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

First Place

Colin Stout
"Hacking Humanity: How Information Security Misconceptions Lead to Vulnerability and Possible Remedies"
Professor Kimberly Mori, HONRH 2034
Excerpt: "Criminals use email and messaging to attempt to trick the end user into circumventing technical security measures. Unfortunately, many users are unaware of their responsibility to secure their information and consequently make poor decisions regarding social scams and password authentication. Although information security is primarily reliant on the behavior of the end user, few people understand this, and consequently, their valuable information is at risk."

Second Place

Vanessa Crespo
"Alice Paul: The Woman Behind the 19th Amendment"
Professor Esther Robinson, HISTH 1302
Excerpt: "Alice Paul played a crucial role in the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment in the United States Constitution by bringing her radical ideas about feminism and utilizing tactics that no other woman had employed before in American suffrage history."

Third Place

Daniel Dicken
"How 'The Right Stuff' Affected the Public's Perception of Gus Grissom"
Professor Esther Robinson, HISTH 1302
Excerpt: "The reality is that Grissom’s abilities and experience speak for themselves, and if he truly had no business commanding a NASA mission, on three separate occasions, the agency did not lack potential candidates to replace him and would have done so with haste."

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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