Douglass Cater Society of Junior Fellows
The Cater Society helps us to set aside that time (whether we think we have it or not) to take a chance, go out on a limb, and just test some of our ideas. In the end, that is how we learn the most. Whether our ideas were right or wrong or inconclusive, we still come away with something new and a more complex appreciation of the topic of study.
This year, it has continued to build and grow as a society. This year the society is graduating 30 seniors. They had another successful fall with the Cater Society Apprentice Program and this year they have also added a world map to the website tracking where junior fellows have traveled over the recent years. Most recently, the Cater Society supported students to travel to Peru, Chile, Japan, Nepal, Costa Rica, and England, as well as those who chose to explore more of the United States. With projects including healthcare, sustainability, human rights, education, and even Shakespeare, the Cater Society of Junior Fellows has offered students the support to pursue a love for learning and a passion for discovery.
This past year, the Cater Society of Junior Fellows went to Heron Point once each semester to share their projects and presentations with the residents. They also had their semesterly mixer with members of Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron Delta Kappa. They concluded with their annual symposium, showcasing a collection of projects that were completed during the year.
Cater Society at Heron Point
The Cater Society of Junior Fellows held their meeting at Heron Point, sharing their presentations with the community. Emily Hall, Sarah Douglass, Melody Bishop, and Emily Illar presented about their project on kindergarten curricular models and Nicole Musho presented about her project studying human rights in Chile.
Cater Society Symposium
The Douglass Cater Society of Junior Fellows honored its 21st class of graduating seniors with a dinner ceremony and continued to celebrate with an evening of presentations.
Advisory Board
Austin Lobo - Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Curator
Kathy Thornton - Student President
Ryan Bankert - Student Vice President
Dr. Emily Chamlee-Wright - Provost and Dean of the College
Mela Dutka - Vice President for Student Affairs/Dean of Students
Susan Vowels - Department of Business Management
Kathryn Moncrief - Department of English
Cynthia Gibson - Department of Psychology
Student Advisory Board
Kathy Thornton
Ryan Bankert
Sara Douglass
Jeffery Sullivan
Junior Fellows
Amanda Anastasia
Kyriakos Atmatzidis
Ryan Bankert
Carolyn Bevans
Stacie Bosley
Adele Bovis
Anthony Cairo
Andrea Clarke
Maegan Clearwood
Jimmy Comotto
Ellen Dalina
Charles Derrickson
Katie Despeaux
Rachel Dilliplane
Sarah Douglass
Valerie Dunn
John Eisengrein
Gary Fenstamaker
Kathryn Fulda
Sophia Gassman
Kathryn Gilley
Samantha Gross
Emily Hall
Rebecca Hull
Maria Rose Hynson
Olivia Kittel
Amanda Kloetzli
Allison Kvien
Brittni Landgraf
Molly Leach
Jenny Lee
Elizabeth Loiselle
Tim Marcin
Sarah Masker
Ashley McAvoy
Megan McCurdy
Parker McIntosh
Chris Miller
Rosemarie Mujica
Nicole Musho
Misato Nakayama
Kristi Nguyen
Joel Novick
Jacqueline O’Connell
Carly Ogren
Eshan Patel
Christopher Paul
Mariah Perkins
Devin Reilly
Marissa Restaino
Kendall Rich
Emily Sahadeo
Aaron Selestok
Mariel Shilling
Dylan Stewart
Matthew Streeter
Jeffery Sullivan
Rebecca Sussman
Kim-Vi Sweetman
Sydney Sznajder
Gabrielle Tarbert
Kathy Thornton
Eleanor Towers
Nich Tremper
Abigail Urbanik
Kimberly Uslin
Amanda Venable
Katherine Wares
Brittany Weaver
Hannah Weiss
Megan Willis
Madelyn Zins
Presentations
Eshan Patel
St. Jude Pediatric Oncology Education Program
Allison Kvien
Environmental Crimes - Department of Justice
Ashley McAvoy
BIO 210: Community Ecology
Molly Leach
The Muxe and Their Role in the Zapotec Culture
Amanda Venable
Multicultural Education: A Case Study in Tanzania
Emily Hall
The Price of Progress: Educational Challenges of Tanzania’s Maasai Tribe
Ryan Bankert
Negocio: Business in Spanish
Nich Tremper
Economic Development in Mid-Sized Cities
Sophia Gassman
Summer in the Circuit Court
Maria Hynson
The Westernization of Russia in the Great Age of Enlightenment
Kathy Thornton
The Effects of Prozac on the Startle Response of Zebrafish, Society of Toxicology
Rebecca Sussman
The Individual Fractals of Democracy: An Analysis of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Transcendentalism
Brittany Weaver
Religion and Women’s Rights in Latin America
Carly Ogren
The World Sans Gluten
Carolyn Bevans
A Summer of Artful Adventures
Tim Marcin
Combining Passions: Interning at CSN Philadelphia