The Park Enrichment Grant committee made the following awards to Park Scholars who submitted proposals by the April 1, 2015 deadline.

Park Enrichment Grants provide support for Park Scholars engaged in professional and personal enrichment experiences in the United States and abroad. These awards, initiated in 1998, are designed to foster the development of scholarship, service, leadership, and character, as well as connect Scholars with faculty.

These grants are awarded by the Park Enrichment Grant Committee composed of faculty members from across the NC State University campus and a representative from the Park Alumni Society. Awards are funded by the Park Foundation and donor gifts made to the Park Scholarships Enrichment Fund, Park Scholarships General Fund, and Park Alumni Society Study Abroad Travel Stipend Fund.

Research/Scholarly

Anna Paschall ‘16 Mapping Human Migration Patterns through Analysis of the Human Salivary Microbiome

Service Activity

Evan Brooks ‘18, Khari Cyrus ‘17, Allie Dinwiddie ‘18, Donnielle Jones ‘18, Zachary Jones ‘17, Jeremy Nortey ‘18, Marcel Souffrant ‘16, and Adrienne Williams ‘17 Belize Experiential Learning Trip

Study Abroad

Jacob Barrett ‘18 Summer Semester in London, England

Kenneth Erickson ‘18 Summer Semester in Andros Island, Bahamas

Lauren Frey ‘17 Fall Semester in Quito, Ecuador

Owen Webster ‘18 Summer Semester in Nanjing, China

Internship

Ashley Lawson ‘18 Internship in Cabarrus County STEM Education

Nicole Stelling ‘18 Hospital Internship in Guadalajara, Spain

Stephanie Wenclawski ‘16 Internship at Sea Life Park Hawai’i in Waimanalo, Hawai’i

The next grant application deadline is May 30, 2015.