ARTS AND HUMANITIES

THIRD PLACE - #281

TITLE OF PROJECT / STUDENT NAMES / FACULTY MENTOR / DEPARTMENT
Super Graphics / Glenn Terpstra / Wanrudee Buranakorn, Sean Ford / Art & Design

SECOND PLACE - #219

TITLE OF PROJECT / STUDENT NAMES / FACULTY MENTOR / DEPARTMENT
Diotima's Dismissal: Sound Argument or Unwarranted Phallacy? / Heather Buhr / Kristin Schaupp / Philosophy/Relig Studies

FIRST PLACE - #234

TITLE OF PROJECT / STUDENT NAME / FACULTY MENTOR / DEPARTMENT
The March from Selma to Montgomery: A Change in the Philosophy of the Civil Rights Movement / Craig Ferries / Selika Ducksworth-Lawton / History


SOCIAL SCIENCES – PSYCHOLOGY

FOURTH PLACE - #254

TITLE OF PROJECT / STUDENT NAMES / FACULTY MENTOR / DEPARTMENT
The Influence of Cultural Values on Hmong Parenting Styles and Perceptions of Abuse / Mai Neng Vang, Alethia Moua, Lauryn Pixler / Ann Collier / Psychology

THIRD PLACE - #111

TITLE OF PROJECT / STUDENT NAMES / FACULTY MENTOR / DEPARTMENT
Environmental Advertising: Predicting Environmental Engagement by Exposure to Passive Media / Tehya Rice, Shauna Stoeger / Blaine Peden / Psychology

SECOND PLACE - #138

TITLE OF PROJECT / STUDENT NAMES / FACULTY MENTOR / DEPARTMENT
UWEC Student Counseling Use and Preference / Alex DeLaPena, Kim Miresse, Emily Mertens, Cristina Soto / Jennifer Muehlenkamp / Psychology

FIRST PLACE - #182

TITLE OF PROJECT / STUDENT NAMES / FACULTY MENTOR / DEPARTMENT
Attitudes Toward Deliberate Self-Injury and Elective Cosmetic Surgery Patients in Emergency Department and Urgent Care Settings / Amber Rose Marion / Jennifer Muehlenkamp / Psychology


SOCIAL SCIENCES other than PSYCHOLOGY

SIXTH PLACE - #113 TIED

TITLE OF PROJECT / STUDENT NAMES / FACULTY MENTOR / DEPARTMENT
Middle School Blugold Beginnings Program: An Assessment of Growth and Outcomes of Students Enrolled in the Program / Alyssa Yanzick, Sheina Wind, Grant Butterfield, Kong Meng Her / Shelly Voegeli / Student Affairs/Dean Stu

SIXTH PLACE - #44 TIED

TITLE OF PROJECT / STUDENT NAMES / FACULTY MENTOR / DEPARTMENT
Employee Volunteerism and Message Framing / Mara Pearson, Samantha Peterson / Martha Fay / Communication/Journalism

FIFTH PLACE - #13

TITLE OF PROJECT / STUDENT NAMES / FACULTY MENTOR / DEPARTMENT
Transformational Leadership Between Peers / Kara Koerner, Leah Knutson, Brianne Schwarz, Nicholas Goffard, Kelsey JuVette, Alyssa Molbeck / Martha Fay / Communication/Journalism

FOURTH PLACE - #121

TITLE OF PROJECT / STUDENT NAMES / FACULTY MENTOR / DEPARTMENT
Health Status of the Chinese Elderly: A Relationship between Demographic and Socioeconomic Characteristics / John Hilgendorf, Justine Cornelius / Jianjun Ji / Sociology

THIRD PLACE - #51

TITLE OF PROJECT / STUDENT NAMES / FACULTY MENTOR / DEPARTMENT
Food Insecurity in Northwest Wisconsin: Lessons from Eau Claire / Noah Wiedenfeld / Paul Kaldjian / Geography / Anthropology

SOCIAL SCIENCES other than PSYCHOLOGY

SECOND PLACE - #124

TITLE OF PROJECT / STUDENT NAMES / FACULTY MENTOR / DEPARTMENT
Blugold Beginnings Multicultural Learning Community: A Comparison of Campus Involvement and Persistence / Abigail Nygaard, Elizabeth Harris, Virgil Ward / Shelly Voegeli / Student Affairs/Dean Stu

FIRST PLACE - #23

TITLE OF PROJECT / STUDENT NAMES / FACULTY MENTOR / DEPARTMENT
The Impact of the USDA Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program on Children’s Consumption and Other Related Behaviors / Lainee Hoffman, Judith Dickinson, Stephen Fisher, Stephanie Mabrey, Kevin Reinhold, April Ross, Laurelyn Wieseman / Eric Jamelske, Lori Bica / Economics


EDUCATION, SCHOLARSHIP OF TEACHINGS & LEARNING, and HEALTH SCIENCES & SERVICES

FOURTH PLACE - #213

TITLE OF PROJECT / STUDENT NAME / FACULTY MENTOR / DEPARTMENT
Applying Brief Experimental Analysis to Empirically Select Interventions that Improve Oral Reading Fluency / Allison Gehring / Michael Axelrod / Psychology

THIRD PLACE - #95

TITLE OF PROJECT / STUDENT NAME / FACULTY MENTOR / DEPARTMENT
Campus-wide Healthy Eating Assessment / Amanda Mortensen / Karen Mumford / Arts & Sciences

SECOND PLACE - #192

TITLE OF PROJECT / STUDENT NAMES / FACULTY MENTORS / DEPARTMENT
The Effects of Myofascial Release and Dynamic Warm-up on Exercise Performance / Rachel Ferestad, Chelsea Boesel, Brynn Caslavka, Hannah Gytri, Tiffany Melby / Jeffrey Janot / Kinesiology

FIRST PLACE - #265

TITLE OF PROJECT / STUDENT NAMES / FACULTY MENTOR / DEPARTMENT
The Impact of the Civil Rights Pilgrimage on UW-Eau Claire Students’ Intercultural Knowledge and Competence / Sarah Tweedale, Elsa Kraus, Nicholas Severson, Mary Wolf, Jacqueline Lee, Virgil Ward, Mathias Hughey, Paul Williams / Jodi Thesing-Ritter / Student Affairs/Dean Stu


EARTH and LIFE SCIENCES

FOURTH PLACE - #133

TITLE OF PROJECT / STUDENT NAMES / FACULTY MENTOR / DEPARTMENT
Characterization of an Arabidopsis thaliana Mutant Identified in a Genetic Screen for Altered Red Light Responses / Jordan Montpetit, Timothy D. Lauer, Gavin Sunde / Derek Gingerich / Biology

THIRD PLACE - #81

TITLE OF PROJECT / STUDENT NAME / FACULTY MENTOR / DEPARTMENT
With changing global precipitation patterns, will the growth of prairie plants be more constrained by reduced rainfall frequency or reduced rainfall volume? / Adam Schneider, Molly Kreiser, Gregory Nelson / Tali Lee / Biology

SECOND PLACE - #82

TITLE OF PROJECT / STUDENT NAMES / FACULTY MENTORS / DEPARTMENT
Pollination Ecology of Aclepias Ovalifolia / ,Gregory Nelson, Molly Kreiser, Peter Blum, Gretchen Wilbrandt, Stephanie,Erlandson,

FIRST PLACE - #35

TITLE OF PROJECT / STUDENT NAMES / FACULTY MENTOR / DEPARTMENT
Chemical Effects of Glass Hydration in the Natural Environment / Giselle Conde / Phillip Ihinger / Geology


PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL, MATHEMATICAL and COMPUTER SCIENCES

FIFTH PLACE - #284

TITLE OF PROJECT / STUDENT NAME / FACULTY MENTORS / DEPARTMENT
Formation of Antibubbles in Oil Systems / Thomas Nevins / Thomas Lockhart / Physics And Astronomy

FOURTH PLACE - #55

TITLE OF PROJECT / STUDENT NAME / FACULTY MENTORS / DEPARTMENT
Using computer tools to automate age and growth measurements from fish otoliths / Winston Mosher, Corey Schulz, Corey / Christopher Johnson, Daniel Stevenson / Computer Science

THIRD PLACE - #227

TITLE OF PROJECT / STUDENT NAME / FACULTY MENTOR / DEPARTMENT
Application of Statistical-Thermal Coupling Analysis to Identify Residue-Residue Interaction Networks that Facilitate Coupled-Domain Dynamics in Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases / Brent Lehman, Stephanie Tadayon, James Johnson, Arrianna Zirbes / Sanchita Hati / Chemistry

SECOND PLACE - #250

TITLE OF PROJECT / STUDENT NAME / FACULTY MENTORS / DEPARTMENT
Energetics of Hydride Transfer Reactions in Quinone Reductase 2 / Yer Yang / Sudeep Bhattacharyay / Chemistry

FIRST PLACE - #224

TITLE OF PROJECT / STUDENT NAMES / FACULTY MENTOR / DEPARTMENT
Synthesis and Study of Methoxy‐Donor /Cyano‐Acceptor Biphenyl and Terphenyl Lactones / Erick Carlson / Bart Dahl / Chemistry


GRADUATE ENTRIES

FIRST PLACE- #195

TITLE OF PROJECT / STUDENT NAMES / FACULTY MENTOR / DEPARTMENT
"This Ain't a Wild West Show:" How a Rural Wisconsin Farming Community Adopted a Post-Modern Western Identity / Heidi Heideman / Patricia Turner, Jane Pederson / History