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April 10, 2000
New University Scholars Announced
Fourteen students were recently selected for the University
Scholars Program, a program that enables talented and highly
motivated students to pursue accelerated and nontraditional
programs of study. Students are invited to apply during their
fifth semesters. Graduation as a University Scholar is the highest
scholastic honor at the University.
"The program is distinguished by the level of academic challenge,"
says Deborah McDonald, an associate professor of nursing and
chair of the committee that reviews applications to the program.
"The projects the students choose must stimulate and challenge
them to learn and question," she says. "They must also be socially
relevant and practicable. We want the scholars to be successful."
Each year, up to 30 University Scholars are selected, based
on the rigor and imagination of their proposed programs, and
on the students' previous histories of academic success.
"These are the rising stars," says McDonald. "Once we have identified
them as University Scholars, we get out of their way and let
them fly."
Lauren Aleksunes, Pharmacy (Advisor: Jose Manautou)
"The Advancement of Toxicology within Pharmacy Practice"
Erika Altneu, Philosophy and Molecular &Cell Biology (Advisor:
Thomas Bontly) "Philosophy of Biology: A Marriage in Education."
Chris Ehrhardt, Molecular &Cell Biology (Advisor: Christine
Simon)
"Biogeography and Molecular Genetics: Unlocking Species Dynamics
and Origins"
Cynthia Hughes, Molecular &Cell Biology (Advisor: Debra Kendall)
"Membrane Assembly and Orientation of Leader Peptidase"
Atul Jain, Finance (Advisor: Richard Langlois)
"The Economics of Scholarly Communications"
John Loffredo, Molecular &Cell Biology (Advisor: Philip I.
Marcus)
"Regulation of the Interferon-Inducing Capacity of Vesicular
Stomatitis Virus with Rearranged Genes"
Jennifer Mack, Allied Health (Advisor: Martha Keagle)
"The Use of Cytogenetics in the Preservation of Endangered Species,"
to be worked on at the San Diego Zoo, Center for Reproduction
of Endangered Species.
Tiffanie May, English (Advisor: Robert Hasenfratz)
"From Englisc to English: The English Language through Time"
Danielle McGrath, Communication Sciences (Advisor: Kathleen
Cienkowski)
"Rethinking Audiology: The Social Stigmas Attached to Hearing
Impairment and What Can be Done to Change It"
Sarah Peters, Psychology (Advisor: Michelle Williams)
"The Perplexities of Sexual Identity"
Joshua Sheehan, Physiology &Neurobiology (Advisor: Akiko Nishiyama)
"An Investigation of the Effects of Dysmyelination at the Cellular
and Humanistic Level"
Timothy M. Smyth, History (Advisor: Amii Omara-Otunnu)
"American Foreign Policy in the Developing World: An In-Depth
Study of South Africa in the Post-World War II Era"
Susan Solomon, German and English (Advisor: Barbara Wright)
"The Representation of Women in the Literature of World War I"
Karen Stevens, Family Studies (Advisor: Irene Brown)
"Moral Commitment in Late Childhood: A Survey of Violence Intervention
and Prevention Programs"
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