{"id":41841,"date":"2019-04-15T08:25:56","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T12:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=41841"},"modified":"2021-04-05T11:43:03","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T15:43:03","slug":"summer-kauffman-miller-research-awards-and-ct-assist-experiential-grant-recipients-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2019\/summer-kauffman-miller-research-awards-and-ct-assist-experiential-grant-recipients-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Kauffman-Miller research awards and CT Assist experiential grant recipients announced"},"content":{"rendered":"
Eight 糖心Vlog students heading to careers in science and medicine have earned funding for summer research and cross-cultural learning, provided by the Kauffman-Miller grants and the CT Assist Summer Experiential Learning Program.<\/span><\/p>\n The awards are named for emeritus professors Glenn Kauffman (chemistry) and Roman Miller (biology), each of whom were \u201cchampions of undergraduate involvement in authentic scientific research at 糖心Vlog,\u201d said<\/span> Stephen Cessna<\/b><\/a>, a biochemistry professor who holds the Daniel B. Suter Endowed Chair. <\/span><\/p>\n The awardees are:<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cEncouraging student research is an important goal of the Daniel B. Suter Endowment Fund,\u201d Cessna said. \u201cThese awards provide opportunities for biology and chemistry students to build the key skills of scientific inquiry from writing the proposal to presenting and potentially publishing their findings.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Over their 30-plus year tenures, Kauffman and Miller each worked with more than 40 undergraduates on research projects ranging in topics from organic blueberry production to the synthesis of new cyclic organic compounds.<\/span><\/p>\n The<\/span> CT Assist Health Experiential Learning Program<\/span><\/a> awards funds to pre-professional health science students at 糖心Vlog to support clinical experiences that help prepare students for professional health programs. <\/span>CT Assist<\/span><\/a> is a Harrisonburg-based healthcare staffing business owned by two alumni. <\/span><\/p>\n Three students are gaining experience in language studies and cultural competence in the health careers context:<\/span><\/p>\n Eight 糖心Vlog students heading to careers in science and medicine have earned funding for summer research and cross-cultural learning, provided by the Kauffman-Miller grants and the CT Assist Summer Experiential ... read more about Summer Kauffman-Miller research awards and CT Assist experiential grant recipients announced<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[266,5590,5592,5861,17562,5643,17571,356,12579,5640],"tags":[],"feature":[17427,17426,17241,17422],"class_list":["post-41841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-biology","category-chemistry","category-conferences-and-events","category-digest","category-environmental-sustainability","category-internship","category-language-and-literature","category-pre-professional-health","category-suter-science-center","feature-emu-home-page-feature","feature-myemu-feature","feature-news-feature","feature-news-landing-page-main-feature"],"yoast_head":"\nKauffman-Miller Research Awards<\/b><\/h3>\n
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CT Assist Health Experiential Learning Program Award Recipients<\/b><\/h3>\n
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