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Winston-Salem State University
Quincy Orlando Peterson is a junior majoring in biology at Fayetteville State University. His achievements include a NCLSAMP
Scholar, Member of Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society, Chancellor’s List in 2009, and Dean’s List in 2010 and 2011.
Jamiel McMichael received his B.S. degree in Computer Science, from Fayetteville State University, and M.S. in Internet
Engineering from Marlboro College. He was a participant in the NCLSAMP program at FSU and is currently employed as an
engineer with IBM.
William Grant Sheffield is a senior biology major at Fayetteville State University. His achievements include Chancellor’s List for
2010, and NCLSAMP Scholar. My career goal is to become an oral surgeon and open my own office. I am dedicated to the
dentistry profession and often advocate to my peers the importance of maintaining good dental hygiene. After my career has
started I will invest in purchasing a bus that does dental work pro bono for those in need.
Charlie Lawrence, a former NCLSAMP Scholar, received a B.S. in biology from Fayetteville State University, and is currently
pursuing a M.S. in Forestry at North Carolina State University. He is currently enrolled in the AGEP program at North Carolina
State, and is a Graduate Research Assistant.
Richard Bazzelle received a B.S. in biology in 2009, and is currently pursuing and M.S. degrees in biology at Fayetteville State
University. His achievements include participating as a NCLSAMP Scholar as an undergraduate, and HBCU STEM Scholar as a
graduate student. Publications with faculty include, KM Lodhi, MA Lodhi, S Burgado, P Petty, R Bazzelle and RL Grier IV,
“Comparison of denaturing and non-denaturing gel electrophoresis methods for RNA analysis”, and KM Lodhi, MA Lodhi, S
Burgado, R Bazzelle, L Gittens and RL Grier IV “The Identification of Cell Phone uses from Latent Fingerprints”
Avery R. Andrews is a sophomore Computer Science major at Winston-Salem State University. His achievements include the
Honor’s Society, Class President for the Student Government Association, Dean’s List, and NC Space Grant Undergraduate
Scholar. “While pursuing my Bachelors degree, I participated in a summer research pre-REU program at Winston-Salem State
University. It is at that research program that I really got to work with graduate students and it inspired me to further my education
by pursing a Ph.D. in Computer Science.”
Crystal M. Batts is a Computer Science and Mathematics major at Winston-Salem State University. Her achievements include
participation in the Advancing Robotics Technology for Societal Impact (ARTSI) Research Group, LSAMP Scholar. “With
technology and the economy constantly changing I strongly believe that robotics will somehow play an important role within
various tasks for humans and animals. I am interested in up and coming robotics technology. I would also like to expand my
knowledge with Java and C++ programming and pursue a graduate degree.”
Jason N. Brooks is a senior Computer Science major at Winston-Salem State University. His achievements include Duke Energy
Scholarship, and the Computer Science and Technology Award. “While pursuing my Bachelors degree, I participated in a summer
internship at the University of Alabama and that was the summer I decided that I wanted to pursue graduate studies. I was affirmed
from my research mentor that I would be a great candidate for a graduate program. I knew that I at least wanted to attain a
master’s, and later on the Ph.D. at some point in my life.”
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