CONWAY, Ark. (May 17, 2016) — Hendrix College students will
explore future career paths in a variety of internships, learn about the faiths
that coexist in India, and discover the intersection of traditional Nepali
cultural medicine and Western biomedicine thanks to $92,295.30 in Odyssey
grants for 30 hands-on learning projects.
The funds were approved in the April 2016 funding cycle by
the Committee on Engaged Learning, which has awarded $3,433,320.20 in Odyssey
grants to Hendrix students and faculty since the Odyssey Program’s inception in
2005.
February
2016 Odyssey grant recipients and their projects include:
Jessica
Bonumwezi — Summer in a PTSD Lab (Professional & Leadership Development)
Morgan
Carrico — Volunteering with Arkansas Access to Justice (Professional &
Leadership Development)
Kara
Coffman — Butterfly Pavilion Internship (Professional & Leadership
Development)
Joshua Copeland
and Delaney Farris — 2016 Dean's Civil Rights Trip (Special Projects)
Brynn
Davis — Research Assistantship at University of Missouri-St. Louis Social
Psychology Research Lab (Professional & Leadership Development)
Hanna
Davis — Rattle's Garden Internship (Professional & Leadership Development)
Olivia
Ensley — Advocacy and Community Work Summer Internship (Professional &
Leadership Development)
Alexandra
Forst — Professional Experience in Veterinary Care (Professional &
Leadership Development)
Amelia
Grayson — Internship with West Cancer Center (Professional & Leadership
Development)
Sarah
Haltom — Nashville Zoo Internship (Professional & Leadership Development)
Savannah
Herrera — Professional Exploration of the Art World-NYC (Professional &
Leadership Development)
Sydney
Hickok — Student-teaching Internship with Episcopal Collegiate (Professional &
Leadership Development)
Aditya
Katke, Faizan Khan, Ian McVinney, Pratheepa Ravikumar and Dimple Shah — Hinduism,
Christianity, and Islam: An Introspective Study of India's Intermingling Faiths
(Global Awareness)
Olivier
Kwizera — Exploring the Role and Value of Interactive Games in Rwandan Society (Global
Awareness)
Hanna
Liebermann —Internship at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas: Careers in
Botany (Professional & Leadership Development)
Colton
Morgan — Mr. Morgan Goes to Faulkner County: An Engagement with Local Politics
and the Faulkner County Democrats Party (Professional & Leadership
Development)
Moira
Murdoch — Internship at Freeman Family Medicine (Professional & Leadership
Development)
Grace
Ann Odom — Summer Internship with Fayetteville's Non-Profit Animal Shelter and
Veterinary Clinic (Professional & Leadership Development)
Lauren
Petrisin — Physical Therapy Experience and Reflection (Professional &
Leadership Development)
Ariana
Poole — Implications for Women's Health at the Intersection of Western &
Folk Medicine in Nepal (Special Projects)
Benjamin Robles — Research Experience for
Undergraduates in Materials for Energy and Sustainability at Boise State
University (Professional & Leadership Development)
Danielle
Rosson — Internship in Music Education at Preston Palmer Studios (Professional &
Leadership Development)
Bradi
Ryan — Intern Assistant to Patrice Kelly, Acting Director and Attorney for the
Office of Drug and Alcohol Policy and Compliance (Professional & Leadership
Development)
Spencer
Smith — Conway Municipal Airport at Cantrell Field Internship (Professional &
Leadership Development)
Taylor
Stone — Internship at Wildland Gardens (Professional & Leadership
Development)
Hannah
Tackett —Alternative Food Systems: Internship at Rattle's Garden (Professional &
Leadership Development)
Deonna
Thornton — Agoraphone: Music Supervision and Advertising (Professional &
Leadership Development)
Claire
Vogelgesang —Raising the Root (Professional & Leadership Development)
Dr. Rod
Miller — Senior Art Major Trip to NYC (Special Projects)
Dr. Ann
Wright — 2017 Women in Physics Conference Travel (Special Projects)
About
Hendrix College
Hendrix College is a private liberal arts college in Conway,
Arkansas. Founded in 1876 and affiliated with the United Methodist Church since
1884, Hendrix is featured in Colleges
That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think about Colleges and is
nationally recognized in numerous college guides, lists, and rankings for academic
quality, community, innovation, and value. For more information, visit www.hendrix.edu.