CONWAY,
Ark. (May 29, 2013) – Hendrix students will gain hands-on experience for their
future careers, learn about the latest psychotherapy theories, network with technology
leaders, and serve children in the United States and abroad thanks to $69,986.50 in
Odyssey grants awarded this spring by the Committee on Engaged Learning (CEL).
Thirty-one faculty and student Odyssey projects were supported in the final spring grant cycle. Since the
Odyssey Program’s inception in 2005, the grand funding total is $2,417,293.78.
The
grant recipients and their projects include:
- Jonathan
Bauer-Erickson – Reviving Cultural Traditions to Promote Regional Identity of
Catalonia
- Cara
Brazeal – Breaking Bread
- Julie
Britton, Kaleigh Clary, Lacey Laborde and Megan Yociss – Grace Hopper
Conference: Reflections on Future Plans and Women's Place in the Burgeoning
Field of Technology
- Kati
Broberg – Field Experience in Optometry
- Chloe
Brown – Mental Health for America of the Heartland Internship
- Jana
Edwards – Exploring Black-Figure and Red-Figure Pottery through Practice and
Interpretation
- Mary
Julia Emanuel – Summer Full Time Internship with Beardsley Community Farm
- Catherine
Gilman – Promoting Health Literacy at the Dallas Public Library
- Camille
Guillot – Summer Internship 2013
- David
Harris – Summer Internship at Rattle's Organic Farm
- Jessica
Himes – Professional Development through a Communications Internship
- Erika
Jasso – Radiology Internship
- Elizabeth
Kasper – Civil Rights and the Law: A Road Trip
- Sasha
Keck – Arkansas Government Legal Internship
- Gina
Kelling – Internship at Rattle's Farm
- Elizabeth
Lancaster - Student Intern at Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual
- Zachary
Mainer – Crime and Law Enforcement
- Mary
McNally – Servicing the Domestically Abused: An Internship
- Jill
Nguyen – A summer fighting for acceptance, inclusion and equality with the
Human Rights Campaign
- Colton
Primm – Internship: U.S. Commercial Service
- Jonas
Reagan – Exploring a Multicultural, Interdisciplinary Approach to Environmental
Issues: Stockholm Seminars
- Jonas
Reagan – Inquiry into the Success of Swedish Self-Sustaining Agrarianism
- Johann
Rupp and Jeremiah Bill – Service and Travel in Peru
- Sam
Siegel – Attending the Evolution of Psychotherapy Conference: Experiencing
Psychology from Philosophical, Scientific and Musical Perspectives
- Sowmya
Sivakumar – Interning at Free Will Baptist Family Ministries- Florence
Crittenton Home
- Kevin
Spatz – Interning at the Mote Marine Laboratory
- Molly
Umble – Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Internship
- William
VanScoy – Law/Politics Internship
- Brittany
Webb – Interning in D.C. for Senator Mark Pryor
- Carrie
Yang – Experiencing Clinical and Surgical Healthcare in Chengdu, China
- Prof.
Rynnett Clark – Student Teaching Fuel Supplement
Founded in 1876, Hendrix College is a national leader in
engaged liberal arts and sciences education. For the fifth consecutive year,
Hendrix was named one of the country’s “Up and Coming” liberal arts colleges by
U.S. News and World Report. Hendrix
is featured in the 2012 edition of the Princeton Review as one of the country’s
best 377 colleges, the latest edition of Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change
the Way You Think about Colleges, Forbes magazine's annual
list of America's Top 650 Colleges, and the 2013 edition of the
Fiske Guide to Colleges. Hendrix has been affiliated with the United Methodist
Church since 1884. For more information, visit www.hendrix.edu.