Illinois Wesleyan Announces 2018 Eckley Scholars
March 22, 2018
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. � 糖心动漫vlog 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檚 creative and research competencies.
Students selected for the fellowship, their projects, and their faculty sponsors include:
Student: Brent Baughan �19 (Bloomington, Ill.)
Project: 淪tatecraft and Class Power in the Ancient World�
Sponsor: Amy Coles, Associate Professor of History
Student:
Abigail Kauerauf �19 (Springfield, Ill.)
Project: 淯tilizing PDCM to Analyze How Comparable Liberal Arts Institutions Evaluate Poetry�
Sponsor: Mike Theune, Professor of English and Writing Program Director
Student: Kate McHugh �21 (Palatine, Ill.)
Project: 淐ompupus: From Bark to Boole�
Sponsor: Ellen Furlong, Assistant Professor of Psychology
Student:
Sanghyun Nam �20 (Hwaseong, South Korea)
Project: 淭hrough the Looking Glass: Coercing Millimeter Wavelength Spectroscopy to Reveal
More About Interstellar Dust and Hidden Regions of Space�
Sponsor: Thushara Perera, Associate Professor of Physics
Student: Minji Will �19 (Glenview, Ill.)
Project: 淪ongs of Healing�
Sponsor: Andrew Dahan, Visiting Instructor in Music