CONWAY, Ark. (April
3, 2019) – With the February 2019 funding cycle, the Hendrix College Committee
on Engaged Learning has now awarded $4,224,354.21 in Odyssey grants to support
1,317 projects by Hendrix students and faculty since the Odyssey Program’s
inception in 2005. In this cycle, 31 projects were awarded $107,634 in grants
to help Hendrix students conduct research, learn new skills, share their
passions in film and print, and explore their interests around the world. Also,
see below for this year’s recipient of the Robert F. Baker Prize in Economics.
Landon Anderson ’21
Examining the Role of Lipid
Concentration and Flow Rate on the Formation of Supported Lipid Bilayers (SLBs); Category: Undergraduate Research
Steffan Bonilla ’20
Banking on the Future; Category: Professional &
Leadership Development
Cayman Botner ’20
Summer 2019 EPROACH Program; Category: Special Projects
Sandy Burks ’19
Atlantis Fellowship-Clinical
Shadowing in Spain; Category: Professional & Leadership Development
Brittany Chue ’21
Documentary on Food Insecurity in
Panama; Category: Undergraduate
Research
Michael Crippen Jr. ’20
Printmaking Professional Work
Experience with Professional Artist Kristin DeGeorge; Category: Professional &
Leadership Development
Rachel Elmakiss ’20
Coffee and Hospitality in the
Bedouin Society of the Negev; Category: Undergraduate Research
Claire Fleming ’20
Engaging with the African Leadership
University in Mauritius; Category: Global Awareness
Storm Gardner ’21
Using RNA Interference to Study
Genes Involved in DNA Repair in bdelloid rotifers; Category: Undergraduate Research
CJ Gormly ’20
A Summer Fellowship in Cáceres; Category: Professional &
Leadership Development
Zach Gray ’20
The Impact of Sex Differentation on
Drug Abuse: A Summer Professional Field Experience at the Neuroendocrinology and
Motivation Lab at UT Austin; Category: Professional & Leadership Development
Jacob Handloser ’22 and Tucker
Andrews ’21
Design and Development of Supported
Lipid Bilayers as a Model for Studying the Kinetics of Membrane Bound Enzymes; Category: Undergraduate Research
Elizabeth Jones ’21
Think About What You Saw: A Learning
Experience in Eastern Europe; Category: Special Projects
Maggie Lodge ’20
Religion and the LGBTQ+ Community:
An Exploration of Self-Identity and the History of LGBTQ+ Affirming Churches; Category: Special Projects
Ivan Midtbust Heger ’21
Investigation of the Longevity of
Nicoya, Costa Rica; Category: Special Projects
Mary Nail ’20
Thinking Outside the Museum:
Exploring the Venues and Roles of Public Art in the United States; Category: Special Projects
Larissa Isimbi Ndimbira ’20
Discovering the Financial World in
Rwanda; Category: Professional
& Leadership Development
Tristan Norman ’20
The Humanity of Mohammad Yunus: The
Social Vision of Social Business and Innovation; Category: Special Projects
Kristen North ’21
Testing the Role of Electrical
Coupling to Thermotactic Learned Behavior in C. Elegans; Category: Undergraduate Research
Grace Rogers ’21
Vocational Discovery in the Church:
A Pastoral Internship; Category: Professional & Leadership Development
Keane Sammon ’22
Penguin Conservation: Volunteering
with SANCCOB; Category: Special
Projects
Christian Sandoval ’20, Violet
Pirtle ’20, and Austin Jared ’20
Retracing Revolution: Communism in
Cuba; Category: Global
Awareness
Nugget Settles ’20
Summer Spanish Program; Category: Service to the World
Arthur Trickett-Wile ’21
Life, Labor, and Love in a
Terlingua, Texas Summer; Category: Special Projects
Shelbey Winningham ’20
Hendrix College Cats: The Book; Category: Special Projects
Dr. Heidi Dahlmann
Organocatalyst Optimization and
Artificial Nucleoside Development; Category: Undergraduate Research
Dr. Jennifer Dearolf
Mophology of the locomotor muscles
of three Arctic seal species; Category: Undergraduate Research
Dr. J.D. Gantz
A Survey of Summer Active Insects
Associated with Alaskan Peony Farms; Category: Undergraduate Research
Dr. Andrew Morgan
Attending the 2019 Estonian Song
Festival; Category: Global
Awareness
Dr. Adam Schneider
Professional Field or Museum
Experience at the Charles Darwin Research Station at Galapagos, Ecuador; Category: Professional &
Leadership Development
Dr. Caitlin Scott
Computational Drug Design to
Develop Safe and Effective Pain Medication; Category: Undergraduate Research
Baker Prize for Economics Research: Monish Shukla ’20, who will conduct research under the supervision
of Dr. William Haden Chomphosy ’13.
For brief
summaries of these projects, visit the Odyssey
Program’s listing.
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.