The Undergraduate Research Program Advisory Committee has selected the 2004-2005 Rawls Students. These awards are intended to support undergraduate research in any discipline, and are available from an endowment established in 2001 from the estate of Virginia Riddick Rawls, the wife of the late Japheth E. Rawls. A Rawls Student may choose to receive the award as a scholarship, a research grant or as some combination of the two.
This year’s awards go to:
Amy Cowan (Independent major, “Ethiopian Jewry,” mentor: Prof. Ken Hassell)
Jackie Nelson (Psychology major, “Parental Guidance in Literacy and Play Activities,” Mentor: Prof. Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler)
Adam Smith (Communications major, “AIDS in the Media: Are Journalists Covering the Right Angles?” Mentors: Profs. Connie Book and Brooke Barnett)
Neeley House (History/Film major, “The Black Mountain College Research Project,” Mentor: Prof. Ray Johnson)
Erin Keys (Religious Studies major, “The Impact of Feminist Theology,” Mentor: Prof. Toddie Peters)
Geoffrey Lynn (Chemistry major, “Elucidating the Mechanism of Periodic Precipitation Reactions,” Mentor: Prof. Joel Karty)
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S ! ! !