The Eckley Summer Scholars and Artists\u00a0endowment supports summer research and creative activity for several students each year, enabling them to stay on campus over the summer to work under the direction of faculty mentors.\u00a0The program was established by the late President Emeritus Robert S. Eckley, his wife Nell and the Eckley Family Foundation.<\/p>\n Award:<\/strong> $4,000 (must be a currently enrolled student to qualify)<\/p>\n Eckley Scholars: 2015:\u00a0<\/strong> Stephanie AuBuchon \u201916, David Allen Flowers \u201916, Michelle Riechers \u201916, Ryan Schonert \u201916, Wenting Zhao \u201918<\/a> Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Scholars<\/a> Award:<\/strong>\u00a0$4,000 (must be a currently enrolled student to qualify)<\/p>\n Mellon Scholars:<\/strong><\/p>\n 2015:<\/strong>\u00a0Lydia Hartlaub \u201916, Anna Lowenthal \u201916, Nicholas Berardelli \u201916<\/a> The John and Erma Stutzman Peace Fellows Program<\/a> was created in 2007 to encourage talented Illinois Wesleyan University students to pursue focused study in areas involving peace, conflict resolution, and social justice, areas that reflect the broader University mission. Students are awarded a stipend to support their selected projects.<\/p>\n Award:<\/strong> $1,000 (must be a currently enrolled student to qualify)<\/p>\n Peace Fellows:<\/strong><\/p>\n 2015:<\/strong>\u00a0Nicole Jovicevic \u201916, Kira Miller \u201916, Jennifer Prochotsky \u201916, Hannah Scatterday \u201917<\/a> Elizabeth Weir Action Research Fellowships<\/a> are distributed through Illinois Wesleyan’s Action Research Center (ARC), which links Illinois Wesleyan students with research projects involving local not-for-profit organizations. Candidates should develop projects that make a meaningful impact on the community.<\/p>\n Award:<\/strong> Up to $1,500 (must be a currently enrolled student to qualify)<\/p>\n Weir Fellows:<\/strong><\/p>\n 2015:<\/strong>\u00a0Leo Martinez \u201915, Nettie Rauch \u201915, Jacquelyn Schirmacher \u201918, Amanda King \u201915, Rachel Shaffer \u201917<\/a> Criley Student Research Endowment Award:<\/strong> $4,000\u00a0(must be a currently enrolled student to qualify)<\/p>\n Criley Research Fellows:<\/strong><\/p>\n 2015:<\/strong>\u00a0Rachel Ende \u201916, Blake Beehler \u201916 Mark Israel Endowed Summer Research Fund in Economics Award:<\/strong>\u00a0$4,000 (must be a currently enrolled student to qualify)<\/p>\n Recipients:<\/strong><\/p>\n 2015:<\/strong>\u00a0Lu Liao\u00a0’17<\/a> Bill Murphy Research Fellowship Scholar<\/strong><\/p>\n Recipient:<\/strong><\/p>\n 2015:\u00a0 <\/strong>Matthew McGill\u00a0 \u201917<\/p>\n Zoellick Fellowship in Social Entrepreneurship<\/a> Award: $<\/strong>1,500 to help implement a business idea<\/p>\n Recipients:<\/strong><\/p>\n 2015:<\/strong>\u00a0Dave Myers \u201915 and Boryana Borisova \u201917<\/a> Luis Leal Endowed Scholarship Award:<\/strong> Up to $1,000\u00a0(must be a currently enrolled student to qualify)<\/p>\n Recipients:<\/strong><\/p>\n 2015:<\/strong>\u00a0Martha Aguirre \u201917<\/a> On November 16, 2010 the U.S. House of Representatives declared the week of April 11, 2011 as “Undergraduate Research Week”. Since that time, each year CUR has designated a week in April as “Undergraduate Research Week”. \u00a0As we celebrate Undergraduate … Continue reading ![\"Scholarship](\"https:\/\/www.iwu.edu\/newsletters\/images\/eckley-scholar-100.jpg\")
<\/a>Illinois Wesleyan offers unique and significant opportunities to encourage and recognize\u00a0student research. In fact, nearly every program listed below was created by former faculty members, university leadership or alumni who wanted to offer students the same\u00a0opportunities they enjoyed.<\/p>\n
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\n2014:\u00a0<\/strong> Natalie Hoijer \u201915, Mike Kistner \u201915, Niccole Nelson \u201916 , Thomas Simmons \u201915 and Kiri Stauch \u201916
\n<\/a>2013:\u00a0<\/strong> Maggie Zhou \u201914,\u00a0Timothy Mueller \u201914,\u00a0Sarah Menke \u201915,\u00a0Molly Guenette \u201914 and\u00a0Ryan Winter \u201914
\n<\/a>2012:\u00a0<\/strong> Sarah Takushi ’13,\u00a0Dustin Springer ’13,\u00a0Rachel Branson ’14,\u00a0Justyna Koscielniak ’14\u00a0and\u00a0Daniel Maurer ’12<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Wesleyan](\"https:\/\/www.iwu.edu\/news\/2013\/images\/01-pillar-100.jpg\")
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\n<\/a>The summer Humanities Scholars program is open to students in all disciplines for projects grounded in the humanities \u2014 Greek and Roman Studies, English, History, Modern Languages and Literatures, Religion, or Philosophy. Each scholar will collaborate with a faculty member.<\/p>\n
\n2014:<\/strong>\u00a0Timothy McDunn \u201916, Lisa Mishra \u201915, Colleen O\u2019Connor \u201914 and Nathaniel Douglas \u201915<\/a>
\n2013:\u00a0<\/strong> Mallika Kavadi \u201915 and Joseph O\u2019Brien \u201914<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Megan](\"https:\/\/www.iwu.edu\/research\/images\/thompson-megan-100.jpg\")
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\n2014:<\/strong>\u00a0Jeremy Duffee ’14; Chelsa Green ’14<\/a>
\n2013:<\/strong> Yelei Kong ’13<\/a>
\n2012:<\/strong>\u00a0Alejandro Monz\u00f3n ’13<\/a>
\n2011:<\/strong>\u00a0Megan Thompson ’12
\n<\/a>2010:<\/strong>\u00a0Gwen Robinson ’11
\n<\/a>2009:<\/strong>\u00a0Emily Coles ’11 and Jessica Meyer ’11
\n<\/a>2008:<\/strong>\u00a0Marie-Claudine Villacorta ’08 and Monica Shah ’09
\n<\/a>2007:<\/strong>\u00a0Holly Aldrich ’09 and Daniel Burke ’09<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Weir](\"https:\/\/www.iwu.edu\/research\/images\/weir-fellows-2011-100.jpg\")
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\n2014:<\/strong> Lexia Swope ’15 and Julie Lewis ’16<\/a>
\n2013:<\/strong> Matt LaLonde ’14, Annette Rauch ’15, Dave McGrath ‘5 and Meagan DeSalvo ’15
\n<\/a>2012:<\/strong>\u00a0Ryan Dyar ’14 and Danny Kenny ’13
\n<\/a>2011:<\/strong>\u00a0Kaitie Fancher ’11 and Matt Hill ’12
\n<\/a>2010:<\/strong>\u00a0Lindsey Haines ’10 and Kenny Woodard ’10
\n<\/a>2009:<\/strong>\u00a0Sneh Rajbhandari ’09 and Danny Burke ’09
\n<\/a>2008:<\/strong>\u00a0Laura Maxwell ’09<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Crileys\"](\"https:\/\/www.iwu.edu\/research\/images\/crileys-100.jpg\")
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\n<\/a>The Criley Student Research Endowment, established in 2008 by alumni in honor of retiring biology faculty Bruce and Norma Criley, provides summer research opportunities in the sciences.<\/p>\n
\n2014:<\/strong>\u00a0Lydia Rudd \u201916<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Ben](\"https:\/\/www.iwu.edu\/research\/images\/white-ben-100.jpg\")
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\n<\/a>Mark Israel ’91 established an Endowed Summer Research Fund in Economics, providing students with the same experience he valued as a student \u2014 the opportunity to perform topical economics research, working in close collaboration with members of the economics faculty.<\/p>\n
\n2014:\u00a0<\/strong> Andy Dao ’15<\/a>\u00a0
\n2013:<\/strong> Ben White ’14<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Social](\"https:\/\/www.iwu.edu\/newsletters\/images\/zoellick-winners-100.jpg\")
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\nTodd Zoellick, a class of 2000 graduate, donated funds to allow the Action Research Center to offer the Zoellick Fellowship in Social Entrepreneurship to IWU students.<\/p>\n
\n2013: <\/strong>Vanessa Macias ’14 and Josh Wiggs ’15<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Book\"](\"https:\/\/www.iwu.edu\/weekly\/images\/02-luis-leal-100.jpg\")
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\n<\/a>The Luis Leal Endowed Scholarship is available to qualified students who carry out Hispanic Studies research off campus in an IWU-affiliated program.<\/p>\n
\n2014:\u00a0<\/strong> Thalia Novoa ’16 and Huyen Nguyen ’17<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"