They
carefully
wrote
out
their
proposals
and
planned
for
a
summer
of
on-campus
research.
Then
COVID-19
hit,
and
they
found
themselves
gaining
a
new
skill
…
flexibility.
Summer
Scholars
is
an
annual
program
that
enables
students
of
any
major
to
design
and
pursue
their
own
research
or
creative
project
under
the
supervision
of
a
faculty
mentor.
It
is
a
10-week
program
that
usually
is
held
on
campus
as
a
living-learning
experience.
This
year,
three
students
in
the
program
were
able
to
do
their
work
on
campus
following
health
safety
measures.
The
other
three
did
their
work
remotely.
"This
year's
Summer
Scholars
were
amazing,"
said
Summer
Scholars
director
Dr.
Amy
Lebo.
"Some
of
them
had
to
revise
their
research
to
accommodate
remote
work.
Others
had
to
adjust
their
housing
arrangements.
But
the
end
result
was
that
they
all
gained
important
research
skills
and
learned
that
flexibility
can
be
one
of
the
best
professional
skills
a
person
can
have."
2020
Summer
Scholars
Ashley
Ackerman
'21
-
sport
management
major
from
Edinboro,
Pennsylvania,
who
worked
with
Dr.
Dale
Sheptak
"I
will
be
researching
the
field
of
student-athlete
development
by
interviewing
Division
I
professionals
and
analyzing
prior
research
on
the
subject.
By
doing
so,
I
plan
to
create
a
framework
for
Division
III
schools
that
do
not
offer
a
student-athlete
development
plan
in
order
to
prepare
this
population
of
students
for
their
life
after
sport."
Jacob
Icardi
'21
-
neuroscience
and
biology
major
from
Medina,
Ohio,
who
worked
with
Dr.
Jeffrey
Zahratka
on
the
"Development
of
a
new
C.
elegans
memory
model"
Emily
Lesco
'22
-
public
health
major
from
Wickliffe,
Ohio,
who
worked
with
Dr.
Laura
Hopkins
on
"Improving
Child
Food
Security
during
Windows
of
Risk:
Nutritional
and
Comparative
Analysis
of
Buddy
Box
Program
Meals
and
Snacks"
Hastings
Marek
'21
-
applied
mathematics
and
sustainability
major
from
Pataskala,
Ohio,
who
worked
with
Dr.
Frank
Lebo
"I
am
working
on
a
quantitative
sustainability
project
on
BW's
sustainable
practices.
My
focus
will
be
on
stormwater
modeling
and
geothermal
analysis
on
BW's
campus.
My
intention
is
to
help
boost
the
university's
STARS
(Sustainable
Tracking
and
Assessment
Reporting)
score.
BW
has
a
silver
rating,
but
with
more
data
input
with
our
campus
assessment,
there
is
potential
to
score
higher."
Gaurikka
Mendiratta
'21
-
neuroscience
and
psychology
major
from
Delhi,
India,
who
worked
with
Dr.
Clare
Mathes
"Along
with
my
research
mentor,
Dr.
Clare
Mathes,
and
our
collaborator,
Dr.
Lindsey
Schier
from
the
University
of
Southern
California,
I
will
be
assessing
the
effects
of
early-life
exposure
to
a
non-nutritive
sweetener
on
taste-guided
behavior
in
adult
rats.
My
goals
are
to
perform
a
follow-up
study,
analyze
the
complete
data
and
begin
writing
a
professional
manuscript
for
a
research
line
that
I
have
been
a
part
of
since
last
fall."
Celeste
Stonebraker
'21
-
keyboard
performance
major
from
Cleveland
Heights,
Ohio,
who
worked
with
Dr.
Danielle
Kuntz
"I
am
investigating
historical
audiences
of
the
Bach
Festival.
I
am
spending
part
of
my
time
at
the
Riemenschneider
Bach
Institute
locating
and
scanning
items
and
the
remaining
time
at
home
transcribing,
organizing
and
documenting
items.
Eventually,
I
will
use
these
findings
to
write
about
what
early
audiences
of
the
Bach
Fest
expected,
how
they
participated,
who
attended,
etc."
