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2022 Capstone Festival Keynote and Awards Ceremony
Congratulations, 2022 Award Winners
Best Paper Award: STEM
Stella Remigio
Title: Neuroendocrine Cell Conditioned Media Effect on Prostate Cancer Cell Migration: LNCaP and PC-3
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Paul Deeble
Best Paper Award: Humanities
Corrina Hunter
Title: The Black Queer Neighbor
Faculty Sponsors: Dr. Mary Hill Cole and Dr. Amy Tillerson-Brown
Best Paper Award: Social Science
McKenna “McK” Mollner
Title: Cell Phones, Risk, and Day Hikers: An Analysis of the Potential Impact of Cellphones on Search and Rescue Trends in Shenandoah National Park
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Amy Diduch
Best Quantifiable Research Award
Brionny Brown
Title: The Effect of Caffeine on sAPPα and the Lifespan and Climbing Ability of Drosophila melanogaster Models for Alzheimer’s Disease
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Paul Deeble
Best Science Poster Award
Haley Schwarz
Title: Abundance, Diversity and Growth Rates of Entomopathogenic Fungi Along an Elevational Gradient
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Mary Jane Epps
Best High Impact Practice (HIP) Presentation Award
Mary Moran
Title: The Experience at the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Paige Reed
Best Visual & Performing Art Award
Marquis Brunson
Title: Imitation of the “Sacred Art of the Ori”
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Jim Sconyers
Senior Project Fellowships for Current Juniors
- Abigail Adams (Biology: Dr. Paul Callo)
- Jamie LaGrange (Biology: Dr. Rebecca Haberman)
- Anna Burkholder (Exercise Science: Christopher Harnish)
2022 Capstone Festival: May 2-6
The annual Mary Baldwin University Capstone Festival celebrates the scholarly and creative achievements of graduating MBU seniors. All students, faculty, staff, and the greater Staunton community are invited to attend. The format of the 2022 Capstone Festival will be hybrid. Members of the MBU community can attend in person in Grafton Library. Friends and family members can attend virtually.
Questions? Please email capstone@marybaldwin.edu
2021 Capstone Festival Winners
Top Honors
Papers I and Quantitative Award
Elyse Levens, A Mass Cytometry Application of a Community Structure Generating Algorithm Derived from a Combination of Leiden and Girvan-Newman Methods
Papers II
Kylie Stottlemyer, Understanding the Complexity of Community Policing and the Implementation when Assisting Victims
Posters
Jessa Balough, Photocatalytic Degradation of Bisphenol-F by Hydrogen Peroxide
Artistic Portfolio
Felicia Maziarz, There’s an Armadillo in my Living Room
ABV Fellowship Awardees for 2021-22
Haley Schwarz
Madison Kelly
Brionny Brown
Stella Maris Remigio
Katherine Keegan
2020 Capstone Festival Winners
Top Honors:
Extended Abstracts:
Rebecca Balzan, The Nullification Crisis: A Constitutional Battle or a Personal Feud?, Project Advisor: Clayton Brooks; Academic Advisor: Mary Hill Cole
Posters I and Art Portfolio:
Emileann Quick, The Abundance of Escherichia coli in Local, Organic Poultry vs Commercially Produced Brand
Project Advisor: Paul Deeble; Academic Advisor: Susie Schmeissing
Capstone Poster PDF
Capstone Abstract PDF
Posters II:
Victoria Moore, The Effect of Levonorgestrel on Breast Cancer Progression, Project Advisor: Melissa Scheiber; Academic Advisor: Paul Deeble
Capstone Poster PDF
Capstone Description PDF
Quantitative Award:
Elizabeth Fitzer, The Influence of the C5a Receptor on Ovarian Cancer Progression, Project Advisor: Melissa Scheiber; Academic Advisor: Paul Deeble
Capstone Poster PDF
Capstone Abstract PDF