CONWAY, Ark. (November 17,
2017) – The Hendrix College Odyssey Program Committee on Engaged Learning has awarded
grants totaling $45,246.11 to 22 different projects requesting funding through
the Hendrix Odyssey Program.
As of October 2017, the
Committee has awarded $3,784,594.88 in Odyssey grants to Hendrix students and
faculty since the Odyssey Program’s inception in 2005. Grants cover travel,
lodging and more as Hendrix students, faculty, and staff conduct and present
research, learn new skills, and explore the world. Odyssey projects must relate
to at least one of six categories: Artistic Creativity, Global Awareness,
Professional and Leadership Development, Service to the World, Undergraduate
Research, and Special Projects.
October
2017 Odyssey grant recipients and their projects include:
Iad Ahallak – Arabic
Language and Culture Classes (Special Projects)
Rachel Allmon and Hannah
Christeson – Student Attendance and Participation at United States Institute
for Theatre Technology (USITT) Conference and Stage Expo (Special Projects)
Ben Benton – Plastination of
Fungi for Hendrix College Botany Teaching Collection (Special Projects)
Breann Forbes, Kelsi Stimack
and Sarah Walker – The Convergence of Service and Culture: Non-Profit
Accreditation (Global Awareness/Service to the World/Special Projects)
Megan Hunter – Healthcare Beyond
the U.S. (Global Awareness)
Ebony Ivory – A Pretty Big
BeaYOUtiful Movement (Special Projects)
Alexis Krone – A
Presentation of Research Findings and Student Mentorship at the American
Chemical Society Conference in New Orleans (Special Projects)
Matthew Lillard and Josh
Walker – Immersion in the Art and Mechanics of Coaching Baseball (Special
Projects)
Charles McCracken – Building
a Disc Golf Course: Green Space Construction Across Socioeconomic Boundaries,
Community Engagement and Environmental Aesthetics (Special Projects)
Rachel Partridge and Sydnee
Curry – Volunteering in Ecuador: Conservation, Community and Collaboration
(Service to the World)
Anna Reckling, Ben Curry,
Cora McCain, Meraj Sayyed, Jun Shin, and Meredith Warren – Barcelona: An
Interdisciplinary Exploration of Cityscape and Sustainability (Special
Projects)
Ella Thomas – The Devil
Wears Prada: Pursuing a Fashion Career in New York (Special Projects)
Ryan Tumminello – American
Chemical Society Conference 2018 (Special Projects)
Emily Waller – Presenting
Research on Cardiac Output in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease (Special
Projects)
Kathleen Wendover – Presenting
Undergraduate Research at ACS Spring Meeting (Special Projects)
Hueseng Xiong, Victoria Tang,
and Alice Fan – Journey to the East: Following Local Customs (Global Awareness)
Margaret Young and Krishna
Patel – How Have Small Dams Altered Headwater Stream Structure and Function in
North Central Arkansas? (Undergraduate Research)
Dr. Mark Goadrich – Solving
Real-World Problems with Tools from Mathematics and Computer Science: The COMAP
International Contest in Modeling (Special Projects)
Dr. Julie Gunderson – 2018
Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP) (Special Projects)
Tonya Hale – Creating Change
at Hendrix College & Beyond: Learning & Creating Best Practices for
Supporting LGBTQ+ Students (Special Projects)
Dr. David Higgins – Flora of
Arkansas in the Hendrix College Herbarium (Special Projects)
Dr. Jose Vilahomat and Prof.
Irmina Fabricio – Exploring Aspects of Nicaraguan Healthcare System: Kidney
Transplantation, Past and Present (Special Projects)
About
Hendrix College
A private liberal arts
college in Conway, Arkansas, Hendrix College consistently earns recognition as
one of the country’s leading liberal arts institutions, and is featured in Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That
Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges. Its academic quality and
rigor, innovation, and value have established Hendrix as a fixture in numerous
college guides, lists, and rankings. Founded in 1876, Hendrix has been
affiliated with the United Methodist Church since 1884. To learn more, visit www.hendrix.edu.