Announcements and Events
**DIRECTOR'S CONVOCATION**
Dr. Brad Elliott Stone gave his first Director's Convocation, titled "Creation, Conversion, Community," on Friday, September 18, 2009, in Ahmanson 1000.
STUDENT ARTIST AWARD COMPETITION
We are pleased to announce the three talented Honors Student Artists, whose original artwork is now featured in the Clint Albertson, S.J., Honors Student Commons. in University Hall 4442.
Congratulations goes to: Jacob Braafladt, Nick Fadely and Melissa Sweet. If you have not done so already, please visit the Honors Commons, located near the end of the 4th floor hallway in University Hall. There are some very comfortable chairs, a couch, a refrigerator, water, coffee, tea, four computers and a printer. This is a great place to study and to hang out with each other.
HONORS SUMMER RESEARCH FELLOWS
We honor outstanding independent research by announcing the 2009 Honors Summer Research Fellows. Awarded with a $5,000 grant, the Honors Research Fellows will go off this summer to embark on their wonderful projects.
Two of the awards have been made possible by a generous donation from Ned and Susan Greene.
It is with great pleasure that we announce the two 2009 Greene Fellows.
They are:
Casey Valerie Linsey
Casey will travel to the Philippines and Washington DC to conduct research on the human aspect of the brain drain phenomenon, which is about the emigration of thousands of highly educated Filipinos and a corresponding internship to research policies affecting this phenomenon
James Curtis Clements
James will travel to La Libertad, El Salvador with Engineers without Borders to conduct a two-phase project, which begins with a site visit and will follow with the construction to make freshwater more accessible for the community year round, and provide water for the community during the dry season.
The remaining Honors Summer Research Fellowship Awards are named after the founder of the LMU Honors program, Fr. Clint Albertson, SJ.
We are pleased to announce the 2009 Albertson Fellows.
They are:
Heather Mae Moline
Heather will travel to Beirut, Lebanon for an Immersion in cultural and political activities in Lebanon where she will also engage is 15 hours/week of intensive classroom instruction in Modern Standard Arabic.
Patrick Baumgart
Patrick will travel to Santiago, Dominican Republic where he will work without pay and live at a small medical clinic known as "La Mision" administering basic health care to countless individuals. Afternoons will be spent with individual families teaching methods of preventative health care. Both morning and afternoon projects aim at improving the quality of life for the materially poor.
Sean Patrick Grant
Sean will travel to Argentina to research what impact the language barrier has on mental health services. As language common to therapist and client increases, does therapy effectiveness increase as well? Sean aims to find out.
We look forward to hearing about the experiences of all five 2009 Honors Summer Research Fellows and will hold a public forum for them sometime next academic year.
We are pleased to announce that in 2008, seven grants were awarded for summer research.
Congratulations to the 2008 Fellows!
They are:
Jennifer Neczypor, Payden Research Fellow
Peace & Non-Violence: A Study of Buddhism & Jainism (India)
Brock Seraphin, Albertson Research Fellow
Microfinance: Moving Towards Economic Independence (Cambodia & Central Valley)
Gena Gammie, McIntyre Research Fellow
NGO’s Policymaking: Disaster Relief and Reconstruction (Peru)
Danielle Dirks, McIntyre Research Fellow
K’anchay Wasi- Against Domestic Violence via Sustainable Development of their Store (Peru)
Marisa Moonilal, McIntyre Research Fellow
Taizé Prayer and Community (France)
Stephen Speicher, McIntyre Research Fellow
Danger of Skin Cancer & Preventative Methods (Peru)
Naivasha Dean, McIntyre Research Fellow
Documentary: Coffee and the Developing World: How Farming Practices Can Change Lives (Madagascar)
We are proud of these students who have each received a research grant of $5,000 for summer projects that are both national and international in scope.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SUMMER 2007 PAYDEN GRANT RECIPIENTS!
They are:
Marian Alonso
Understanding Immigration: NGO Internship in Rural Peru
Dale Kotchka-Smith
Comparative Study of US, Swedish, and British Healthcare Systems in D.C.
Andrea Ryken
Unheard Voices: Commemorating Lives Effected By HIV/AIDS in South Africa
Ryan Sheffer
Education in the Philippines:
A Documentary on the Contemptible Status of Youth Education in the Philippines
John Weems
Dancing with Mind and Body: A Journey to Integrated Medicine
Please check our website frequently for announcements at: www.lmu.edu/honors