Kansas State University

Office of Undergraduate Research & Creative Inquiry selects fall 2022 grant awardees

Submitted by Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Inquiry

The Office of Undergraduate Research & Creative Inquiry has awarded OURCI Research/Creative Activity grants and Travel/Conference Grants for the fall 2022 semester to the following students.

College of Agriculture

• Alexis Sutton, food science, bakery science, and dance; faculty mentor: Stephen Loch. 

College of Arts and Sciences

• Christopher Hartley, psychology; faculty mentor: Laura Brannon.
• Tyler Brown, biochemistry molecular biophysics; faculty mentor: Jeremy Schmit.
• Alexis Dawn Schlieper, medical biochemistry and pre-vet; faculty mentor: Will Tank and Susan Brown.
• Margaret Fontanini, psychology; faculty mentor: Donald Saucier.
• Natalie Miller, fisheries, wildlife, conservation, and environmental biology; faculty mentor: Allison Louthan.
• Regan Konz, microbiology; faculty mentor: Charles Rice.
• Cole King, biology; faculty mentor: Bethany Plakke.
• Evie Flint, medical biochemistry; faculty mentor: Mary Cain.
• Loribeth Claro Martinez, psychology; faculty mentor: Donald Saucier.
• Sophia Palcic, mathematics and park management and conservation; faculty mentor: Trent Gaugler.
• Nikela Reed, theatre; faculty mentor: Shannon Skelton. 
• Avery Johnson, animal biology and dance; faculty mentor: Stephen Loch.
• Alyx Glessner, criminology, dance minor; faculty mentor: Stephen Loch.

College of Business

• Emily Hug de Belmont Brugada, organizational management and dance; faculty mentor: Stephen Loch. 

College of Education

• Ann Stegman, elementary education and dance; faculty mentor: Stephen Loch.
• Margot McClain, elementary education and dance; faculty mentor: Stephen Loch.

College of Engineering

• Amber Lintz, biomedical engineering; faculty mentor: Punit Prakash.
• Clayton Hardin, biomedical engineering; faculty mentor: Punit Prakash.
• Haylee Nicholas, architectural engineering; faculty mentor: Stephen Loch.

College of Health and Human Sciences

• Rebekah Hennesy, fashion studies; faculty mentor: Yingying Wu.
• Elizabeth Rogers, kinesiology and integrated physiology; faculty mentor: Katie Heinrich.
• Raimi Carroll: Kinesiology; Faculty Mentor: Steven Copp.
• Agel Yor: fashion design; faculty mentor: Yingying Wu.
• Maria Izquierdo: nutrition and health; faculty mentor: Jennifer Francois.
• Sophia Baskerville: sports nutrition; faculty mentor: Stephen Loch.
• Cassandra LuJean Meyer: dietetics; faculty mentor: Stephen Loch.
• Annika Wiebers: dietetics; faculty mentor: Stephen Loch.
• Audrey Henton: dietetics, minor in dance; faculty mentor: Stephen Loch.
• Abbey Griffin: nutrition and health, dance; faculty mentor: Stephen Loch.
• Hope Wedel: wildlife biology and dance; faculty mentor: Stephen Loch.

Congratulations to the student awardees. Thank you to the faculty mentors who help support students through their undergraduate research experience.

Application deadlines for the spring 2023 OURCI Research/Creative Activity & Travel/Conference grants will be on March 24, 2023. The Office of Undergraduate Research & Creative Inquiry is committed to supporting all research and creative inquiry experiences. Research and/or creative inquiry is broadly defined to include any faculty-mentored scholarly or creative project or undertaking, whether disciplinary or interdisciplinary, pure or applied, theoretical or practical. All undergraduate students from the Manhattan, Salina and Global campuses in good academic standing and from any major are invited to apply.

For more information about the Office of Undergraduate Research & Creative Inquiry or the OURCI Research/Creative Inquiry and Travel/Conference grants, visit k-state.edu/undergradresearch/.