SU Celebrates Student Successes

SALISBURY, MD---Salisbury University is celebrating the following recent student successes:

Academic Achievement Award

Mathematics and computer science major and SU Honors College student Lela Bones of Georgetown, DE, won an Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE) Academic Achievement Award from the international honor society for the computing and information disciplines. She earned the $1,500 scholarship based on her academic record and extra-curricular activities.

Earlier this year, Bones spent 10 weeks conducting independent biotechnology research at Johns Hopkins University as one of SU’s inaugural Amgen Scholars. Through her study of brain-computer interfacing, she hopes to further the technology that allows EEG data to move prosthetic limbs.

SEA Semester Program

Environmental studies and political science major and SU Honors College student Rachel Clausen of Natick, MA, is participating in the Sea Education Association’s SEA Semester program, studying the effects of climate change.

Through the initiative, which examines the phenomenon’s impact on social institutions, economic markets, cultural practices and the arts, Clausen is sailing with other students aboard a research vessel from Massachusetts to New Zealand. The students also serve as the ship’s crew, learning leadership, research and navigation skills.

Pennsylvania Geographical Society Winner

Geography and earth science major Bradley Cullen of Salisbury placed first in the student paper competition at the Pennsylvania Geographical Society’s annual meeting. Cullen presented his research on “shorebreak,” a phenomenon caused by beach replenishment through which waves break directly on the beach instead of further out in the ocean, elevating the danger for beachgoers.

With Dr. Mark Muller of SU’s Physics Department, he built a wave tank to study the conditions under which this happens and develop a scientific definition.

Global Leadership Summit

Finance major and SU Honors College student Tirthankar Ghosh of East Bengal, India, was a member of the winning team of the international case competition at the fifth annual Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS) Global Leadership Summit in Chicago.

He also earned a $1,000 scholarship to cover his cost of attendance through a BGS essay contest, answering the question, “What do you think will be the future of work?” — a prompt tied to this year’s conference theme.

Also attending were management major Lauren Blake of Catonsville, MD, and marketing major Taylor Gischel of Bel Air, MD, vice presidents of SU’s BGS chapter. With Ghosh, they attended panels and presentations on topics including discovering national talents and strengths, skills and attitudes recruiters seek in potential employees, resume writing and trends in the modern workplace.

For more information call 410-543-6030 or visit the SU website.