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Point of Pride: Merging Science and Art in Response to Climate Change – an Endowed Fellow’s Journey in Photographs Endowed Fellows A substantial endowment to the Honors College allows a few students per year to travel to the most challenging places or set aside their summer employment in order to pursue creative projects. The endowed fellowships are available in areas at the heart of Duquesne University’s mission: African Studies, the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, Creative Arts, Community Engagement, Liberal Arts, Phenomenology, and Women’s and Gender Studies. Julie Chiem (Music Performance, 2018) was awarded the Honors College Endowed Fellowship in Creative Arts. She spent much of summer 2017 in Senegal, learning to play the kora. Kailey Love (Media and International Relations, 2019) is the 2018 Endowed Fellow in Liberal Arts. Her project takes her to Italy to produce a multiplatform feature story on refugees. Michael Oladosu (Biology) founded the Multicultural STEM Group at Duquesne University. In addition to his research and courses, Michael is developing learning labs for Precocity Academy, a STEM-focused education program which works to inspire children about science by using the visualization of sound in innovative ways. Duquesne’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion named him the “Most Involved Freshman” in his class in 2017. Once again the President of the Duquesne Student Government Association (SGA) is a member of the Honors College. Olivia Erickson (Pharmacy, 2019) was elected to the highest student office at the university. Olivia and her executive committee represent the student body to all levels of university administration. Honors Fellows Honors Fellows make an extraordinary commitment to rigorous academic growth. With the help of faculty mentors, Honors Fellows complete four additional honors courses, individualized projects, and presentations of their findings at professional symposia. Andrea Sajewski (Biomedical Engineering) was one of only 60 students nationwide invited to Washington, DC to present her research to government funders at “Posters on the Hill.” Her paper Photoacoustic Flow Cytometry Using Bacteriophage for Rapid Identification of Bacterial Infection describes the process wherein Sajewski used lasers to identify bacteria in a blood sample within three hours-a process that currently takes up to 72 hours to achieve results. The Honors College graduated 9 new Honors Fellows in 2017: top row, L-R: Brady Sheehan (Mathematics and Computer Science), Cat Hull (Business), Emily Grecco (Secondary Education and History), Ayan Ahmed (Biochemistry); bottom row, L-R: Sarah Schech (Psychology and Philosophy), Sarah Sheffield (Chemistry), Megan Wasson (Chemistry). Not pictured: Margo DeGenova (Business), Mariangela Gominho (Music Performance). Daniel Robinson (Environmental Science, 2018) ran a photo exhibition that featured a selection of nature photographs. The photos were taken by Daniel beginning in his freshman year at Duquesne up through an expedition to Alaska sponsored by the Honors College in the summer of 2017. The objective of the exhibition was to demonstrate the intersection of nature, art, and science through photography and to instill in the viewer the same sense of awe for nature that originally compelled Daniel to choose his major of Environmental Science. Honors students excel in and out of the classroom. Zion Beaton (Health Sciences/Pre-Med) and Kristen Kotsopoulos (Health Sciences) have mastered honors work and Division I competition on the Mens’ and Womens’ Soccer teams, respectively. Lexi Santer, Meredith Easterling, Madelyn Hoying, Kirsten Hillsley, Peyton Joiner (all Health Sciences), helped lead Dukes Swimming to our first- ever NCAA A-10 Championship. Exceptional Leaders and Athletes Check out duq.edu/honors-college/news for more stories about student accomplishments. To learn more about Duquesne’s Honors College, visit: duq.edu/honors-college /duqhonors @duqhonors @duqhonors
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Point of Pride: Merging Science and Art in Response to Climate Change – an Endowed Fellow’s Journey in Photographs
Endowed FellowsA substantial endowment to the Honors College allows a few students per year to travel to the most challenging places or set aside their summer employment in order to pursue creative projects. The endowed fellowships are available in areas at the heart of Duquesne University’s mission: African Studies, the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, Creative Arts, Community Engagement, Liberal Arts, Phenomenology, and Women’s and Gender Studies.
Julie Chiem (Music Performance, 2018) was awarded the Honors College Endowed Fellowship in Creative Arts. She spent much of summer 2017 in
Senegal, learning to play the kora.
Kailey Love (Media and International Relations, 2019) is the 2018 Endowed Fellow in Liberal Arts. Her project takes her to Italy to produce a multiplatform feature story on refugees.
Michael Oladosu (Biology) founded the Multicultural STEM Group at Duquesne University. In addition to his research and courses, Michael is developing learning labs for Precocity Academy, a STEM-focused education program which works to inspire children about science by using the visualization of sound in innovative ways. Duquesne’s Office of Diversity and
Inclusion named him the “Most Involved Freshman” in his class in 2017.
Once again the President of the Duquesne Student Government Association (SGA) is a member of the Honors College. Olivia Erickson (Pharmacy, 2019) was elected to the highest student office at the university. Olivia and her executive committee represent the student body to all levels of university administration.
Honors FellowsHonors Fellows make an extraordinary commitment to rigorous academic growth. With the help of faculty mentors, Honors Fellows complete four additional honors courses, individualized projects, and presentations of their findings at professional symposia.
Andrea Sajewski (Biomedical Engineering) was one of only 60 students nationwide invited to Washington, DC to present her research to government funders at “Posters on the Hill.” Her paper Photoacoustic Flow Cytometry Using Bacteriophage
for Rapid Identification of Bacterial Infection describes the process wherein Sajewski used lasers to identify bacteria in a blood sample within three hours-a process that currently takes up to 72 hours to achieve results.
The Honors College graduated 9 new Honors Fellows in 2017: top row, L-R: Brady Sheehan (Mathematics and Computer Science), Cat Hull (Business), Emily Grecco (Secondary Education and History), Ayan Ahmed (Biochemistry); bottom row, L-R: Sarah Schech (Psychology and Philosophy),
Sarah Sheffield (Chemistry), Megan Wasson (Chemistry). Not pictured: Margo DeGenova (Business), Mariangela Gominho (Music Performance).
Daniel Robinson (Environmental Science, 2018) ran a photo exhibition that featured a selection of
nature photographs. The photos were taken by Daniel beginning in his freshman year at Duquesne up through an expedition to Alaska sponsored by the Honors College in the summer of 2017. The objective of the exhibition was to demonstrate the intersection of nature, art, and science through photography and to instill in the viewer the same sense of awe for nature that originally compelled Daniel to choose his major of Environmental Science.
Honors students excel in and out of the classroom. Zion Beaton (Health Sciences/Pre-Med) and Kristen Kotsopoulos (Health Sciences) have mastered honors work and Division I competition on the Mens’ and Womens’ Soccer teams, respectively. Lexi Santer, Meredith Easterling, Madelyn Hoying, Kirsten Hillsley, Peyton Joiner (all Health Sciences), helped lead Dukes Swimming to our first-ever NCAA A-10 Championship.
Exceptional Leaders and Athletes
Check out duq.edu/honors-college/news for more stories about student accomplishments.
To learn more about Duquesne’s Honors College, visit: duq.edu/honors-college /duqhonors @duqhonors @duqhonors
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•Honors college•Making the Most
of the Honors Experience Special Programs
Duquesne University Honors College is deeply grateful to all of our donors who make these projects and student experiences possible. Because of their generosity, we are able to maximize student talent and develop their intellectual gifts. It is our firm belief that our best students, through these fellowships, will become exceptional leaders and innovators in their chosen fields.
With Grateful Hearts
Where are they now?After graduation, our Honors students begin making an impact wherever their journey takes them next.
Timothy Foye (Political Science and International Relations) won the Critical Language Scholarship from the U. S. Department of State to study Arabic in Jordan in 2016. He then interned at the U.S. Embassy in Berlin and has another upcoming stint with the U.S. Department of State.
Students in the Community and University Social Justice Honors Seminar (all majors) work to support the signature partnership between Duquesne and the August Wilson House in the Hill District. August
Wilson (most decorated playwright in U.S. history) grew up mere blocks from Duquesne. Students participate in arts outreach and community events throughout the year.
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Honors College
Going BeyondMost of the 130-odd students who enter the
Honors College each fall will complete 6 honors courses and graduate from the basic honors program. Others, though, make their mark
with additional honors coursework, research projects, creative works, leadership roles, or
service opportunities. The Honors College offers fellowships in several areas to give monetary
support to student efforts.
Up-and-Coming
Mariangela Gominho (Music Performance; Endowed Honors Fellow, 2017)
is currently in the graduate program at Berklee College of Music, Boston.
Edward Hilton (Biology, 2017) attends Harvard University School of Dentistry.
Megan Wasson (Chemistry; Honors Fellow, 2017) is pursuing the Ph.D in Chemistry at Northwestern University. Northwestern is
consistently ranked as the world’s top program in Wasson’s subfield.
Ayan Ahmed (Biochemistry; Honors Fellow, 2017) is a medical student at Temple University.
Madeline Galbraith (Physics and Mathematics) won the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship in 2017 (given to the top 200 STEM juniors in the United States) and recently secured a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation to begin her Ph.D. work in physics and astronomy at
Rice University.
