We are excited to announce the 2022 Central Symposium for University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE) Winners. 

See the SOURCE 2022 Program to learn more about these great presentations.  

Note that award-winning presentations are still viewable https://source2022.sched.com/ and will be added to CWUSource YouTube Channel. 

SOURCE Overall 2022 Awards:  

SOURCE 2022 Mentor of the Year:  Professor Jeffrey Snedeker 

Nominated by Emma Tranum, Music Education and Horn Performance:  “Dr. Snedeker is many things. He is the applied horn instructor, the director of horn ensemble, a music history teachers, and he is a mentor. He has helped me in countless ways during my time at central, from helping me through times of stress and doubt, to giving me incredible experiences, and being an incredible role model for life-long learning. … he is always learning along side us, sharing his struggles and triumphs as he goes. We see him putting on faculty recitals, playing in the Yakima Symphony, and always finding new and more diverse composers to program. “ 

For more information visit: https://source2022.sched.com/artist/jeffrey.snedeker   

SOURCE 2022 Graduate Scholar of the Year:  MacKenzie Carter, Health Sciences 

Nominated by Tishra Beeson, Health Sciences: “MacKenzie is a consummate professional, a model graduate student, and she extends her spirit of collaboration to mentor other upcoming student researchers, both at the graduate and undergraduate level as the co-President of the Public Health Club. ... MacKenzie led this mentoring effort all while taking a full graduate course load, implementing the collection of original mixed-methods data for her thesis, submitting peer-reviewed research abstracts to major national conferences, working full-time for KCPHD during a public health emergency, and parenting her two small children. I am constantly in awe of MacKenzie’s commitment to excellence across all areas of her life, and she deserves recognition for each of her accomplishments.” 

For more information visit: https://source2022.sched.com/speaker/mackenzie_carter.23sayhrh  

The James and Katie Gaudino Scholar of the Year Awards for Creative Expression and Scholarly Research acknowledge and reward those students who present at SOURCE and whose work activities and accomplishments provide examples of exceptional dedication to the scholarship experience. 

The James and Katie Gaudino 2022 Scholar of the Year Awards (Research): Bianca Sanchez (Psychology, McNair)

Nominated by Olivia G. Holter, Psychology: “As a researcher, I have seen Bianca’s compassion, natural inquisitive nature, and passion drive her willingness to pursue a research project that is much more difficult than most undergraduate scholars take on. Yet, she has put in the time and effort it takes to complete a project of this magnitude.... On campus, Bianca is a leader and an advocate. Presently, Bianca is the Vice President of Presidents United to Solving Hunger (PUSH), a student led organization dedicated to ending food insecurity and has led the efforts to creating a dedicated food pantry on our campus. Additionally, Bianca is also a mentor for Thrive, an organization dedicated to mentorship for and by women of color on our campus. Finally, I am also thrilled to share that starting next year, Bianca will be pursuing her Ph.D., with a full graduate assistantship, in school psychology at Illinois State University. ISU’s program is accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA), and getting into an APA accredited doctoral program is statistically harder to achieve than getting into medical school.  “ 

For more information visit: https://source2022.sched.com/speaker/bianca_sanchez.23sayhsb   

The James and Katie Gaudino 2022 Scholar of the Year Awards(Creative Expression):  Reese Sigman (Theater Arts, Musical Theater)

Nominated by Kathryn Stahl, Theater: “Reese Sigman is a phenomenal student and has taken every opportunity to apply their knowledge forward and become a thoughtful, well-rounded, self-producing artist scholar... Reese has worked tirelessly on this show, utilizing knowledge from every area of theater production: management, design, directing, story structure, music, dance, and acting to bring to life the story, "Reese Sigman is Lying Completely Still."… One lens in which Reese wanted to explore this question was through her physical disability. Having a disability in the arts means that you don't get the same opportunities as other artists because you don’t fit the ideal image that media/art perpetuate. Part of our curriculum at Central discusses how the industry needs to be more inclusive of disabled artists, allowing them to tell their stories, and holding up those stories that recognize them as humans in the world, not only with a disability but facing everyday circumstances. Within her show, Reese nods at her disability, but the disability is not the whole person and Reese explores how performance and performativity have impacted the everyday human existence scenarios of her life. ” 

For more information visit: https://source2022.sched.com/speaker/sigmank  

ReSOURCE 2022 award winners  

CWU Libraries and the Friends of the Brooks Library reSOURCE award is for outstanding use of library resources in your project. This includes books, journals, Archives & Special Collections, databases, library equipment, and even our programs and spaces!   

• Nicholas Mahoney. Presenting: Education Systems in East Asia. Mentored by: Chong Eun Ahn Supported by: AKS Korean Studies Scholarship 

• Eponine Romo. Presenting: An Appetite for Crime: Case Studies of Cannibalism and the Criminology Theories that Explain It Mentored by: Sara Toto & Bernadette Jungblut 

• America Sanchez. Presenting: Women, Prison and Cognition in Washington State. Mentored by: Christine Henderson 

• William Schuler. Presenting: A Descriptive Analysis of the Great Resignation and the Great Return. Mentored by: Tennecia Dacass 

Presentations Awards:  

10% of the SOURCE presentations will receive a SOURCE Presentation award.  Students who wanted feedback are evaluated on several varying criteria for the specific presentation (research posters, research oral presentations, creative expressions, and panels). In general, the students are evaluated in several areas including Relevance, Knowledge, Organization & Visual Elements, Reasoning, Delivery, and Overall presentation. 

College of Arts and Humanities Presentation Award Winners 

• Rand Carter; Laura Cornwell; Alec Chinnery; William Forbes; Julia Mcconnachie; Jaime Ramos; John Roeder; Kellen Schuetze; Connor Schwarz; Lily Sears; Giselle Serna; Emma Tranum; Beaumont Fry, CAH: Music Performance (In Person, Live)  Presenting: Concert Performance of Works for Horn Ensemble. Mentored by: Jeffrey Snedeker 
• Kira Cox, Wildcard: Wednesday & Thursday Lunch (In Person, Live). Presenting: Drama Therapy, Theatre for Young Audiences, and How They Can Help Youth Process Trauma. Mentored by: Emily Rollie '
• Abigail (Coy) Ryan, CAH, Asian Studies (In Person, Live) Presenting: One More Foot Out of the Closet  Mentored by: Chong Eun Ahn. Supported by: AKS Korean Studies Scholarship
• Karla Maravilla, CAH: Manastash Reading (In Person, Live). Presenting: Synesthesia: A Manastash Reading Mentored by: Maya Zeller,   Xavier Cavazos, Miah Jeffra
• Julianna Kropla, CAH, English (Virtual, asynchronous) Presenting: The Monsters Within: An Analysis of Minorities in the Horror Film Mentored by: M. O'Brien. Supported by: McNair Program 
• David Song, Wildcard: University Student Experience (In Person, Live). Presenting: Who Belongs in a “Culture of Belonging”? Envisioning CWU as a Decolonized Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and Place of Belonging (Querencia) Mentored by: Christina Torres García 

College of Education and Professional Studies Presentation Award Winners 

• Ellah Nichols, CEPS, Accessibility Studies (Virtual, asynchronous). Presenting: A Practical Guide for Kindergarten Teachers of Nonverbal Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Mentored by: Naomi Jeffery Petersen
• Emeri Wilson, CEPS, Mechanical Engineering (Virtual, asynchronous). Presenting: Balsa Wood Vertical Lift Bridge, Mentored by: Charles Pringle; Jeunghwan Choi, PhD 
• Aidan McKee, CEPS, Electronic Engineering/ITAM (In Person, Live). Presenting: Developing Process Control Labs and Simulations to Increase Student Comprehension Mentored by: Lad Holden; Jeff Wilcox; Greg Lyman 
• Kadi Grieve, CEPS, Food Science and Nutrition (In Person, Live). Presenting: Development of a Performance Nutrition Manual for High School Athletes. Mentored by: Kelly Pritchett 
• Jaeda  Nelson, CEPS, Public Health (Virtual, asynchronous). Presenting: Impact of THRIVE at a Predominantly White Institution: Building New Legacies & Reclaiming Space Mentored by: Katrina Whitney; Janette Chien 
• MacKenzie Carter, CEPS, Covid Studies (In Person, Live) Presenting: Mixed Methods Exploration of COVID-19 Vaccination Status vs. Influenza Vaccine Uptake Mentored by: Tishra Beeson; Katarina Mucha; Amie Wojtyna 
• Megan Johnson; Shae Petty; Kailey Pfeiffer; Sharissa Bird, CEPS, Wildcard (Virtual, asynchronous) Presenting: Parental Conflict and Parent-Child Emotional Connection Among Emerging Adults Mentored by: Amy Claridge 

College of Business Presentation Award Winners 

• Betty Mittelsteadt; Kameron Eck, College of Business (In Person, Live) Presenting: Alternative Transportation Operation Model for Central Transit Operations Mentored by: Toni Sipic; Peter Gray 
• Betty Mittelsteadt; Kaylee Cooper; Landen Hashimura; Mia Young, College of Business (In Person, Live) Presenting: CWU Student Price Index Mentored by: Tennecia Dacass 

College of the Sciences Presentation Award Winners 

• Alex Worland; Nick Fechtel; Adara Andonie, COTS, Computer Science (In Person, Live) Presenting: Anti-eBay Mentored by: Szilard Vajda 
• Jonathan Dickinson, COTS, Biological Sciences Presenting: Biological Processes Associated With Up-Regulated Genes in Aging Human Skeletal Muscle Mentored by: Jared Dickinson 
• Alicia McAfee; Fernanda Alvarez; Jordan Echaniz; Erin McConnachie, COTS, Geological/Environmental Studies (Virtual, asynchronous) Presenting: Comparison of Lichen Growth Between Basalt Boulders and Talus Mentored by: Lisa Ely 
• Kiley Radovich; Kevin Menzia; Nik Simurdak; Maria Kovach; Lauren Otto; Jeremy Cobb, COTS, Anthropology (Virtual, asynchronous). Presenting: Connections Across the Land in the Kittitas Valley: Geographic Plotting of Material Diversity at the Grissom Site (45KT301) Mentored by: Patrick McCutcheon 
• Chase Claymore; Arturo Contreras; Lea Lebaron; Natalie Amos; Eunice Magana, COTS, Psychology (Virtual, asynchronous). Presenting: Disproportionate Learning Disparities Among Student of Color During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Mentored by: Heath Marrs 
• Nick Cameron, COTS, Physics (In Person, live). Presenting: Investigation of a noninvasive method for monitoring intracranial pressure using sheep skulls Mentored by: Andrew Piacsek 
• Jennifer Hanigan-Diebel, COTS, Chemistry. Presenting: Mixed-Monolayer Gold Nanoparticle Interactions with Bovine Serum Albumin  Mentored by: Samuel Lohse. Supported by: Ivory Nelson Graduate Fellowship
• Katherine Denison, COTS, Law & Justice Supreme Court Panel (In Person, Live). Presenting: Trust Me, I’m a Doctor: Prescriptions and Professional Legitimacy in Contemporary Medicine. Ruan v. United States. Mentored by: Teresa Divine
• Mara Gans, COTS, Geography/ Environmental Studies (In Person, Live). Presenting: Wilderness & the Geotag: Exploring the Relationship between Georeferenced Social Media Data and Recreational Visitation in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, WA. Mentored by: Sterling Quinn; Carla Jellum; Jennifer Lipton. Supported by: Funding from Central Faculty-Student Provost Research Grants 

Congratulations to our award winners and thank you to the faculty and community judges, award selection committees, and SOURCE program committee for their support of the SOURCE 2021 program.