Summer 2007 Undergraduate
Academic Year 2007-2008 Undergraduate
Summer 2007 Graduate
Summer 2007 Patricia J. Koll Award (Graduate)
Summer 2006 Undergraduate
Academic Year 2006-2007 Undergraduate
Summer 2006 Graduate
Summer 2006 Patricia J. Koll Award (Graduate)
Summer 2005 Undergraduate
Academic Year 2005-2006 Undergraduate
Summer 2005 Graduate
Summer 2005 Patricia J. Koll Award (Graduate)
Summer 2004 Graduate
Summer 2004 Patricia J. Koll Award (Graduate)
Academic Year 2004-2005 Graduate
Summer 2004 Undergraduate
Academic Year 2004-2005 Undergraduate
Summer 2003 Undergraduate
Academic Year 2003-2004 Undergraduate
Summer 2003 Graduate
Summer 2003 Patricia J. Koll Award (Graduate)
1999-2002 Award Archive

Summer 2008 Patricia J. Koll Award (Graduate)

• Student Brandon Whitman with Gary Burns (Psychology), How Normative Goal Orientation Functions in the Absence of Feedback Mechanisms

Summer 2008 Graduate

• Student Kathryn Griffiths with Michelle Michalski (Biology & Microbiology), What Makes Brugia malayi Infective for a Mosquito?

• Student Jeremiah Henning with Stephen Bentivenga (Biology & Microbiology), Soil Fungi and Prairie Grass Competition
  
• Student Olesya Savchenko with Stephen Makar (Accounting), Firm-specific Foreign Exchange Exposure and the Monitoring of Hedge Effectiveness: Do Ineffective Hedgers Modify Future Derivative Use?
  
• Student Nicholas Bach with Robert Pillsbury (Biology & Microbiology), The Effect of Disturbance on the Invasive Alga Didymosphenia geminata in the Presence and Absence of Nutrient Additions

Summer 2008 Undergraduate

• Student Peter Christensen with Brant Kedrowski (Chemistry), Development of Enantiomer Separation Methods for the Chiral Molecule Cacalol

• Student Aaryn Mustoe with Samuel David (Chemistry), Novel Laboratory Synthesis of the Natural Product Aspermgrin

• Student Nicholas Peterson with Tom Naps (Computer Science), A Heuristic Approach to Finding Ramsey Numbers

• Student Anthony Pietsch with Stephen Kercher (History), A Tale of Two Cities: Oshkosh, Milwaukee, and the Politics of Race in Wisconsin Duirng the 1960s

• Student Virginia Pliska with M. Ryan Haley (Economics), Estimating the Optimal Reserve Price for Wisconsin State Forestry Auctions

• Student Michael Schuh with Robert Ball (Computer Science), Understanding How Explicit Versus Implicit Citations Differ

• Student Chan Vang with Li Hu (Art), Beyond the Refugee Experience

Academic Year 2008-2009 Undergraduate

• Student Jason Busse with Wing Huen (Computer Science), Automating the Investigation of the Evolutionary Changes in Genomes
  
• Student Ryan Dhillon with Dan Lehrmann (Geology), Petrographic Evaluation of a Permian-Triassic Erosion Surface and Implication for Causes of the End-Permian Extinction
  
• Student Andrew Jansen with George Hudak (Geology), Evaluation of a Possible Change From ARC to Back-ARC Associated Volcanism in the Neoarchean Ely Greenstone Formation, NE Minnesota
  
• Student Marshall Scorcio with Kathy Faggiani (Computer Science), Designing Systems That Gain Public Trust: An E-Voting Platform Prototype
  
• Student Rebecca Zink with Michele Michalski (Biology & Microbiology), What Makes Brugia pahangi Infective for Two Mosquito Species?

Summer 2007 Patricia J. Koll Award (Graduate)

• Student Nicole Smith with Michael Beeth (Curriuclum & Instruction), Non-matriculants of the ACT Program: Why Did They Choose Not to Enroll?

Summer 2007 Graduate

• Student Matthew Rubin with Lisa Dorn (Biology & Microbiology), Evolutionary Costs of Environmental Sensitivity in Arabidopsis thaliana

• Student Jason Tonne with Dana Vaughan (Biology & Microbiology), Does SUMO Protect Retinal Proteins During Hibernation?

Summer 2007 Undergraduate

• Student David Flagel with Gregory Adler (Biology & Microbiology), The Influence of Height on Seed Removal Rate in a Tropical Forest

• Student Luke Garceau with Leigh Ann Mrotek (Kinesiology & Health), Effects of Static Stretching on a 10-Meter Sprint, T-Test and Reaction Time

• Student Elizabeth Graham with Marianne Johnson (Economics), Gender, Culture and GDP Contributions

• Student Rachelle Kernen with Jennifer Wenner (Geology), Caught Between Two Tectonic Environments: A Geochemical Study of Source and Magma Modification Processes at Mount Lassen, California

• Student Erik Koepnick with Kathleen Corley (Religious Studies & Anthropology), The Assertion of the Idea of Slavery as Appears in the Matthean Pericope of the Healing of the Centurion’s Slave

• Student Stephanie Loehr with Stephen Bentivenga (Biology & Microbiology), Atmospheric Change and Mycorrhizal Fungi

• Student Vicki Miller with Donald Stolley (Art), Alive: A Figurative Study on Individuals Living with HIV/AIDS, a Challenge on Current Perceptions of the Disease in Today’s Society

• Student Bryan Schwebke with Dan Schmidt (Kinesiology & Health), Effects of Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation on 10-M Sprint, T-Test and Reaction Time

• Student Jason Wentworth with David Furcy and Tom Naps (Computer Science), Sorting out Sorting: The Interactive Sequel

Academic Year 2007-2008 Undergraduate

• Student Beatriz Martinez with Donald Hones (Curriculum & Instruction), Understanding the World of Bilingual Students: Dialogue Journals for Critical Literacy in Elementary School Classrooms

• Student Cassilyn Rhodes with Denise Robson (Economics), The Effectiveness of Classroom Response Systems in Engaging Students

• Student Anthony Sartorelli with George Hudak (Geology), Ancient Volcanic Vent Identification Using Volcanic Facies Mapping

Summer 2006 Patricia J. Koll Award (Graduate)

• Student Joshua Grimm with Gregory Adler (Biology/Microbiology), Interactions Between Two Neotropical Toad Species, Bufo marinus and Bufo typhonius.

Summer 2006 Graduate

• Student Michael Shupryt with Robert Stelzer (Biology/Microbiology), Plant Beds in Streams: Pattern and Process of a Biodiversity Hot Spot.
• Student Thomas Stone with Robert Pillsbury and Todd Sandrin (Biology/Microbiology), The Diversity of Microbes Between Wild Rice Lakes and Normal Lakes.
• Student Thomas Siegrist with Todd Sandrin (Biology/Microbiology), Rapid Identification of Bacterial Species Based on Mass Spectrometry Fingerprinting.
• Student Sonja Jeter with Colleen McDermott (Biology/Microbiology), Host Differences in the Bacteroides Gene Encoding 16S rRNA from Avian Waste and Canine Feces.
  

Summer 2006 Undergraduate

• Students Mary Bayer and Anna Simeth with Paul Klemp (English), Combating Silence and Invisibility: The Representation of Older Women in Selected Novels by Toni Morrison and Anita Shreve.
• Student Beau Buchmann with Marianne Johnson (Economics), Nonprofit Commercial Activity and Donations: Is There Evidence of Crowd-Out?
• Student David Flagel with Robert Stelzer (Biology/Microbiology) and Maureen Muldoon (Geology), Nitrogen Dynamics and Processing in a Wisconsin Stream.
• Student Megan Hanke with Beatrice Holton (Biology/Microbiology), Methylation and Environmental Gene Expression in Plants.
• Student Alisa Hass with Colin Long (Geography), Millennial-scale Fire History From a Mountain Hemlock Forest in the Oregon Cascade Range.
• Student Anthony Kuchera with Dennis Rioux (Physics and Astronomy), Chemically-Etched Germanium Surfaces.
• Student Lynn Quillico with Carol Seaman (Mathematics), An Investigation Into Students’ Use of Teacher Comments to Improve Their Understanding About and Their Written Communication of Solutions and Justifications in Mathematics.
• Student Mohamed Yakub with Lisa Dorn (Biology/Microbiology), The Evolution of Tolerance to UV in Plants.

Academic Year 2006-2007 Undergraduate

• Student Cole Edwards with Eric Hiatt (Geology), Controls on the Formation of the Earliest Marine Phosphate Deposits, Marquette Supergroup, Michigan.
• Student Rochelle Kernen with Dan Lehrmann (Geology), Environmental Conditions During Recovery From the End-Permian Extinction: Comparative Analysis of Carbon Isotopes Data From China, Japan and Turkey.
• Student Courtney Morris with Jim Koch (Psychology), Effects of Differing Restriction and Refeeding Cycles on Subsequent Feeding Behavior in Rats: Implications for Bulimia Nervosa.

Summer 2005 Undergraduate

• Student Lisa Barnes and Lenore Wineberg (Curriculum and Instruction), Urban Field Experiences: Evaluating the Impact on Preservice Teachers’ Attitudes and Interests in Teaching.
• Student Kelly Basel and Robert Stelzer (Biology/Microbiology), The Influence of Temperature on the Growth and Respiration of Stream Snails: Implications for Global Warming of Surface Waters.
• Student Heidi Galica and Noelle Beyer (Chemistry), Sugar Roles in Antibiotics: Fighting Resistance and Searching for Safer Drugs.
• Student Aaron Gruber and Dana Vaughan (Biology/Microbiology), Ground Squirrel Cone Carbohydrates.
• Student Elizabeth Kobus and Stephanie May de Montigny (Anthropology), “ Get Big or Get Out” – Dairy Farming Trends and Their Implications to the Rural Community.
• Student Jamie Rosenthal and James Paulson (Chemistry), Characterization of Cell Death Induced in Mitotic Cells by Mild Heat Treatment.
• Student Jeff Seidling and Michelle Michalski (Biology/Microbiology), Neospora Caninum Exposure in Central Wisconsin Coyotes.
• Student Kristen Vollmer and Gregory Kleinheinz (Biology/Microbiology), Comparison of the Antimicrobial Properties of Garlic with Standard Antibiotics.

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Academic Year 2005-2006 Undergraduate

• Student David Follett and Dan Lehrmann (Geology), Petrographic and Geochemical Evaluation of the Mechanisms and Environments of the End-Permian Mass Extinction, Southwest Japan.
• Student Margaret Seibel and Dan Lehrmann (Geology), Petrographic and Geochemical Evaluation of the Mechanism and Environment of the End-Permian Mass Extinction, Southwest Turkey.
• Student Thomas Wolf and Kathleen Corley (Religious Studies), Paul and Gender: Homosexuality.

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Summer 2005 Graduate

• Student Erik Englebert and Gregory Kleinheinz (Biology/Microbiology), Assessment of the Effects of the Alga Cladophora on E. coli Levels at Recreational Beaches.
• Student Amy Knepple and Kathleen Stetter (Psychology), Friendships Among Older Adults: A Comparison of the United States and Brazil.
• Student Ellen Schroeder and Gary Adams (Psychology), Organizational Citizenship Behaviors: The Different Expectations of Leaders and Subordinates.

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Summer 2005 Patricia J. Koll Award (Graduate)

• Student Kay Theisen and Susan Nuernberg (English), Meridel Le Sueur: Recovering and Defining an American Working Class Literary History.

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Summer 2004 Graduate

• Student Alejandra Carvajal and Gregory Adler (Biology/Microbiology), Seed Dispersal and Predation by a Tropical Forest Rodent.
• Student Tara Kent and Robert Stelzer (Biology/Microbiology), Effects of Fine Sediments on Snail growth and Algal Communities in Streams.
• Student David Lopez and Gregory Adler (Biology/Microbiology), Metapopulations in a Fragmented Tropical Forest.

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Summer 2004 Patricia J. Koll Award (Graduate)

• Student Jason Cram and Craig Maher (Political Science), An Evaluation of Citizen Attitudes in the Town of Rib Mountain, Wisconsin.

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Academic Year 2004-2005 Graduate

• Student Amy Cox and Denise Clark (Special Education), Assessing Literacy Interventions for Students with Severe Disabilities.

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Summer 2004 Undergraduate

• Student Danica Badtke and Stephen Bentivenga (Biology/Microbiology), The Contribution of Mycorrhizal Fungi to Sand Dune Stability.
• Student Paul Brantmier and Toivo Kallas (Biology/Microbiology), Redox Sensing in the Cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803.
• Student Sofia Castillo and Marianne Johnson (Economics), Dollarization and Economic Growth in Latin America.
• Student Shannon Christensen and Dan Lehrmann (Geology), Paleontological Study of Middle Triassic Reef Evolution, Nanpanjiang Basin, South China Evaluation of Reef Recovery From the End-Permain Mass Extinction.
• Student Candis Cook and Kenneth Price (Mathematics), New Discoveries on Quantized Weyl Algebras.
• Student Colleen Gibbons and Susan McFadden (Psychology), Systematic Behavioral Observations of Residents with Advanced Dementia Before and After Relocation From a Traditional Nursing Home Environment to Small Household units.
• Student Danielle Harvey and Susan McFadden (Psychology), Systematic Behavioral Observations of Residents with Advanced Dementia Before and After Relocation From a Traditional Nursing Home Environment to Small Household units.
• Student Christopher Ingram and George Hudak (Geology), Detailed Field Studies of ~2.7 Billion Year Old Submarine Volcanic Rocks and VMS Deposits, Timmins, Ontario, Canada.
• Student Sonja Jeter and Colleen McDermott (Biology/Microbiology), Detection of Two Different Types of Microbial Contaminants in Oshkosh Recreational Waters.
• Student Angela Kiefer and Greg Kleinheinz (Biology/Microbiology), Use of Antibiotic Resistance Analysis to Determine the Source of E. coli Recovered from Recreational Beaches.
• Student Eric Kracht and Todd Sandrin (Biology/Microbiology), How Do Pollution-Degrading Bacteria Indigenous to Fox River Sediments Cope with Heavy Metal Toxicity?
• Student Christian LaRoe and John Bowen (Geography & Urban Planning), Evaluation the Air Transport System's Responses to the 2003 Outbreak of Severe Acute Respitory Syndrome (SARS).
• Student Cliff Moll and Stephen Huffman (Finance) and Kevin McGee (Economics), A Time-Series Analysis of Stock Returns: Is There a January Effect?
• Student Victoria Osinga and Gregory Kleinheinz (Biology/Microbiology), Quantitative Analysis of Microcystin Toxins from Cyanobacteria in Recreational Water, of Wisconsin.
• Student Renee Pilon and Todd Sandrin (Biology/Microbiology), Will the Toxicity of Lead in Rush Lake Sediments be Increased by a Drawdown?
• Student Andrea Shay and Tara Pauliny (English), Lesbian Representation in Popular U.S. Fiction at the Start of the Twenty-First Century.
• Student Mike Shupryt and Robert Stelzer (Biology/Microbiology), Effects of Zebra Mussels (Dreissena Polymorpha) on Lakefly (Chironomus Plumosus) Growth Rates: Possible Implications for the Lake Winnebago Food Web.
• Student Emily Swenson and Robert Wise (Biology/Microbiology), Accurate Measurements of Leaf Temperature are Needed to Reveal the Mechanism Underlying Resistance to High Temperature Stress in Cotton.
• Student Jennifer Tovar and Mamadou Coulibaly (Geography) and Jeffery Behm (Anthropology), Implications for Petroform Associations Within Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
• Student Laurie Turtenwald and Ryan Haley (Economics), Skewed Bidding in Wisconsin State Forest Auctions.

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Academic Year 2004-2005 Undergraduate

• Student Jeffrey Albright and Ralph Gunderson (Economics), A Study of the Role of Institutional Quality on Macroeconomic Conditions in South America.
• Student Heidi Hayward and Eric Hiatt (Geology), Lead Contamination in Sediments of Rush Lake, Wisconsin: Lead Speciation and Bioavailablity.
• Student Jacqueline Marshall and Jennifer Wenner (Geology), Understanding Continental Crustal Growth Using Oxygen Isotope Ratios of Zircons in Volcanic Rocks Exposed in Sierra Nevada, California.
• Student Chelsea Nelson and Marianne Johnson (Economics), Multi-Generation Education Choices and Returns to Education.
• Student Candace Otte and Todd Sandrin (Biology/Microbiology), Investigating a Microbiological Mystery: What is the Source of E. coli on the Menominee Park Swimming Beach?

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Summer 2003 Undergraduate

• Student Christopher Anderson and Trudy Kavanagh (Geography), Spatio-temporal Patterns of Clonal Growth in Subalpine Fir, Medicine Bow Mountains, Wyoming.
• Student Amanda Boeker and Stephen Kercher (History), Assessing the Impact of the Polio Epidemic at the Local, Regional and National Level, 1940-1955.
• Student Valerie Brandt and Stephen Kercher (History), Assessing the Impact of the Polio Epidemic at the Local, Regional and National Level, 1940-1955.
• Student Thomas Bruenig and Jennifer Szydlik/Carol Seaman (Mathematics), Exploring the Culture of a Non-Traditional Mathematics Classroom.
• Student Caleb Dahl and Kevin McGee/Marianne Johnson (Economics), Estimates of the Effects of Negative Risky Behavior on Returns to Education.
• Student Nicole Doemel and Marianne Johnson (Economics), Does Nonprofit Commercial Activity Crowd Out Charitable Work?
• Student Florian Kardoskee and Julie Henderson (Journalism), Cigarette Use in Films Since the Master Settlement Agreement.
• Student Nathan Kleczewski and Stephen Bentivenga (Biology/Microbiology), An Examination of Spore Wall Ultrastructure of Mycorrhizal Fungi.
• Student Victoria Osinga and Gregory Kleinheinz (Biology/Microbiology), Assessment of Microbial Beach Contamination at Menominee Park Beach.
• Student Thomas Pistohl and Ralph Beliveau (Communication), The Polio Epidemic Documentary Project.
• Student Sarah Swiatnicki and Gregory Kleinheinz (Biology/Microbiology), Serotyping of Bacterial Indicator Organisms Found at Recreational Beaches.

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Academic Year 2003-2004 Undergraduate

• Student Heidi Drexler and George Hudak (Geology), A Field and Laboratory Study to Evaluate the Genetic Relationships Between the Purvis Pluton and Volcanic Rocks and Volcanic-Associated Mineralization in the Vermilion District of NE Minnesota.
• Student Stephanie Paul and Janet Hagen (Human Services/Professional Leadership), Development of a Model Curricular Unit to Empower Incarcerated Females. (note: fall-only project)
• Student Olesya Savchenko and Thomas Bickford (Political Science), Landscapes of Identity and Heritage in Post-Soviet Ukraine.
• Student Jason Tonne and Robert Stelzer (Biology/Microbiology), The Effects of Leaf Species and Dissolved Nutrients on the Growth of Primary Consumers.
• Student Jordan Wilson and George Hudak (Geology), Detailed Field Mapping and Laboratory Analysis of ~2.7 Billion Year Old Peperite Deposits, Northeastern Minnesota.

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Summer 2003 Graduate

• Student Jeremy Arens and Sheldon Cooper (Biology/Microbiology), Thermoregulatory Benefits of Feeding in Summer House Sparrows.
• Student Kelly Carew and Kathleen Stetter (Psychology), A Cross-Cultural Examination of the Effects of Induced Negative Affect and Emotion Regulation on Stress.
• Student Brian Langolf and Gregory Kleinheinz (Biology/Microbiology), Microbial/Recreational Water Testing in Vilas County, Wisconsin.
• Student Janet Mohr and Marguerite Parks (Educational Foundations), Native American Women in Children’s Books.

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Summer 2003 Patricia J. Koll Award (Graduate)

• Student Donna Stoddart and Helen Bannan (Women’s Studies), Jessie Jack Hooper: From Oshkosh Suffragist to International Peace Activist.

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