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Aubriana Scott, a senior at Henderson State University, placed second at the Pi Kappa Delta National Debate Tournament held recently at Tennessee State University in Nashville. Eighty-two universities from 25 states were represented by more than 1,500 students in various competition.

Scott, a senior from Camden, made the final round of the junior varsity division and won second place in the IPDA debate. She also placed fourth in the speaker competition. Scott has accepted a graduate assistant position at Henderson.

Senior Kiana Davis, also from Camden, placed ninth in her division and won the seventh place speaker award for the tournament.

The Reddie Debate Team brought home the overall ninth place team national award for small schools.

“This caps off a season of success for the Reddie Debate Team in which we attended three tournaments and won team awards at each,” said Dr. Darrel Farmer, director of debate and assistant professor of communication studies. “During the regular season, we won prestigious awards for team winning percentage, which for the entire year hovered around 75 percent.

“In addition to winning three out of every four rounds in which we competed, we had a successful recruiting year to increase the number of team participants.”

For more information about Henderson State’s debate team, contact Farmer at 734-787-4375 or farmerd@hsu.edu.

Three Henderson State University students have been granted admission to pharmacy schools to pursue Pharm.D. degrees beginning next fall.

Laiken Sorrells of Amity, Jonathan Hardage of Bismarck and Arielle Michael of Bismarck, all received notifications of acceptance earlier this year.

Sorrells will graduate with a B.S. degree in biology in May and enter the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Pharmacy program.

Hardage will also complete his degree in biology in May and enter the pharmacy program at UAMS.

Michael applied to and was granted admission to Pharm.D. programs at four pharmacy schools, including University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Chicago State University, Southern Illinois University, and UAMS.  With her family roots in Illinois, she has chosen to accept the Southern Illinois University offer. Michael is completing her B.S. in Integrated Studies in May.

Successful applicants to Pharm.D. programs must excel in a rigorous combination of biology, chemistry and math courses, score well on a national standardized exam, and complete on-site interviews.  The four-year Pharm.D. program allows graduates to become licensed pharmacists after completing a national licensing exam.

Emily Williford, a biochemistry major at Henderson State University, was awarded a 2018 Student Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) to help her pursue her research on a project entitled “Synthesis of New Antimalarial Medicines.”

Williford, mentored by Dr. Martin Campbell, will receive a $2,500 stipend, distributed over the spring and fall (2018) semesters, as well as $750 to cover travel costs to one or more scientific meetings to present her work. Campbell also receives $750 to cover supplies and/or travel related to the research. 

The Arkansas Department of Higher Education supplies the bulk of the funds, but Henderson Undergraduate Research supplies half of the stipend money.

The SURF program is open to all undergraduate students conducting research at any Arkansas college or university.  Typically, about 250 students apply, and around 40 awards are made within STEM fields, and another 20 or so in non-STEM areas.

Henderson State University announces the students listed on the Dean’s List and Honor Roll for the Fall 2017 semester.

To be named to the Dean’s List, a student must have achieved a 4.0 grade point average for the entire semester.  To make the Honor Roll, a student must have received at least a 3.5 grade point average for the semester.

 

International

Dean Graduate

Camila Araujo De Melo

 

Dean Undergraduate

Zuzana Ondruskova

 

Honor Graduate

Simon G Tagne

 

Honor Undergraduate

Luisa Gartmann, Bradley M Nairn, Erin L Brown, Kasoma  Paulino

 

Alexander, AR

Honor Graduate

Carlee S McClard

 

Honor Undergraduate

Carley A Cato, Hannah A Martin, Esteban M Meza Vallejo, Blakeley E Newby, Blake A Pennington

 

Altheimer, AR

Honor Undergraduate

Chandra Lusk

 

Amity, AR   

Dean Graduate

Heather Moon

 

Dean Undergraduate

Hannah D Deputy, Jessica L Porter, Suzanne R Sorrells, Taylor J Swanson

 

Honor Undergraduate

Emmery R Boyd, Colby C Brock, Kallee L Cowart, Lillian R Franklin, Amanda M Lunsford, Laiken H Sorrells

 

Arkadelphia, AR

Dean Graduate

Alex Arce, Jordan Argo, Michael Arnold, Jennifer Bagwell, Keith Bowden, Joseph Burt, Darah Calico, Ashley Childs, Jodie Daniell, Dontisha Davis, Yan De Moraes Rocha, Mackenzie Echols, Brittany Engel, Geoff Gough, Jordan Graves, Sara Hart, Devyn Helms, Taylor Henry, Nathan Holloway, Chanda Hooten, Devan Jester, Hailey Jones, Amanda Korinihona, Antoine Lairy, Brian Lott, Jayme Lovelace, Sydney Miller, Emily Mitchell, Brandin Natzke, Rebecca Phillips, Aiga Porter, Caroline Reed, Jacob Roberson, David Salley, John Schleiff, Edyta Schranz, William Wallace

 

Dean Undergraduate

Mikayla L Adams, Lisa E Barker, Preston R Crowder, Dalton A Guthrie, Carrie G Herron, Erin E Hickl, Casidy T Jackson, Kayla J Lidge, Samantha F Loy, Destanie P Nelson, Hunter D Penfield, Savannah C Smith, Sydney L Thoeny, Emily A Wetzlar, Symphony N Wilder, Karnisha M Wright

 

Honor Graduate

Amber N Bailey, Christin A Baldas, Jamie R Barnett, Sarah E Bigej, Charles N Blacknall, Mariah J Brown, Ariana L Campos Alcocer, William R Combs, Miranda D Dubberly, Sarah M French, Jennifer D Gilbert, Javon M Harris, Kayla R Langley, Joshua B Martin, Luke A Mcguire, Eric L Mitchner, Veronica N Nelson, Rylie A Prescott, Amy M Snodgrass, Robbie J Taylor, Athena J Welsh, Railey D Williams

 

Honor Undergraduate

Christopher M Adams, Eric F Adkins, Ophelia D Akoto, Joseph R Andrews, Paige M Bateman, Brayden A Bebee, Emily R Bell, Morgan Berry, Magen C Bright, John E Buckner, Tiara M Burgess, Jacob F Coon, Sabrina E Cooper, Peytyn H Daniell, Ashleigh C Erb, Elizabeth H Fisk, Addisan A Forthman, Adason J Franks, Haley G Green, Rebeka L Guttery, Treywan A Hearn, Macklaine A Irby, Kristin L Jester, Amarya A Jones, Zydrunas  Jurgutis, Nicole A Kemper, Rumbidzai  Machakata, Mary C Mason, Rylee D Maxwell, Jared N Morrow, Zhaiven P Nelson, Craig M Nyarumbu, Turner G Pentecost, Blanca I Rodriguez, Kaitlyn D Rubach, Jacey R Russell, Mylee M Scott, Annie E Shannon, Rebekah M Smith, Morgan A Stinson, Kevin E Tate, Tolman Vo, Destiny P Walker, Alia L Williams, Katlynn N Williams, Cassidy S Witherspoon, Erin J Wolfe

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Ashley Malone, a senior aviation major at Henderson State University from Benton, has received a $2,000 scholarship from the Southeast Airport Manager’s Association (SAMA) of the American Association of Airport Executives.

The Claudia Holliway Memorial Scholarship was established for Holliway, who was the primary fund-raiser for the SAMA Foundation. Holliway was diagnosed with cancer two years ago but continued her fund-raising efforts.

The scholarship program awards 14 scholarships annually to aviation students primarily at designated partner schools across the nation. Selection is based on academic records, participation in school and community activities, work experience, a statement of goals and aspiration, financial need, and a recommendation.

When Malone checked her mail last week, she also noticed an envelope addressed from the Federal Aviation Administration.

“I had been waiting for my private pilot license for a while,” she said. “My mind began to race as I began to realize that my wait might be over. I opened the letter and found my license enclosed.

“It felt as if I had finally reached a major milestone in my academic career.”

After “rummaging” through the remainder of the mail, she found the letter notifying her of the scholarship.

“I opened and read the letter and felt the excitement all over again as I learned that I had been awarded the scholarship,” Malone said. “Receiving both letters simultaneously felt like confirmation that I was in the right field of study.”

Quincy Gragg, a biology major from Malvern, was one of nine Aspirnaut undergraduate summer research interns who were selected to join 13,000 kidney professionals from across the globe to present their scientific work at the American Society of Nephrology’s 2017 Kidney Week Nov. 1-4 in New Orleans.

Gragg’s presentation was entitled Investigation of SNP Mutations Effect on Integrin Alpha1 Structure.

The students participated as part of the Kidney STARS program. The ASN and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases partnered to host aspiring biomedical researchers at the annual meeting.

The Kidney STARS program’s goal is to stimulate interest in nephrology careers through tailored events and networking opportunities as well as provide complimentary registration to both the ASN society and ASN Annual Meeting at Kidney Week. The NIDDK funds undergraduate summer research experiences at several academic medical centers including Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

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A poster based on cave biology research by four Henderson State biology majors was accepted for the INBRE (Integrated Network for Biomedical Research Excellence) undergraduate research conference at the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville in October.

Caitlin Gosch, Brooke Johnson, Brooke Jones and Quincy Gragg, under the direction of Dr. James Engman, professor of biology, created and presented the poster.

It was Engman’s third time to take student presenter to the conference where he also serves as a judge.