Appalachian Center
Entrepreneurship for the Public Good

Bruce Building
CPO 2055
859-985-3554

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EPG Fellows
 

We are not currently accepting applications for the Summer Fellowship as all 2008-2009 Fellows have been selected. Please look for the 2009-2010 application to be posted in February 2009. If you have any questions about the Summer Fellowship or the EPG program, please contact us at 859-985-3554 or .


Members

EPG Fellows 2007-2008 Achievements

2005-2006 Cohort

Samantha Stolt

  • Hired by Aflac in insurance sales

2006-2007 Cohort

Michael Cox

  • Accepted into Delta Phi Alpha (promotes the study of the German language)
  • Summer Germany program

Rosanna Green

  • Fuliang and Louise Chang Award (given to the senior student majoring in sociology who shows greatest promise in the field of sociology or social work. Although excellence in scholarship is important, promise for service is also a major consideration)
  • Albert G. Weidler Memorial Scholarship in Social Studies (given for excellence in social studies or business administration)
  • Accepted into the University of New Orleans Master of Urban and Regional Planning program and received a Full Graduate Dean’s Scholarship.

Salome Kiwara

  • Art Major Award: A Design for a Summer (given to art majors for the purpose of continuing study, museum visits, travel, books, and materials to be used during the summer)
  • Jerome W. Hughes Humanities Enrichment Award (supports a variety of experiences in the arts to enrich students’ appreciation of the humanities)
  • Inducted into Mortar Board (national honor society for distinguished achievements in scholarship, leadership, and service)

Zackary Kocher

  • Emily Ann Smith Scholarship (honors excellence in the study of the English language)
  • Selected to present paper at the Southern States Undergrad Honors Conference

Stephanie Mathies

  • Inducted into Mortar Board (national honor society for distinguished achievements in scholarship, leadership, and service)

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  • Admitted to and participated in the RealAcad Venture Management Program at Stanford University
  • Was an IdeaBouncewinnder
  • Traveled to Mexico for short-term
  • Will be joining a Big 4 accounting firm, Deloitte &Touche LLP, as an audit staff in Dayton, Ohio, in September

Charla Ruble

  • Carlisle Keller MacDonald Scholarship for Study Abroad (given to students with academic achievement and studying abroad for the first time – Charla studied in Mexico for Short Term 2008)

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  • Inducted into Mortar Board (national honor society for distinguished achievements in scholarship, leadership, and service)

Marina Thompson

  • Selected to be a Teach for America Corps member and will be teaching in Indianapolis, IN

Rebecca Tucker

  • Accepted into an internship in Vienna, Austria with the KIIS program for summer 2008 (Transportation Infrastructure Needs Assessment)
  • Inducted into Mortar Board (national honor society for distinguished achievements in scholarship, leadership, and service)

Nina Yarbrough

  • Lyle and Dorothy Ferer Cary Award for Excellence in Writing (given to juniors or seniors who achieve excellence in writing – Nina did creative writing)
  • Thomas M. and Janet C. Kreider Theatre Award (award goes toward visiting a major theatre-drama center to see professionally produced plays and other dramatic performances)
  • Thornton Wilder Award in Playwriting (given to students who demonstrate excellence in the field of playwriting)
  • Accepted into Alpha Psi Omega, a national honor society in dramatics
  • Selected to compete in the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival  in February representing Berea College; also nominated for her makeup designs for Julius Cases and the Amen Corner
2008-2009 Cohort

Dana Amick

  • Inducted into Mortar Board (national honor society for distinguished achievements in scholarship, leadership, and service)

Florence Anyabuonwu

  • Received 3rd place in the Labor Day photography contest

Ashley French

  • House Manager for the Berea College Theatre Laboratory’s production of “Crimes of the Heart”
  • Selected to be an acting partner for the American College Theatre Festival

Nathan Hall

  • Francis S. Hutchins Scholar (given to a rising junior or senior from eastern Kentucky who submits the best work of research, art, or literature on an Appalachian topic, and has a superior academic and labor record and demonstrates a commitment to the eastern Kentucky region)

Donovan Harrison-Calicker

  • Studied abroad in Argentina during summer 2007

Yelena Kobaliya

  • Chosen as a sophomore Bonner scholar

Xiliang Lin

  • Pugsley Freshman Mathematics Award (given to freshmen for excellence in mathematics)
  • Inducted into Fleur de Lis (freshmen honor society of high scholastic records)

Brittany Chanel Meadows

  • Inducted into Fleur de Lis (freshmen honor society of high scholastic records)

Christine Morris

  • Inducted into Psi Chi, the national honor society in psychology

Tianna Williams

  • SGA: House Council President (Estill St.), B.O.R. representative to the Executive Council
  • Elected student body president
  • Received the Gilman International Scholarship for her semester abroad in Ghana

Hong Ren Zhang Durandal

  • Elected student employee of the month at the Center for International Education
  • Was active in the Cosmo Show representing Bolivia by playing the native instrument, the Zampo~a
  • Inducted into Fleur de Lis (freshmen honor society of high scholastic records)