Roane State Community College Honors Program students presented projects as part of the college’s annual Honors Forum and Banquet held at the end of the spring semester.
The Honors Program provides a unique course of study. Designed to promote student initiative and academic achievement, the program’s most important criteria for success are the student’s motivation and dedication to learning. During the 2015-16 academic year, Roane State faculty sponsored 108 Honors Program students and 127 projects.
The following Honors Program students presented their work at the Honors Forum.
Victoria Bailey of Oak Ridge: "Chromatography and Spectrophotometry of Spinach" with student Katelyn Laughon and sponsored by Dr. Adolf King
Hunter Bosnick of Oliver Springs: "Cloning and You" sponsored by Dr. Jason Fishel
Olivia Cannon of Oak Ridge: "Marine Fungi: A Brief Overview" sponsored by Dr. Lauri Sammartano, "Polar Gigantism: Fact of Fiction?" sponsored by Dr. Ashley Galloway
Lacy Cantrell of Knoxville: "Population Dryus" sponsored by Associate Professor Bruce Cantrell, "Caught in the Middle of the Hatfields and McCoys" sponsored by Assistant Professor John Brown
Danielle Cherry of Harriman: "The Daily Routine" sponsored by Assistant Professor Monica Boles
Haley Davis of Speedwell: "Morality: Set or Changing?" sponsored by Dr. Jason Fishel, "Symbolism" sponsored by Associate Professor Marilyn Mascaro, "Da Vinci's Medical Illustrations" sponsored by Associate Professor Stacy Jacobs
Shelley Edwards of Rockwood: "Determining the Effect of Cooking on Vitamin C in Various Vegetables" sponsored by Assistant Professor Athena Baranowski
Haley Goldston of Harriman: "Project for Wellness" sponsored by Assistant Professor Monica Boles
Jamie Heidel of Wartburg: "I Am More" sponsored by Associate Professor Stacy Jacobs
Allison Henson of Helenwood: "Biology II: Three Viruses" sponsored by Assistant Professor Jala Daniel
Christina Higgins of Crossville: "An Introduction to Ecology" sponsored by instructor Annell Fields
Savannah Hollows of Crossville: "Autism: Inside the Brain" sponsored by Dr. Brad Gurley
Katelyn Laughon of Powell: "Chromatography and Spectrophotometry of Spinach" with student Victoria Bailey and sponsored by Dr. Adolf King, "Unexpected Medical Breakthroughs" sponsored by Assistant Professor Claudia Cummings
Emily Lenna of Georgetown: "Eye Exams: Behind the Scenes" sponsored by opticianry instructor Sally Stokes and opticianry director Mike Goggin
Ariel McFadden of Cleveland: "Item Administration of the Berg Balance Scale: A Preliminary Comparison" sponsored by Dr. Teri Gergen
Stephanie Mullins of Oak Ridge: "Death and Dying" sponsored by Dr. Sam O'Dell
Caitlin Paolucci of Kingston: "What Are You Eating? The Things in Food You Never Knew" by Dr. Steve Ward
Zackary Strickland of Harriman: "The Search for Primes" sponsored by Dr. George Meghabghab, "Weighing the World" sponsored by Dr. Phillip Hyun
Ailene Treadway of Harriman: "Why Preschool is Important in a Child's Learning Development" sponsored by instructor Nichole White
Briza Wolfe of Oak Ridge: "The Self-Concepts of the Egotistical" sponsored by Dr. Don Windham
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