Undergraduate Research Award
The award, funded by several donors, is awarded annually to students completing innovative research. It is a competitive award program designed to prepare students for inquiry-based professions. The award is open to all students in the Health and Natural Science programs who exemplify the quality, character and academic promise of a student enrolled at Carroll College. Each award is intended to support one semester of faculty-mentored research for each recipient as an augmentation of a fall or spring semester course. Students and their faculty mentors identify a research project, clarify its scope and anticipated outcomes, and plan a public presentation of the student’s research findings.
2019 - Carly Trogstad
Carly Trogstad, a senior Health Sciences major, was the recipient of the Health Sciences Undergraduate Research Award for the 2019 – 2020 academic year. Carly has been building on her systematic review of osteochondritis dissecans by interviewing surgeons and therapists to determine how evidence-based best-practices align with current clinical practice. Read more about Carly.
2019 - Carleigh Thurman
During the 2019-2020 academic year, Carleigh will be researching the effect of equine-assisted therapy on social functioning in children with autism.
2018 - Mackenzie Hansen
Mackenzie's research agenda focuses on analyzing the relationship between stress among college students and canine-assisted therapy. Mackenzie completed a systematic review on this topic and her results indicated decreases in stress that could improve academic performance and overall wellbeing. She is now researching ways that a canine therapy program could be implemented on Carroll's campus to benefit students. Read more about Mackenzie.