Chemistry/Biochemistry Super Saturday - Bloomsburg University

Karl Kapp
Academy of Science Meeting
Students Andrew Ackerman, Brandan Gray, Lauren Lowenberger,
Diana Pierce, Heather Ressler and Cassaundra Thompson and faculty
Angela Hess, Clay Corbin, Naz Afarin Fallahian and Cynthia Surmacz
attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Science meeting. The
following talks and posters were presented:
• In vitro effects of low-dose ionizing radiation on primary skin cells.
Ackerman, Andrew, Kelly N. Barko, Naz Afarin Fallahian and
Angela R. Hess.
• Eph receptor and ephrin ligand expression in human keratinocytes,
melanocytes and melanoma cell lines. Pierce, Diana H. and
Angela R. Hess.
• Morphology, Bite-Force, and Bill Closing Velocity in North American Birds.
Lowenberger, Lauren K., Brandan L. Gray and Clay E. Corbin.
• Protease Inhibitors Reduce Degradation of the Cellular Stress Marker
HSP70 in Lumbriculus variegates. Thompson, Cassaundra, Heather
Ressler, Cynthia Surmacz and John M. Hranitz.
Tri-Beta Convention
Meghan Duell, a senior biology major won the Frank G. Brooks
Award, the first-place prize in the oral presentation category at the
Northeast District 2 Tri-Beta Convention. Duell won a travel grant to
compete at the national Tri-Beta Convention held in Puerto Rico in
May. Her presentation was titled
“Honeybee Stress: Behavioral and Physiological Implications of
Flumethrin Treatment.” John Hranitz is her mentor.
Brandon Dunbar, a senior biology major, received second prize in
the poster category. He presented “Effect of Composted Materials on
the Incidence of Pythium splendans induced-root rot disease.” His
mentors are Barry Nolt and Judith Kipe-Nolt.
Spring Honors Symposium
College of Science and Technology top honors graduates Carrie E.
Mensch, Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics; Jenna
Mordan, Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics; and Chelsea
J. Zoltowski, Audiology and Speech Pathology, were honored during
the Spring Honors Symposium. Other COST students and faculty
recognized at the symposium are:
Faculty
BloomsBurg university College of sCienCe and teChnology newsletter
Instructional Technology
Faculty member Karl Kapp has published his fifth book, “The
Gamification of Learning and Instruction: Game-based Methods and
Strategies for Training and Education.”
• Outstanding Teaching Award: Patricia Beyer, Geography and Geosciences;
Annette Gunderman, Nursing; and John Riley, Mathematics, Computer
Science and Statistics.
• Outstanding Service Award: Jorge Gonzalez, Audiology and Speech
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Pathology; Joan Miller, Nursing; and Cynthia Surmacz, Biological and Allied
Health Sciences.
• Outstanding Scholarship Award: Shaheen Awan, Audiology and Speech
Pathology; Noreen Chikotas, Nursing; John Hranitz, Biological and Allied
Health Sciences; and Mehdi Razzaghi, Mathematics, Computer Science
and Statistic.
Students
Audiology and Speech Pathology
• Summa Cum Laude: Brittany Bohach, Krista Rae Buchanan, Faith Joy
Marvin and Chelsea J. Zoltowski.
• Magna Cum Laude: Holly Bachman, Lindsey Marie Bieryla, Katherine
Elizabeth Burgess, Ashlee A. King, Vanessa R. Martin, Kaitlyn McShay,
Cassandra Lynn Remaley, Michelle Selinsky, Jill D. Wiscount and Kathryn
Bridget Young.
• Cum Laude: Rachel E. Craven, Stephanie Lynn Debuski, Chantel C.
Guistwite, Kelly Lynne Hontz, Megan N. Klinger, Erin R. Murray, Lauren
Marie Poinsett, Kristyn Marie Rakus, Erin E. Schumaker, Alexandra Sova,
Lauren Rae Stout, Danielle A. Walsh, Victoria Werts, Cailyn Marie
Williamson and Kelsey Shannon Woods.
• Student Scholarships and Awards: Jacqueline Crowe, James Bryden
Scholarship; Chelsea Zoltowski, Outstanding Senior; Kaitlyn A. Smith,
Frances Fay DeRose Memorial Award; Jordyn Koveleski, Husky Audiology
Award; and Nicole Leonzi, Cynthia Schloss Graduate Award.
Biological and Allied Health Sciences
• Summa Cum Laude: Jessica M. Albright, Rebecca Isabelle Conrad,
Brandon Dunbar and Amber Marie Kolk.
• Magna Cum Laude: Megan Elizabeth Duell, Alaina Lee Egger, Marykate
Gallagher, Jason D. Kneller, Heather Nicole Love, Sarah Angela Monaco,
Amanda R. Pulsifer and Lauren M. Sosnoski.
• Cum Laude: Marisa A. Cipolla, Tammy Mistishin Franks, Karmyn Yvonne
Gill, Larissa R. Johnson, David W. Kolk, Lindsay M. Kupferschmidt, Robert
P. Medon, Michael J. Molesevich, Jenelle L Romig, Sara E. Taylor and
Maura Elizabeth Williams.
• Student Scholarships and Awards: Heather Ressler, James E. Parsons
Microbiology Scholarship; Jennifer Sabins, James E. Cole Scholarship;
Meredith Salmon, Biology and Allied Health Science Scholarship; Renee
Risaliti, Biology and Allied Health Science Scholarship; Brandon M.
Dunbar, Margaret Till Physiology Award; Amber Kolk, Outstanding Allied
Health Senior; and Meghan Duell, Outstanding Biology Senior.
Chemistry and Biochemistry
• Summa Cum Laude: Adam D. Miller and David Joel Yovic.
• Magna Cum Laude: Brandon Marshall West.
• Cum Laude: Jarid Matthew Metz and Jordan Nathan Metz.
• Student Scholarships and Awards: Adam Miller, ACS Undergraduate Award
in Inorganic Chemistry and ACS Outstanding Senior Award; Jarid Metz,
American Institute of Chemist Foundation, Outstanding Senior Award;
Jordan Metz, American Institute of Chemist Foundation, Outstanding Senior
Award; Chris Houser, Junior Chemistry Achievement Award; Gene Tunney,
POLYED Undergraduate Award for Achievement in Organic Chemistry; and