Lycoming College 2020 President's Report/Magazine

Victoria Ricedorf ’20 double-majored in managerial economics and business administration. She is a Lycoming College Institute for Management Studies Scholar, as well as a member of Omicron Delta Epsilon, Omicron Delta Kappa, Sigma Beta Delta, IRUSKA Honor Society, and Phi Kappa Phi. She is the recipient of a Robert W. Rabold Economics Excellence Award. Not only was she a resident assistant and active on the Campus Activities Board, Ricedorf was a tutor through the Academic Resource Center and the department of economics, having helped students with history, microeconomics, and macroeconomics coursework. She completed a Lycoming College Office of Student Involvement Internship and a WISE I am so honored and grateful to have been chosen as the 2020 Chieftain! A sincere thank you to my friends, family, and everyone at Lycoming who helped me along the way, commented Feldbauer. Presently, she is attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences program with a plan to pursue a Ph.D. in either bioinformatics or biophysics. Internship with Robert M. Sides Family Music, as well as presented at the Global Landscapes Conference and NODA (Student Orientation, Transition, and Retention) Region VIII Conference. A lover of music, she played in Lycoming’s Concert Band, Jazz Band, Saxophone Quartet, Wind Ensemble, Clarinet Choir, and as a relief player for the Williamsport Symphony Orchestra. She also volunteered with the Williamsport Symphony Youth Orchestra, the East Juniata High School musical pit band, and beginner music lessons. Ricedorf is attending Slippery Rock University for a master’s degree in student affairs in higher education and is a graduate assistant in the Office for Student Engagement and Leadership. Mikayla Feldbauer ’20 Traversing the boundaries of biology, mathematics, and computer science, Mikayla Feldbauer ’20 had already gained substantial research experience with the interdisciplinary major she crafted to fit her future research interests while at Lycoming College. “I definitely want to go into the field of computational biology, possibly with a goal of pursuing a research career in industry,” she said. “I’m really thankful for all the computational skills I gained at Lycoming, because they’ve set me up to do well in the field.” In 2019, Feldbauer received a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, the premier prize in the nation for undergraduate students in science and engineering. The Goldwater Scholarship was established by Congress in 1986 for college sophomores and juniors who intend to pursue research careers in the natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering to help ensure that the United States is producing highly-qualified professionals in these fields. From a pool of more than 5,000 applicants, she was chosen for her academic merit, as well as her strong commitment to and potential for significant contribution to science research. She completed two prestigious summer internships for highly talented undergraduates. In 2018, she attended a Summer Research Experience in the department of molecular biology and genetics at Cornell University, where she investigated new adaptive immunity strategies. She spent the summer of 2019 at the Institute for Protein Design at the University of Washington. In addition to the aforementioned accolades, Feldbauer is the recipient of a Rose Pfaff Scholarship, Ada Remley Memorial Scholarship, Trustee’s Scholarship, Anna E. and Stephen J. Gabriel Endowed Scholarship, Class of 1988 Endowed Scholarship, Ohlinger Study Abroad Grant, and a Joanne and Arthur Haberberger Fellowship, as well as a Fundamentals of Physics Award, Principles of Astronomy Award, J Marco Hunsberger Service to Lycoming Award, M.B. Rich Endowed Prize, and the Bishop William Perry Eveland Prize. Active in her campus community, she was a member of the Society of Physics Students, Student Senate, STEM Affinity Community, Spanish Club, Campus Activities Board, Association of Mathematically Interested Students, General Committee on Academic Affairs, and the Lycourier. She served as an Academic Resource Center and Math Center tutor, Planetarium assistant, mouse husbandry crew, math department grader and research assistant, and an academic liaison and teaching assistant for both the biology and math departments. She was inducted into the IRUSKA Honor Society, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, and Beta Beta Beta. 17 www.lycoming.edu