By WIC Team
WIC and participating units strive to foster a commitment to excellence in undergraduate student writing and recognize the value of writing across the disciplines with the annual Culture of Writing Award.
Participation in the Culture of Writing Award has thrived since 2006 as students earn recognition and cash awards through either individual or team writing projects. This year, participation continues to be strong. WIC would like to thank all participating units for their continued desire to recognize and reward outstanding student writing.
Congratulations to this year’s awardees!
| Student Name | Paper Title | College/Unit | Nominating Professor |
| Alexandra (Lexie) Krueger | “Cardiovascular System Technical Description” | Kinesiology | Elizabeth Delf |
| Alyssa Froman | “Plutarch’s Women: A Unique Perspective on the Value of Women in Ancient Rome” | History | Kevin Osterloh |
| Alyssa Rollins | “Seventeen Days: A Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program for Hispanic Adolescent Females in Portland, Oregon” | Public Health | Peggy Dolcini |
| Amandip Singh | “Decaying Pig Body’s Impact on Forest Soil Microbiota” | Microbiology | Walt Ream |
| Armando Kraynick | “Gondar Site Development Project, Final Group Design Report V2.0” | Civil Engineering | Shane Brown |
| Keisuke Harry | “Gondar Site Development Project, Final Group Design Report V2.0” | Civil Engineering | Shane Brown |
| Nicklaus R. Abdou | “Gondar Site Development Project, Final Group Design Report V2.0” | Civil Engineering | Shane Brown |
| B. Lauren Stoneburner | “Trumpet of the Spirit, Bass of Faith: Jazz as a Cold War Spiritual Weapon” | Religion | Christopher Nichols |
| Breanna Hagerman
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“The Influence of Race and Gender on an Individual’s Support for Reducing Income Inequality” | Sociology | Kelsy Kretschmer |
| Brian Dougherty | “Biochar as a Cover for Dairy Manure Lagoons: Reducing Odor and Gas Emissions While Capturing Nutrients” | Bioenergy Minor | Kate G. Field |
| Danika Locey | “Frauenliebe und Leben: Robert Schumann’s Self-Fulfilling Prophecy” | Music | Julia Goodwin |
| Darian Taylor Seim | “Understanding the Impact of Orientation on Gene Expression of lux operon in pKN800 Transformation into Escherichia coli DH5a” | Microbiology | Ryan Mueller |
| Jason Sandwisch | “Radical Addition Polymerization and Characterization of Polymethylmetacrylate by GPC, DSC, and Viscometry” | Chemistry | Michelle Dolgos |
| Jenna Marie Proctor | “The Great Hall: A Story of Promise, Lost Opportunity, and the Value of the Liberal Arts” | Honors College | Ben Mutschler |
| Jennifer K. Green | “Transient Electron Donor Concentration Experiments for the Determination of Dehalogenation Rate and Kinetic Parameter Shifts in an Anaerobic Microbial Culture” | Honors College | Lewis Semprini |
| Jennifer Green | “Calcium Removal for Increased Hydrolyzate Activity” | Environmental Engineering | Philip Harding |
| Miranda Raper | “Calcium Removal for Increased Hydrolyzate Activity” | Bioengineering | Philip Harding |
| Zachary Jones | “Calcium Removal for Increased Hydrolyzate Activity” | Chemical Engineering | Philip Harding |
| Joshua Y. Zheng | “Conveying Affect: Vocal vs. Nonverbal Cues” | Psychology | Frank Bernieri |
| Justin Stangel | “Ethics in Construction Bidding” | Construction Engineering | Shane Brown |
| Kendra Sherman | “Strong Bones Start Young” | Kinesiology | Tony Wilcox |
| Lauren Henneford | “Is Cosmetic Tail Surgery in Dogs Ethical?” | Animal Sciences | Claudia Ingham |
| Michelle Koepke | “Standardized Testing” | Economics | Carol Tremblay |
| Mudra Choudhury
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“The Development and Application of a Systems Biology Approach to Mapping Monocyte Gene Regulatory Networks” | BioResource Research | Kate G. Field |
| Natasha M. Smith | “An Enzymatic Study of the Role of Tyr415 in Native Catalase HPII using the UAA Mutants: 3-Cl-Tyr415 and 3-Br-Tyr415” | Biochemistry and Biophysics | Kari van Zee |
| Samuel Kowash | “Solving the Geodesic Equation on the Poincaré and Klein Disks” | Mathematics | Tevian Dray |
| Samuel Kowash | “The Lag-Luminosity Correlation in Time-Resolved Episodes of Long Gamma-ray Bursts” | Physics | Janet Tate |
