Summit Student Showcase 2023

Students from across Purdue’s campuses showcased community engagement projects as part of service-learning courses or engagement organizations at the Engagement and Service-Learning Summit on March 2, 2023.

Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 4:00 PM EST

The goal of the session is to showcase student efforts with faculty, community partners, and other students rather than judge them.

First Place Digital Story

Narrative Co-Creation between Asian/American Business Owners in Greater Lafayette and Purdue University ASAM 490: Internship in Asian American Studies Class

James Zhou, Kawika David, Margaret Palanca, Manabu Taketani, and Pamela K. Sari

The Asian American and Asian Resource and Cultural Center (AAARCC), Purdue West Lafayette

Second Place Digital Story

MLK Day of Service – Raised Garden Beds

Madhuri Vempati

Boilers in Action, the Roger C. Stewart Leadership and Professional Development Department, Purdue West Lafayette

Third Place Digital Story

Importance of Connection, Communication & Collaboration in Patient Care

Hannah Eberle

Center for Health Equity and Innovation (CHEqI), the College of Pharmacy, Purdue West Lafayette

Other Digital Stories

MLK Day of Service (Pancake, Laundry, and Menstrual Kits)

Emmani Ellis

The Roger C. Stewart Leadership and Professional Development Department, Purdue West Lafayette

Salama Home Initiative: Empowering Youth Through Mentorship

Brandon Speakman, Yi Fei Heng, Nathan Jaworsky, Tyler Mitzner, Rakhi Karwa, Sonak Pastakia, Monica Miller, and Ellen Schellhase

College of Pharmacy, Purdue West Lafayette

Untying the Knot: Saving Time, Managing Cables, and Minimizing Damage in a Health Care Environment

Maya Godbole, Emily Linder, Josephine Schlosser, and Trevor Sheehan

EPICS Biomedical Engineering Vital Management Team, College of Engineering, Purdue West Lafayette

Birthday Boxes

Libby Sorenson, Remingtin Mickle, and Viviana Tsangaropoulos

Boilers in Action, the Roger C. Stewart Leadership and Professional Development Department, Purdue West Lafayette

First Place Poster

Work Hard, Play Hard

Erin Blasingame

EPICS Play Team, College of Engineering, Purdue West Lafayette

Second Place Poster

Biowall Development for the West Lafayette Public Library

Dhanurja De Silva, Yalin Lu, Siqi He, and Ajay Dalal

School of Engineering Technology, Purdue West Lafayette

Third Place Poster

Community Health Worker Led Outreach, Education, and COVID Testing for People Experiencing Homelessness

Shreya Sridhar, Jillian Kelley, Rebecca Ziolkowski, Lara Balian, and Natalia Rodriguez

Department of Public Health, Purdue West Lafayette

Other Posters

Colombia – Purdue Partnership: The Development of a Pharmacy Practice Visiting Clinician Scholar Program

Juan Camilo Álvarez Núñez, Ellen Schellhase, Jasmine Gonzalvo, and Ashley Meredith

Center for Health Equity and Innovation (CHEqI), Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, Purdue West Lafayette

Stimulating The Interest of Young Learners in Physics Through Storytelling and STEM Activities

Emmanuel Babalola, Wonjin Yu, Zainab Saka, Favor Ojike, Zhu Yue, and Hillary Omoze

Learning Design & Technology, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education, Purdue West Lafayette

One Pill Can Kill: Analyzing Indiana Poison Control Center Calls in Children Under Thirteen

Austin Hendricks, Nikolina Nonkovic, Muhan Wang, Amritraj Binuraj, Alex Marslender, Thomas Huss, Siddharth Prabakar, Dylan Clarke, Arya Shinde, and Garrett Price

The Data Mine, Purdue West Lafayette

IS-EPICS Mag Racers

Julia Sphilman, Salam Alkilani, Lohit Bhatnagar, James Busari, Mary Duquette, Cecilia Jiang, and Lily Mathews

EPICS, College of Engineering, Purdue West Lafayette

Increasing Student Voter Registration and Turnout at Purdue University

Logan Faircloth

PurdueVotes Coalition, Roger C. Stewart Leadership & Professional Development Department, Purdue West Lafayette

Food Finders Food Bank Partnership

Grace Gilbert, Lourdes Bengero, Catherine Kruger, Josie Bull, Samantha Katovich, and Jennifer Hall

Honors College, Purdue West Lafayette

Developing Health and Wellness in the Homeless Population

Chloe Hietpas, Allyson Prichard, Raki Karwa, and Jennifer Shook

Center for Health Equity and Innovation (CHEqI), the College of Pharmacy, Purdue West Lafayette

Composing a Public Health Plan for Hartford City

Victoria Hoffman, Kira Creech, and Hannah Richendollar

Senior Seminar (SOC 47000-01,02), Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Purdue University Fort Wayne

A University-School-Community Partnership To Enhance High School Student Wellbeing

Maggie Craig, Carlyn Kimiecik, and Jasmine Gonzalvo

Center for Health Equity and Innovation (CHEqI), the College of Pharmacy, Purdue West Lafayette

Are Melatonin Product Labels Misleading?

Elise Miller, Chaewon Oh, Christiana Whittey, Denise Diaz-Hernandez, Jennifer Wu, Michael Keeley, and Shiva Sai Vummaji

The Data Mine (CDC Dose Error Project), Purdue West Lafayette

Indy GEMS Club

Maria Eloisa Nuguid and Yi Zhu

Purdue GEMS, Catalyst, Curriculum & Instruction, College of Education, Purdue West Lafayette

Identifying Best Practices to Improve Community Reach of Public Health Notifications

Megan Peek, Hailey Moreno, and Elizabeth Mann

Senior Seminar (SOC 47000-01,02), Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Purdue University Fort Wayne

Improving Indoor Air Quality for Vulnerable Populations Nationally & Globally

Riya Raj

EPICS Global Air Quality Trekkers, College of Engineering, Purdue West Lafayette

One Step at a Time: Addressing Severe Lymphedema through a Novel Shoe Design

Carl R. Russell III, Anjollie M. Ramakrishna, Christopher H. Johns, Alana V. van Wijnen, and Adaugo D. Ufomba

EPICS, College of Engineering, Purdue West Lafayette

Feasibility and Anticipated Acceptability of Community Health Worker-facilitated HPV Self-sampling for Cervical Cancer Screening in Lake County, Indiana

Alyssa Arreola and Sathveka Sembian

Department of Public Health, Purdue West Lafayette

Tumaini Innovation Center Daycare Support

Brandon Speakman, Yi Fei Heng, Nathan Jaworsky, Tyler Mitzner, Rakhi Karwa, Sonak Pastakia, Monica Miller, and Ellen Schellhase

PHRM 880 Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience, Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, Purdue West Lafayette

Improving Student Access to Counseling and Psychological Services

Cealia Tolliver, Mitchell Taylor, Lauren SooHoo, Jasmine Patel, Maizie Blackmer, Eliana Nisley, and Rakhi Karwa

Student Ambassadors of Purdue, Center for Health Equity and Innovation (CHEqI), College of Pharmacy, Purdue West Lafayette

Contact

If you have questions about the Student Showcase or want to contact any of our student presenters, please contact Carly Evich, Graduate Assistant for Service-Learning, at cevich@purdue.edu.