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91黑料专区 Announces 2018 Eckley Scholars

March 22, 2018

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. 鈥 91黑料专区 University has announced the 2018 recipients of the Robert S. and Nell B. Eckley Scholars and Artists Program fellowships.

Established by President Emeritus and Mrs. Robert S. Eckley, the recognition provides a stipend of $4,000 for each scholar to spend the summer on campus conducting scholarly research or artistic activity under the mentorship of a faculty member. The program is designed to develop and deepen a student鈥檚 creative and research competencies.

Students selected for the fellowship, their projects, and their faculty sponsors include:

Student: Brent Baughan 鈥19 (Bloomington, Ill.)
Project: 鈥淪tatecraft and Class Power in the Ancient World鈥
Sponsor: Amy Coles, Associate Professor of History

Student: Abigail Kauerauf 鈥19 (Springfield, Ill.)
Project: 鈥淯tilizing PDCM to Analyze How Comparable Liberal Arts Institutions Evaluate Poetry鈥
Sponsor: Mike Theune, Professor of English and Writing Program Director

Student: Kate McHugh 鈥21 (Palatine, Ill.)
Project: 鈥淐ompupus: From Bark to Boole鈥
Sponsor: Ellen Furlong, Assistant Professor of Psychology

Student:  Sanghyun Nam 鈥20 (Hwaseong, South Korea)
Project: 鈥淭hrough the Looking Glass: Coercing Millimeter Wavelength Spectroscopy to Reveal More About Interstellar Dust and Hidden Regions of Space鈥
Sponsor: Thushara Perera, Associate Professor of Physics

Student: Minji Will 鈥19 (Glenview, Ill.)
Project: 鈥淪ongs of Healing鈥
Sponsor: Andrew Dahan, Visiting Instructor in Music