Unity College held its 2015 Fall Conference on Wednesday, Dec. 16 and the work presented by the students was truly impressive. Following the conference, there were nine awards presented:
Brent Bibles presented the Conservation Award to Megan Brown. She did a presentation on “The Determinants that Limit the Northern Range of Common Woodland Ants.”
Ben Potter presented the Creativity Award to Owen Bastille and his wall art of “Conference of Feathers.”
Sarah Cunningham presented the Education Award to Joshua Pittendreigh and his research on “The Sustainability of Unity College Heritage Livestock Barn Lesson Plan.”
Amy Arnett presented the Research Award to Jennifer Driscoll and her project, “Best fit mathematical modeling of Zombie Virus using Program R.”
Crista Straub presented the Sustainability Award to Grace Wilson, Henry Symanski and Jenna Rippee for their project “Engaging the Community of Winslow in the Formation of a Recycling Program.”
Nicole Collins presented the Environmental Professional Award to Aaron Schmitz, Cassandra Cates, Gunnar Norback, Matthew Schnebly, Rae-Ann MacLellan-Hurd, Sally Carullo, Sean Stewart and Stephanie Tardiff for their research “Investigating the Rates of Soil Creep Along Main Street in Unity, Maine.”
Julie Cunningham presented the Unity Partnership Award to Jesse Samdahl, Jalen Babin, Nicholas Szatkowski and Samantha Stalder for their project “General Manage Plan - Whitten Hill Preserve.”
Melik Khoury presented the Award for Academic Excellence to Elliott Moran for his research “Comparing the Effects of General and Selective Culling on Chronic Wasting Disease Prevalence.”
President Stephen Mulkey presented the Unity Award to Courtney Dotterweich, Christopher Spaulding, Matthew Schnebly and Thomas Ciarlante for their research of “Vulnerability of forest lands in the Sagadahoc Region.”
Unity College prides itself on experiential learning and the student conference show that this is happening in plethora at the college.