{"id":401,"date":"2016-06-02T18:47:07","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T01:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/wicnews\/?p=401"},"modified":"2016-06-05T00:14:30","modified_gmt":"2016-06-05T07:14:30","slug":"2016-wic-culture-writing-awards-disciplines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/wicnews\/2016\/06\/02\/2016-wic-culture-writing-awards-disciplines\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 WIC Culture of Writing Awards in the Disciplines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/wicnews\/files\/2016\/03\/RCOW-300x232.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-176\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/wicnews\/files\/2016\/03\/RCOW-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"RCOW-300x232\" width=\"184\" height=\"142\" \/><\/a>By WIC Team\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to this year\u2019s awardees!<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"93\"><strong>Student Name<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"110\"><strong>Paper Title<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"93\"><strong>College\/Unit<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"93\"><strong>Nominating Professor <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"93\">Alexandra (Lexie) Krueger<\/td>\n<td width=\"110\">\u201cCardiovascular System Technical Description\u201d<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Kinesiology<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Elizabeth Delf<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"93\">Alyssa Froman<\/td>\n<td width=\"110\">\u201cPlutarch\u2019s Women: A Unique Perspective on the Value of Women in Ancient Rome\u201d<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">History<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Kevin Osterloh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"93\">Alyssa Rollins<\/td>\n<td width=\"110\">\u201cSeventeen Days: A Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program for Hispanic Adolescent Females in Portland, Oregon\u201d<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Public Health<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Peggy Dolcini<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"93\">Amandip Singh<\/td>\n<td width=\"110\">\u201cDecaying Pig Body\u2019s Impact on Forest Soil Microbiota\u201d<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Microbiology<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Walt Ream<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"93\">Armando Kraynick<\/td>\n<td width=\"110\">\u201cGondar Site Development Project, Final Group Design Report V2.0\u201d<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Civil Engineering<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Shane Brown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"93\">Keisuke Harry<\/td>\n<td width=\"110\">\u201cGondar Site Development Project, Final Group Design Report V2.0\u201d<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Civil Engineering<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Shane Brown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"93\">Nicklaus R. Abdou<\/td>\n<td width=\"110\">\u201cGondar Site Development Project, Final Group Design Report V2.0\u201d<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Civil Engineering<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Shane Brown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"93\">B. Lauren Stoneburner<\/td>\n<td width=\"110\">\u201cTrumpet of the Spirit, Bass of Faith: Jazz as a Cold War Spiritual Weapon\u201d<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Religion<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Christopher Nichols<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"93\">Breanna Hagerman<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"110\">\u201cThe Influence of Race and Gender on an Individual\u2019s Support for Reducing Income Inequality\u201d<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Sociology<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Kelsy Kretschmer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"93\">Brian Dougherty<\/td>\n<td width=\"110\">\u201cBiochar as a Cover for Dairy Manure Lagoons: Reducing Odor and Gas Emissions While Capturing Nutrients\u201d<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Bioenergy Minor<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Kate\u00a0G. Field<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"93\">Danika Locey<\/td>\n<td width=\"110\">\u201cFrauenliebe und Leben: Robert Schumann\u2019s Self-Fulfilling Prophecy\u201d<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Music<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Julia Goodwin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"93\">Darian Taylor Seim<\/td>\n<td width=\"110\">\u201cUnderstanding the Impact of Orientation on Gene Expression of <em>lux <\/em>operon in pKN800 Transformation into <em>Escherichia coli<\/em> DH5a\u201d<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Microbiology<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Ryan Mueller<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"93\">Jason Sandwisch<\/td>\n<td width=\"110\">\u201cRadical Addition Polymerization and Characterization of Polymethylmetacrylate by GPC, DSC, and Viscometry\u201d<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Chemistry<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Michelle Dolgos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"93\">Jenna Marie Proctor<\/td>\n<td width=\"110\">\u201cThe Great Hall: A Story of Promise, Lost Opportunity, and the Value of the Liberal Arts\u201d<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Honors College<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Ben Mutschler<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"93\">Jennifer K. Green<\/td>\n<td width=\"110\">\u201cTransient Electron Donor Concentration Experiments for the Determination of Dehalogenation Rate and Kinetic Parameter Shifts in an Anaerobic Microbial Culture\u201d<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Honors College<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Lewis Semprini<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"93\">Jennifer Green<\/td>\n<td width=\"110\">\u201cCalcium Removal for Increased Hydrolyzate Activity\u201d<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Environmental Engineering<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Philip Harding<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"93\">Miranda Raper<\/td>\n<td width=\"110\">\u201cCalcium Removal for Increased Hydrolyzate Activity\u201d<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Bioengineering<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Philip Harding<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"93\">Zachary Jones<\/td>\n<td width=\"110\">\u201cCalcium Removal for Increased Hydrolyzate Activity\u201d<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Chemical Engineering<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Philip Harding<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"93\">Joshua Y. Zheng<\/td>\n<td width=\"110\">\u201cConveying Affect: Vocal vs. Nonverbal Cues\u201d<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Psychology<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Frank Bernieri<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"93\">Justin Stangel<\/td>\n<td width=\"110\">\u201cEthics in Construction Bidding\u201d<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Construction Engineering<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Shane Brown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"93\">Kendra Sherman<\/td>\n<td width=\"110\">\u201cStrong Bones Start Young\u201d<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Kinesiology<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Tony Wilcox<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"93\">Lauren Henneford<\/td>\n<td width=\"110\">\u201cIs Cosmetic Tail Surgery in Dogs Ethical?\u201d<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Animal Sciences<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Claudia Ingham<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"93\">Michelle Koepke<\/td>\n<td width=\"110\">\u201cStandardized Testing\u201d<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Economics<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Carol Tremblay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"93\">Mudra Choudhury<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"110\">\u201cThe Development and Application of a Systems Biology Approach to Mapping Monocyte Gene Regulatory Networks\u201d<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">BioResource Research<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Kate\u00a0G. Field<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"93\">Natasha M. Smith<\/td>\n<td width=\"110\">\u201cAn Enzymatic Study of the Role of Tyr415 in Native Catalase HPII using the UAA Mutants: 3-Cl-Tyr415 and 3-Br-Tyr415\u201d<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Biochemistry and Biophysics<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Kari van Zee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"93\">Samuel Kowash<\/td>\n<td width=\"110\">\u201cSolving the Geodesic Equation on the Poincar\u00e9 and Klein Disks\u201d<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Mathematics<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Tevian Dray<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"93\">Samuel Kowash<\/td>\n<td width=\"110\">\u201cThe Lag-Luminosity Correlation in Time-Resolved Episodes of Long Gamma-ray Bursts\u201d<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Physics<\/td>\n<td width=\"93\">Janet Tate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By WIC Team\u00a0 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. 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