project, Harrison Nickels 鈥19 explored the influence of Taoist philosophy on Chinese art that reflected a passive approach to the progression of mundane events.
S.K. Bulander 鈥23 created the OWU Recycling Connection, a way to help residents of the OWU and Delaware communities quickly determine what materials can be recycled locally and where.
Elizabeth Sumoza 鈥25 traveled to New York City and Denver to complete a research project titled 鈥淓xploring Latinx Productions of Early Modern Hispanic Texts.鈥
Early Childhood Education majors Ali Phillips 鈥16 and Whitney Weadock 鈥16 received an OWU grant to attend a global childhood education summit in San Jose, Costa Rica.
Michael Heeschen 鈥20 presented his research, 鈥淟evel Scheme and Spin Assignments in 70Ga,鈥 at the Student Symposium.
Cassandra Oberle 鈥18 conducted a research project testing leg strength and power in athletes with and without ACL reconstruction to better determine when athletes should return to training.
Cole Peterson 鈥23 traveled to the United Kingdom to conduct senior thesis research in the British Library鈥檚 India Office Archives.
Astrophysics and Politics & Government double-major Guillo Gutierrez '18 completed a senior research project on identifying influencers in social networks.
Sports & Exercise Management major Kristie Prendergast 鈥15 worked in sponsorship and marketing for Major League Lacrosse鈥檚 Ohio Machine, where she worked with the announcer during the Machine鈥檚 summer season.
Philosophy & Psychology major Max Johnson 鈥21 used an OWU Connection grant to complete a 200-hour training course to earn yoga teacher certification through the Yoga Alliance.
During a summer internship at the Mayo Clinic, Eric Baughman '17 participated in a research laboratory examining congenital heart diseases using stem cells.
Through the Summer on the Cuyahoga program, Samavi Sultana 鈥22, from Baltimore, Maryland, worked as an intern at Vecmar, a computer solutions firm.
Audrey Calvin 鈥23, a chemistry and pre-medicine double-major, investigated proteins in a 10-week project. She presented results this fall during OWU鈥檚 annual Summer Science Research Symposium.
For her senior capstone project, Theatre and English major Hannah Simpson 鈥16 explored how we 鈥減lay鈥 our gender and how the role of Hamlet changes when performed by a female.
Environmental Science & Zoology major Serena George 鈥19 conducted summer research exploring the presence of ticks on roadkill vertebrates in northern Tanzania.
Quantitative Economics major Haris Ali 鈥22 interned with Chicago-based Upkey Corp., performing market research and providing marketing and sales support.
Savannah Brantley '25, Jenna Nahhas '24, and other students received an OWU Connection Grant to attend a writers conference in Kansas City.
Erika Shultz '18 measured the brain waves of subjects while they completed tasks to support the theory that, depending on our goals, our brain activity switches between proactive and reactive control.
Business Administration major Aidan Stout '19 received a grant to support his summer in Boulder, Colorado, interning with Bob Gordon '88 of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices.
Students of this travel-learning course traveled to New Orleans for spring break to learn about traditional music of the region and the roots of modern styles like rock and jazz.
English Literature & Creative Writing major Lily Callander 鈥22 used an OWU Connection grant to travel to Montreal to write personal narratives that explore navigating language differences in foreign countries.
Emily Feldmesser 鈥16 worked as an intern at The Brookings Institution, one of the world鈥檚 foremost think tanks, as part of a Wesleyan in Washington experience.
Environmental Science major Eva Blockstein '19 used an OWU Connection grant to volunteer at the Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Center, studying spindly leg syndrome in endangered frog species.
Integrated Science for Teachers major Austin Riegel 鈥21 used drone technology to help the community with environmental concerns and to promote citizen science in Costa Rica.
Erin Fannin 鈥18 and Karis Lowrie 鈥18 received OWU鈥檚 Herbst Prize to fund their study in Rome, Florence, and Pompeii.
Karli Walsh 鈥23 traveled to London with her professor over October鈥檚 mid-semester break to research and compare food allergen regulations in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Communications major and Fine Arts minor Sisi Fish 鈥24 spent a summer working for Cleveland鈥檚 Summer on the Cuyahoga program as a marketing and special projects intern.
Jackie Everetts '18 spent two weeks exploring L'Abri communities, where individuals are invited 鈥渢o seek answers to honest questions about God and the significance of human life.鈥
Biochemistry major Madeleine Sorrick '19 spent a summer working with two professors at The Ohio State University exploring "Yeast Display of Cysteine Free 3E8 Antibodies."
Emma Blackburn 鈥22 worked on summer research with Prof. Bethany Rudd to improve global climate models to better account for the impact of lake and sea spray aerosols.
Michael Heeschen '20 participated in the Summer Science Research Program, where he studied fundamental properties of heavier nuclei, such as gallium.
Business major Robert Wu 鈥20 earned a $7,000 Freeman Award for Study in Asia to support studying abroad for a year at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan.
English and Communication major Dmitri Ashakih 鈥22 interned at the nonprofit Summer on the Cuyahoga organization as an assistant program coordinator.
Diana Muzina '17 earned Departmental and University Honors for her senior research thesis exploring stereotypes and perceptions of Greek women.
For her Journalism studies, Gopika Nair '18 used an OWU Connection grant to explore freedom of press in Oslo, Norway. On campus, she was editor of The Transcript and interned with University Communications.
Psychology and Sociology/Anthropology major Bridget Roddy 鈥20 used an OWU Connection grant to serve on the volunteer excavation team at the Roman fort of Halmyris in Romania.
Working with Prof. Robert Harmon, Alec Martin '19 observed the starspots of a young star in order to better understand how a star's magnetic fields are created.
Taimur Iftikhar '20 and Avianna Carmoega 鈥20 interned with Human Connections, a nonprofit social enterprise based in Bucer铆as, Mexico.
Sophia Ahmed 鈥20 completed internships at Citi Bank headquarters in Texas and at technology company Thirstie in New York. Thirstie hired her after graduation.
Dyna Bresson 鈥24 spent a semester enrolled in the New York Arts Program, during which she completed an internship with an award-winning company founded as a multi-racial ensemble dedicated to using theater as an agent for positive social change.
Hannah Cox 鈥24 participated in an OWU Connection grant-supported internship in Greece aiding loggerhead sea turtles.
Hien Mai '22 and Brad Orzolek '20 researched improving cognition and brain function through video games under the mentorship of Prof. Kira Bailey.
Amanda Jewell 鈥19, Kaito Iwasaki 鈥23, and Sakshi Gupta 鈥22 completed 10-week summer projects studying starspots on LO Pegasi under the mentorship of Prof. Robert Harmon.
Zoology major Becca Strider 鈥20 received a full-tuition program scholarship from the Council on International Educational Exchange to study in Central America for 18 weeks.
In a summer research project, Computer Science major Love Ayinde of Ilorin, Kwara, Nigeria, completed 鈥淎rtificial Intelligence for Battle Line,鈥 mentored by Prof. Sean McCulloch.
Zoology major Kara Smith 鈥20 conducted a behavioral observation study focused on the Matschie鈥檚 tree kangaroo, exploring how crouching behavior may be an intention movement for jumping.
Paris Norman 鈥20 participated in an OWU Connection grant project to explore Pan-Africanism and its legacies in Ghana and another OWU Connection project to study French imperialism in Paris and southern France.
Accounting & Finance major Jacob Dodds 鈥22 had internships at Louisiana Department of Revenue, Worthington Industries, & Schneider Downs before choosing a career at Schneider Downs in Pittsburgh.
Genetics major Cindy Hyunh 鈥19 and Neuroscience major Mollie Marshall 鈥19 researched the effects of prenatal alcohol and methamphetamine exposure on infants in New Zealand.
Many students intern at OWU鈥檚 Spectrum Resource Center or Women鈥檚 Resource Center, where you might organize campus events including the annual Take Back the Night march.
Ohio Wesleyan students visit Italy to study 鈥淔rom Early Museum to Contemporary Biennial鈥 using an OWU Connection grant. They travel with mentor Erin Fletcher, director of the Ross Art Museum.
Philosophy minor Samantha Merino 鈥21 spent a semester working remotely as the Spanish interpretation and translation intern for the Canton, Ohio-based Immigrant Worker Project.
Business Administration major Avianna Carmoega 鈥20 interned with the nonprofit Human Connections in Bucer铆as, Mexico, working on a variety of marketing projects.
Dexter Allen 鈥21 researched 鈥淚ntruder States and Transition Strengths in 73 As鈥 in summer research that included work using Florida State University鈥檚 particle accelerator.
Inesh Tickoo 鈥26 participated in the 2022 HackOHI/O event, a 24-hour innovation and coding marathon held at The Ohio State University.
Computer Science major Lan Nguyen 鈥18 completed two summer internships at Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, California. When Lan graduated, Facebook hired him as a software engineer.
Microbiology major Ashley McCracken 鈥19 worked with Matthew Dietz, M.D., at the West Virginia University School of Medicine to research the relationship among joint implants, infections, and treatments.
Sarah Jonassen 鈥22 completed a summer internship with Franklin County鈥檚 Mifflin Township, expanding her writing portfolio.
Psychology and Nutrition major Abby Bowman '20 used an OWU Connection grant to travel to Umbria, Italy, to explore lifestyles and diets in areas where people tend to live longer.
Business Administration major Kera Bussey-Sims 鈥18 traveled to Seattle to interview leaders at Nordstrom and Amazon on how technology is being integrated into the fashion business.
Chemistry and Black World Studies major Jade Giordani '17 researched water quality and the lifestyle of the Maasai. After graduating, she became a chemistry lab technician at Battelle.
Economics and Psychology major Shaaref Shah 鈥17 interned with Bank of America in NYC as a Human Capital Summer Analyst. He attended grad school at the University of Pennsylvania.
Derek Shank '18 spent a summer at Notre Dame University working with a program that uses collected stellar data to perform a series of tests to determine a star鈥檚 properties.
Carly LoVullo 鈥16 received a $24,000 fellowship to support a yearlong study of best practices for community-based disease surveillance of dengue fever in three Tanzanian coastal regions.
Politics & Government and Astrophysics double-major Guillo Gutierrez '18 completed a senior research project on identifying influencers in social networks.
While at OWU, Rhiannon Herbert '16 held three law internships: Delaware County CASA; the Delaware, Ohio, Common Pleas Court; and a private law office.
Two travel courses, 鈥淧lant Responses to Global Change鈥 and 鈥淢athematical Models of Climate,鈥 have completed their classes with research trips to Alaska.
Bavneet Singh 鈥25 recently completed a 13-week remote internship with Movement Genius, a digital wellness platform that provides live and on-demand classes to help people improve their mental, emotional, and physical well-being.
Diego Venegas Vargas '19 explored the mostly unknown world of nuclear physics, studying a neutron-rich isotope of gallium to better predict nuclear behavior.
Students in Prof. Mary Anne Lewis Cusato鈥檚 鈥楩ourteen Kilometers鈥 class on immigration between Africa and Europe visited a Central African refugee living in Columbus to learn his story firsthand, in French.
Students in the Accounting Fellows program participate in at least one internship and make connections with OWU alumni working in New York and Washington, D.C.
Robert Wu '20 earned a Freeman Award for Study in Asia to support a year-long experience studying at Waseda University in Tokyo and interning at a Buddhist monastery.
Accounting major J.T. Knoble 鈥17 and two other students received an OWU Connection grant to study generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) in Ireland.
After receiving an OWU Connection Theory-to-Practice Grant, Camy Dodd 鈥23 traveled to Chicago to observe professional rehearsals and make connections with theatre artists.
Rachel Tallmadge 鈥14 conducted research on human trafficking. Later, as a law student at Ohio State, she received a fellowship to work for a year with juvenile victims of human trafficking.
Computer Science and Data Analytics double-major David Shakarashvili 鈥24 interns as a data analyst with HeartWorks, Inc.
Finance Economics major Aakash Gupta 鈥21 interned with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as part of its Financial Management Scholars Program. He worked in Risk Management Supervision.
Exercise Science major Emily Sheridan 鈥21 worked with two faculty members on a research project to examine the effectiveness of yoga in reducing anxiety in children and adolescents.
Diego Venegas Vargas '19 spent a summer studying neutrino physics with Alfredo Galindo-Urribari of the Physics Division of Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee.
Bella Campos Hintzman 鈥22 used OWU Connection grant funding to conduct research in California in support of her senior capstone project in regional theater career preparation.
Psychology and French major Emma Beale '17 used an OWU Connection grant to study terrorism in France from multiple angles, including the role of propaganda and media coverage.
In a spring break service trip, a team of OWU students volunteered to help rebuild a family's Houston-area home following Hurricane Harvey.
Emma Tarawally '20, Raissa Kanku '19, and Eva Churu '19 traveled to Chicago to examine the global Afrocentric education model of Kwame Nkrumah Academy, a charter school in Chicago.
International Business major Emily Julius 鈥16 explored obstacles that Japanese women entrepreneurs face, researching successful Japanese women and conducting interviews with Japanese businesswomen.
International Business major Kellie Garvin '17 spent a semester in Barcelona, Spain, taking several fashion courses and experiencing Spanish culture.
Madeleine Rea 鈥20 worked with Prof. Nathan Rowley on research using satellite imaging data to explore the effects of red algae on glacier melt rates of the Harding Icefield in Alaska.
A group of OWU students travel to Italy to learn how chemistry is used to preserve, restore, detect forgeries, and otherwise support art as part of a Travel-Learning Course.
Communication and English major Dmitri Ashakih 鈥22 interned at the nonprofit Summer on the Cuyahoga organization as an assistant program coordinator.
Savannah Brantley '25, Jenna Nahhas '24, and other students received an OWU Connection Grant to attend a writers conference in Kansas City.
Daniel Haygood '18 worked as a summer legal intern at the County of Plumas District Attorney's Office in California.
Nick Mankowski 鈥25 has been participating in an internship with 3E since mid-July under the supervision of two of the company鈥檚 senior software engineers.
Brianna Robinson 鈥15 worked side by side with Opera Columbus, Columbus Dance Theatre, Central Ohio Symphony, and the Columbus Symphony Orchestra.
Sarah Bergman '18, James Zoller '18, and Lauren Boedicker '18 worked with Prof. Allen Pistner to find a more affordable and effective chemical catalyst for biodegradable plastic.
Caitlin Hyatt 鈥22 earned a competitive Theory-to-Practice Grant (TPG), part of the OWU Connection, to support a three-month summer internship with Pelican Harbor Seabird Station, a nonprofit wildlife rescue center located in Miami, Florida.
Working with two Botany professors, Katie Vonderembse 鈥19 created maps showing the distribution of Xylopia, a genus of tropical flowering plants.
Pre-Medicine, Biology, and Environmental Science major Madison Cartnal 鈥24 was one of 12 students working on summer NASA-funded research on how plants respond to gravity.
Kristen Nooney 鈥18, Jessica Sanford 鈥17, and Meg Teitelman 鈥18 combined creative and analytical work, reimagining a contemporary film adaptation of Flaubert's "Madame Bovary."
Bulbul Bhati 鈥23 completed a data analytics internship for RxNXT, an Ohio-based company that provides software to enable employees to search for the best available price on medications.
Chris MacDonald 鈥16 interviewed Spanish theater professionals on the role of Hispanic classical theater in Spain. He then created a documentary on the topic.
In a travel-learning course, students examined economic structures, medical systems, and West African history. During the two-week trip to Ghana, the class volunteered at a school and an orphanage.
Ellie Bearss 鈥22 was one of 24 students nationwide to participate in the NY Times Athens Democracy Forum. Her video was played at a panel discussion on Art as Activism.
Savannah Brantley '25, Jenna Nahhas '24, and other students received an OWU Connection Grant to attend a writers conference in Kansas City.
Environmental Studies major Emily Howald 鈥18 helped develop OWU's Sustainability Plan, documenting sustainability initiatives across the university and serving on the Sustainability Committee.
Rachel Leslie 鈥23 participated in the OWU Programming Contest, an annual event for local colleges in the area.
Film Studies and Spanish major Tess Meddings '22 combined two of her academic passions by serving as the intern for Ohio Wesleyan鈥檚 Hispanic Film Festival.
Zoology major Reagan Jennings 鈥23 used an OWU Connection grant to do comparative research observing wild and captive harbor seal social behaviors.
Genetics major Jack Mauter 鈥21 researched the effect of house dust mites on human epithelial cells at the Nationwide Children鈥檚 Hospital Department of Allergy and Immunology.
Mackenzie Sommers 鈥16 helped digitize a collection of Confederate records as a part of her internship duties at the National Archives via the Wesleyan in Washington program.
Sports & Exercise Management major Zack Katona '17 used skills from his Great Lakes Summer Internship to enhance his entrepreneurial efforts to launch a dietary supplement business called Rise.
Chemistry minor Megha Malik 鈥21 received a $5,000 Gilman Scholarship to travel to Dublin, Ireland, to participate in a Summer STEM Research program at University College Dublin.
During her Wesleyan in Washington semester, Kennedy Sattler '20 interned at Airlines for America, an advocacy organization for the U.S. airline industry.
Isabel Cherry 鈥18 worked as a youth empowerment intern at One Heart Source in Cape Town, South Africa, a nonprofit to empower young people through quality education and care.
Nam Tran Hoang 鈥16 constructed and characterized a mathematical model to assess abnormal numbers of repeating segments of DNA. He worked with Prof. Craig Jackson.
Special Education major Alanna Spalsbury 鈥16 expanded personal experience as a one-on-one aide for a kindergartener with hyperlexia into a research project exploring the advanced reading ability.
Amanda Barry 鈥17 and faculty mentor Ali Skandor traveled to Tanzania for two weeks to explore memory impairment in rural Maasai communities.
Finance Economics major Caroline Kermode '20 spent a summer interning with Charles Schwab's Richfield, Ohio, office, working in the Retirement Investment and Document Services Department.
Through the Summer on the Cuyahoga program, Women's & Gender Studies major Mic Kreutzer 鈥22 worked at College Now as an AmeriCorps program intern.
Eli Reed '19 used an OWU Connection grant to compare sectarianism in Northern Ireland to American race relations.
Diego Venegas Vargas '19 spent a summer studying neutrino physics with Alfredo Galindo-Urribari of the Physics Division of Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee.
Bella Campos Hintzman 鈥22 used OWU Connection grant funding to conduct research in California in support of her senior capstone project in regional theater career preparation.
During a semester or summer, students participate in programs such as the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, the College Year in Athens, or the Institute for Roman Culture in Rome.
A travel-learning course studies concepts of elegance and brutality in Japanese literature before traveling to Japan.
Early Childhood Education major Gabi Coty 鈥17 explored methods used around the world for teaching mathematics in her senior research project.
Sisi Fish 鈥24 is spending the summer living and working in the Cleveland, Ohio, area, where she is serving as the marketing and special projects intern for the Summer on the Cuyahoga (SOTC) organization.
Cierra Cresanto '17 worked with Prof. James Franklin on research into why some regimes were overthrown in the Arab Spring and others were not. She presented at a professional conference.
Colin Hawes 鈥20, Becca Porter 鈥20, and Katie Vonderembse 鈥19 worked with professor Amy Downing to study salt pollution in freshwater near campus, as part of a global research project with universities around the world.
Emma Hall 鈥21 Hall spent a summer researching 鈥淪tress, Locomotion, and Zebrafish Mutant Analysis鈥 under the mentorship of Karl Clark, Ph.D., at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
Film Studies major Leah Crawford 鈥19 spent a summer in Culver City and Beverly Hills, California, completing internships with Grey Matter Productions and Artists First.
Amanda Hays '20 used an OWU Connection grant to complete an internship at the Hermitage State Museum in St. Petersburg, the second-largest art museum in the world.
In a senior research project, Middle Childhood Education major Natalie French 鈥17 explored LGBT representation in young adult literature.
Astrophysics and Politics & Government major Guillermo Gutierrez '18 served as an intern with the Radiant Earth Foundation and the American Physical Society.
Every year, OWU welcomes outstanding new students into the Education Fellows Program, where they enjoy scholarships and access to special career-related opportunities.
Kelly Maier '14 and Emma Goetz '15 visited Sippo and Helsinki, Finland, to study the nation鈥檚 renowned education system.
Communication major Ash Moen 鈥21 traveled from Lake Erie to Hocking Hills taking photos and writing poems, which were collected in a book to encourage people to think about care about environmental issues.
After receiving an OWU Connection Theory-to-Practice Grant, Camy Dodd 鈥23 traveled to Chicago to observe professional rehearsals and make connections with theatre artists.
Selam Weldu 鈥20 received funds to attend the two-week Impact Fellowship program, which teaches college students nationwide the skills to become successful social entrepreneurs.
Pre-Medicine major Alex Goldenberg 鈥25 founds nonprofit with assistance from the Delaware Entrepreneurial Center at OWU.
Tiffany Moore 鈥20 interned at Atlantic Pictures and Breakthru Films in New York City, and she spent four weeks in New Zealand learning how to be a producer for a short film.
Trey Olsen 鈥18: "It was extremely rewarding to apply my knowledge from Ohio Wesleyan and represent OWU among an internship class from Ivy League and other prestigious universities."
Samuel Stull '17 interned at Nationwide Children's hospital, leading to a research project with Prof. Kira Bailey on hepatitis C and opioid abuse.
The Modernity & Colonialism class traveled to Chiapas, Mexico, lived in a Zapatista community, learned about indigenous philosophies, and participated in a mural-painting project.
In a senior research project, Katie Kuckelheim 鈥19 explored why women in student leadership may change their communication style based on the gender makeup of a group.
In the OWU Career Connection office, job experts in education and other fields, known as career catalysts, work with students to identify opportunities and land jobs.
Chloe Sullivan 鈥24 and several fellow OWU students spent the summer working to complete NASA-funded research in the laboratory of Chris Wolverton, Ph.D.
After receiving an OWU Connection Theory-to-Practice Grant, Camy Dodd 鈥23 traveled to Chicago to observe professional rehearsals and make connections with theatre artists.
Rachel Leslie 鈥23 and Nick Mankowski 鈥25 participated in the OWU Programming Contest, an annual event for local colleges in the area.
At Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Biochemistry & Neuroscience major Hien Ngoc Mai 鈥22 worked on research to develop biomarkers with radioactive chains to diagnose neurodegenerative diseases.
Samantha Merino 鈥21 spent a semester working remotely as the Spanish interpretation and translation intern for the Canton, Ohio-based Immigrant Worker Project.
As part of the Wesleyan in Washington program, Emily Feldmesser 鈥16 interned at the Brookings Institution, one of the world鈥檚 foremost think tanks, in Washington, D.C.
Abby Biddle 鈥23 is participating in Ohio Wesleyan鈥檚 annual Summer Science Research Program (SSRP), researching anxiety and mood disorders and the impact of stress during adolescence.
Botany and Biochemistry double-major Carly Sanders 鈥24 participated in OWU鈥檚 annual Summer Science Research Program (SSRP), studying under the mentorship of OWU professor Chris Wolverton.
At OWU鈥檚 Student Symposium, Alyssa DiPadova '19 presented her research project, 鈥淐harisma鈥檚 Triumph over Organization: Peronism Throughout the Decades.鈥
In summer research with Prof. Dustin Reichard, Joe Brush '20 studied aggression in two male songbird species.
Neuroscience and Pre-Med major Ben Arnold '20 participated in a Summer Research Fellowship in the Department of Medicine at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center.
Josh Cabacungan 鈥24 is completing plant research in the Summer Science Research Program (SSRP).
Neuroscience & Psychology major Cara Harris 鈥19 used an OWU Connection grant study the impact of neuroscience on every aspect of patients鈥 health at a public hospital in Uruguay.
Josh Cabacungan 鈥24 is completing plant research in the Summer Science Research Program (SSRP).
Under Prof. Richelle Schrock, Carson Shaw 鈥18 researched and presented how healthcare and culture impact cost and experience of sex reassignment surgery in Europe.
In a Summer Science Research Project, Aidan Shumaker 鈥20 worked with Prof. Laurie Anderson to research greenhouse gas emissions underneath invasive honeysuckle and native spicebush shrub species.
Slater Sabo '19 presented an original scholarly paper at the National Phi Alpha Theta Conference in New Orleans.
Prof. Christopher Fink has traveled to Italy with more than 50 students to explore food studies.
Working with two professors, Environmental Studies major Katie Vonderembse 鈥19 created maps showing the distribution of Xylopia, a genus of tropical flowering plants.
Prof. Christopher Fink traveled to Italy with two students to explore the structure, dynamics, and impact on quality of life of short food supply chains in Italy and the United States.
Amanda Marshall 鈥16 used an OWU grant to help a research team at the Karongwe Private Game Reserve in South Africa collect data on cheetahs, lions, elephants, leopards, and hyenas.
Megha Malik 鈥21 received a $5,000 Gilman Scholarship to travel to Dublin, Ireland, to participate in a Summer STEM Research program at University College Dublin.
Prof. Jason Hiester and seven students received an OWU Connection grant to travel to Austria to participate in workshops and masterclasses and attend the Salzburg Music Festival.
Kolby Brock 鈥23 and Karli Walsh 鈥23 traveled to London with their professor over October鈥檚 mid-semester break to research and compare food allergen regulations in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Selam Weldu 鈥20 received funds to attend the two-week Impact Fellowship program, which teaches college students nationwide the skills to become successful social entrepreneurs.
Working with Prof. Scott Linder, Mathematics major Hanna Cao 鈥22 researched the impact of incorrectly ignoring the presence of censoring, with a goal to improve estimation methods in accounting.
International Studies major Jessica Sanford '17 interned as a political coordinator at the National Republican Senatorial Committee in Washington, D.C.
Exercise Science major Karson Stevenson 鈥16 traveled to Europe with an OWU Connection grant to study alcohol-induced aggression among soccer fans.
Serena George 鈥19 researched paternity and mating behaviors in the Sailfin Molly under Prof. Shala Hankison. Serena was admitted to the DVM program at University of Wisconsin.
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