{"id":880,"date":"2015-05-13T14:14:34","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T21:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/chemistry\/?page_id=880"},"modified":"2022-12-31T16:59:25","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T00:59:25","slug":"research-in-chemical-education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/chemistry\/chemistry-degree\/student-activities-2\/research-in-chemical-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Internships and Scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"

What WOU Students Are Doing in Chemistry:<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n

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\"liengang\"<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Andrew Leingang<\/strong> –\u00a0 Andrew was awarded a prestigious WOU CiP Internship<\/a><\/span><\/span> to serve as an Undergraduate Chemistry Teaching Assistant withing the CH100 series course in the Department of Chemistry.\u00a0 Currently, Andrew served as the Peer Led Teaching and Learning (PLTL) facilitator for the CH100 series.\u00a0 Within this position, Andrew taught a one hour recitation section to WOU students enrolled in the CH100 series. Andrew has also been involved in Undergraduate Chemistry Research studying the insecticidal effects of Pseudomonas fluorescens<\/em> on the development and growth of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Anton Lemeza –<\/strong>\u00a0 Anton served as a student intern at Kerr Concentrates, Inc<\/a><\/span> in Salem Oregon. During his internship, Anton served as a Quality Control Inspector with the company regularly sampling the products at various stages of production to ensure product quality. QC measures include alcohol content, citric acid content, specific gravity, Brix values and color using UV-Vis Spectrophotometry.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"zach<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Zach Rozinek –<\/strong> Zach served as an Undergraduate Research Intern with\u00a0Dr. John Mata<\/a><\/span> at the Western University of Health Sciences in Lebanon, OR.\u00a0 Within Dr. Mata’s laboratory, Zach gained experience establishing human hematopoetic stem cell lines in tissue culture, and then using these lines to determine gene expression patterns using real time PCR.\u00a0 Dr. Mata has special interest in determining if age, lifestyle and socioeconomic factors affect telomere length and can be used as a predictive indicator for diseases of aging <\/span><\/p>\n

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\"richelle<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Richelle McDaniel –<\/strong> Richelle received a WOU CiP Internship<\/a><\/span> from the Chemistry Department to participate in a job shadowing experience with Isaac Hendler, M.A.C. at\u00a0Integrative Acupuncture and Natural Therapeutics<\/a><\/span> in Corvallis, OR. During the internship, Richelle learned about alternative medical practices, such as acupuncture, massage therapy, and Traditional Chinese Medicine, that patients use to integrate with Western medicine treatment strategies<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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Steven Korecki –<\/strong> Steven was awarded a WOU CiP Internship<\/a><\/span><\/span> for Undergraduate Teaching in Chemistry. In addition to his excellent skills in the classroom, Steven was also involved in curriculum development within the course.\u00a0 Steven developed a new laboratory activity for the CH104 section, and converted several worksheet assignments into interactive, online activities. <\/span><\/p>\n

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