Friends of the Library - Reports - LSC-CyFair
Friends Scholarship Recipients
2018-2019: Richard Fox & Justin Gallegos (pictured with Friends of the Library board members Beverly Choate, Elsie Markuson, and Roxanne Beck)
2017-2018: Sunny Navarro & Jessie Crain
2016-2017: Angelica Amaya & Eduard Akhmedov
2015-2016: Jaime Questell & Stephen Steen
2014-2015: Melodee Smith
2013-2014: Chris Sandra Garza
2012-2013: Michele Pompa
Student Library Research Award
Thanks to the Friends of the Library for supporting this award
and all the students and professors who submitted projects!
Recipients for 2018-2019
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2017-2018 Winners
- First Place: Elias Mata
“Gerrymandering: The Subversion of the Representative Democracy”
Professor Robert Holmes, HIST 2033 (Honors) - Second Place: Aaron T. Morgan
“A Brief Overview of the Nazi Nuclear Program”
Professor Robert Coyle, HIST 2312 - Third Place: Francisco Javier Melesio
“Reduction On Houston’s Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Concentration:
Increasing Live Oak’s Tree Population”
Professor Shaunté Hulett-Abdin, BIOL 1407 (Honors)
2016-2017 Winners
- First Place: Daniel Hines
“The Changing of the Guard: The Evolving Strategy of the U.S. Navy in WWII”
Professor James Seymour, HIST 1302 (Honors) - Second Place: Amanda Atencio
“Minimizing and Utilizing Food Waste in America: A Proposal for a National Mandate to Reduce, Recycle, and Reuse Food Waste”
Professor Kasey Baker, ENGL 1302 (Honors) - Third Place: Jennifer Sampleton
“The Other Green Movement: The Damage Capitalism Inflicts on the Environment”
Professor Michelle Brown, ENGL 1302
2015-2016 Winners
- First Place: Ana De Angulo
“Caravaggio's Radical Religious Art and Profound Resonance”
Professor Matt Backer, ARTS 1304 (Honors) - Second Place: Deborah Cerritos
“The Continuation of Corruption in Law Enforcement”
Professor Bindu Nayar, ENGL 1301 - Third Place: Daniela Markovic
“The Effects of Banning Books on High School Students”
Professor Mark Thorsby, PHIL 1301 (Honors)
2014-2015 Winners
- First Place: Gabriela Pineda - “Intentionality Sculpted: The Directedness Higher Level Educated Beings Adhere and Conform To”
Professor Mark Thorsby, PHIL 2318 - Second Place: Jessica Martinez - “A Wake-Up Call: Confronting Media Expectations for Body Image"
Professor Kimberly Mori, ENGL 1301 - Third Place: Braxton Fonner
“Teaching How to Learn: In Support of Skills Based Education”
Professor Jamili Omar, ENGL 1301
2013-2014 Winners
- First Place: Ibrahim Iqbal - "The Sight We Lack"
Professor Rebekah Love - ENGL 1302 - Second Place: Nancy Amin - "Education as a Fundamental Human Right"
Professor Jamili Omar - ENGL 2333 - Third Place: Judith Moore - "Death Penalty vs. Insanity Plea"
Professor Fay Lee - ENGL 1301
2012-2013 Winners
- First Place: Jordan Davis - "Avarice: A Case Study on the Abomination of For-Profit Prisons"
Professor: Heidi Jo Green - Second Place: Candelario Leal - "Genius, Madness and Shamanism and the Upper Paleolithic Revolution"
Professor: Matt Backer - Third Place: Karla Segura - "Gloria Anzaldua and the Bi-cultural Feminist Americana"
Professor: Michelle Brown
2011-2012 Winners
- First Place: April Johnson - "A Classic in Modern Times"
Professor: Matt Backer - Second Place: Christopher Whitfill - "The Democratic Spirit"
Professor: Mark Thorsby - Third Place: Bethany Reese - "Sin Represas: Without Dams!"
Professor: Sergio Sarmiento
2010-2011 Winners
- First Place: Cody Beers, "Daddy Complex"
Professor: Patricia Healy - Second Place: Scott Liebling - "The Societal Effects of the Decline of Organized Labor in the United States"
Professor: Heidi Jo Green - Third Place: Misty Nikel - "Reform for U.S.-China Trade"
Professor: Patricia Healy
2009-2010 Winners
- First Place: Brandon de Hoyos: "A War of Words: How Civil War Correspondents Changed the News Industry"
Professor: Esther Robinson - Second Place: Gorge Sanchez-Ruiz: "Why the Federal Reserve Must Cease"
Professor: Margaret Mendonca - Third Place: Jim Brant McMahon: "Prisoners of Intangible Walls"
Professor: Sonila Themeli
2008-2009 Winners
- First Place: Amy Mitamura: "The History of Radiation Safety"
Professor: Cynthia Robertson - Second Place: Victoria Marie Bee: "Female Genital Mutilation"
Professor: Michelle Brown - Third Place: Maria A. Partearroyo: "Universal Health Care, a Right to Pursue"
Professor: Bindu Nayar
Study Abroad Photo Contest Winners
2018 Winners
- First Place - Demitri Kalergis - Old Shepherd
Student of Professors Andrea Holliger and Rob Coyle - Second Place - Faith Fritch - Boats on the Bay
Student of Professor Buck Buchanan - Third Place - Kenzie Edmondson - People Make the Place
Student of Professors David Bruner, Buck Buchanan, and Ronnie Nespeca
2017 Winners
- First place – Lauren Gonzales - This Was Once Home to Many (Italy)
Student of Professors Rob Coyle and Buck Buchanan - Second place – Anastasia Cowen - Counting Days (Poland)
Student of Professors Thomas Kelly and Hoyt Devries - Third place – Cody Brautigam - Amalfi Coast (Italy)
Student of Professors Rob Coyle and Buck Buchanan
2016 Winners
- First place – Chelsea Narrow - Swedish Waltz (Sweden)
Honorable Mention for Exploration
Student of Professor Rob Coyle - Second place – Mario Torres - Rhythmic Motion (Belize)
Student of Professor Buck Buchanan - Third place – Camila Téllez - Je Suis Charlie (Germany)
Honorable Mention for Stinging Past
Student of Professor Kelly Schimmel
2015 Winners
- First place – Ala'a Ibrahim - Tears Frozen in Time
- Second place – Alejandro Ezquerra - Music from Other World
- Third place – Skyeler Aguado - The Tico Life
2014 Winners
- First place – Jennifer Moore - In the Hopper
- Second place – Silvia Pineros - Rain, Rain, No Sprinkles
- Third place – Jamie Hackbarth - Got Volcano?
2013 Winners
- First place – Elizabeth Villarreal - Tanzanian Best Soccer Player
- Second place – An Nguyen - Anchoring on Serenity
- Third place – Stephanie Hernandez - Maasai Young Lady
2012 Winners
- First place – Marilyn Ferguson - Ancient Walmart
- Second place – Alex Tompkins - The Rainforest
- Third place – Mamisi Gordon - Praying or Peddling
2011 Winners
- First Place – Michelle Martinez, Time Left Standing
- Second Place – Jassir Hernandez, Yellow Mountain
- Third Place – Martha Ocampo, Belly of Hongcun
2010 Winners
- First Place – Lindsay Green, Footprints on the Sands of Time
- Second Place – Kate Anderson, Vatican Museum Staircase
- Third Place – Meredith Thibodeaux, Stopped Motion
International Flavor of Houston Photography Contest - Spring 2010
- First Place Winner – Abbas Batliwala, "All For a Cause"
- Second Place Winners – Ashley Richardson, "At a Stand Still"
- Third Place Winners – Randy Olive, "Tu Bi Quan Am Dao Trang Temple"
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