Distinguished Capstone Award Recipients
Distinguished Capstone Award Recipients
The Distinguished Capstone is meant to foster a more academically competitive and rigorous Capstone environment. The Distinguished Capstone provides the Capstone Committee and faculty advisors with a means of recognizing exceptional work.
Students who receive the Distinguished Capstone Award have demonstrated they have:
- Gone above and beyond the expected learning outcomes
- Expressed their experience in a meaningful manner through both their presentation and essay
- Demonstrated that they have impacted a community during their Capstone experience
- Demonstrated their presentation was an act of leadership by influencing the audience
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NAME |
CAPSTONE TITLE |
PRESENTATION LINK |
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Petra Algadi (Fall 2022) |
When Worlds Collide: A Journey to Bring Intersectionality-Focused Research into Research Sciences |
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Tessie Burley (Fall 2022) |
A Tragic Love Story: My Breakup and Reconciliation with Nursing |
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Ashley Eikren (Spring 2023) |
The view from now |
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Carly Hampton (Spring 2023) |
A Journey to Find Self-Confidence and Prepare for my Future as a Certified Prosthetist and Orthotist |
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Patricia Hernandez (Spring 2023) |
The "Why": Embracing Lifelong Learning |
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Pal Koak (Spring 2023) |
The Path You Make: a story about self-doubt, self-belief, and the formula to making things work for you. |
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Kaitlyn Komoszewski (Spring 2023) |
Unplanning for the Future |
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Chloe Line (Spring 2023) |
Reframing the Healthcare Trio: The Learner, the Provider, and the Patient |
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Eliza Meyer (Spring 2023) |
Growing with the Flow; understanding how to put my passions into a career |
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Doan Nguyen (Spring 2023) |
A Deep Dive Into Perspectives: The Journey to Understanding How Factors Can Influence An Individual’s Health |
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Lilly Nwaokorie (Spring 2023) |
Applying My Perception: Understanding Diverse Viewpoints of Mental Health |
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Kara Nyhus (Spring 2023) |
Slow and Steady Wins The Race: A Personal Take On "The Tortoise And The Hare" |
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Jordan Palmieri (Spring 2023) |
Regaining Balance: Finding a Sense of Self in Relation to Trauma |
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Jack Roesler (Spring 2023) |
A Modern Odyssey: The Journey of a PA Student |
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Safa Sheikhibrahim (Fall 2022) |
Eyewitness: Disillusioned but Determined. |
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Grace Thyen (Spring 2023) |
Connecting Creativity, Contentment, and Confidence in Myself and Medicine |
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Yusra Yusuf (Spring 2023) |
Bridging differences as an activist in medicine and in everyday life. |
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Sydney Ziemer (Spring 2023) |
Loving Dandelions |
Past Distinguished Capstone Award Recipients
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NAME |
CAPSTONE TITLE |
PRESENTATION LINK |
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Olivia Kressin (Spring 2022) |
Digging Deep: Incorporating Passion with Profession Through Environmental Studies |
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Marcela Montes (Spring 2022) |
Performer, Researcher, Advocate: Pathways Towards Becoming a Well Rounded Nurse |
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Kristen Newton (Fall 2021) |
The Journey to my Future in Discovering and Building on Intercultural Relationships and Utilizing my Voice to tell my Truth and Create Change |
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Nevaeh Nez (Spring 2022) |
Two Worlds: Walking the Path of Higher Education as an Indigenous Student in Health |
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Rachael Ojeikhodion (Spring 2022) |
Eeny, meeny, miny, moe |
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Emily Tullis (Spring 2022) |
Building my Bridge |
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Melody Yang (Fall 2021) |
Meet Me at the Crossroads: Embodying Intersectionality to Become a Better Health Care Provider |
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NAME |
CAPSTONE TITLE |
PRESENTATION LINK |
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Anika Evers |
Mission In-Pieces: Putting the Puzzle Together |
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Kadley Harmon |
Evolution of a College Student: An Exploration of Murphy’s Law, Cytotechnology, Histology, 2020, and Adaptation |
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Rafaelle Baglio |
Nothing Ever Goes as Planned: Navigating Towards Medical School in the Middle of a Pandemic |
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Charly Vang |
Finding My Soul: A Journey Into Medicine |
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Faduma Ali |
Walking Uncertain Plains Instead of Climbing Mountain: Finding Peace Within In Life's Unanswered Questions |
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Danniella Balangoy |
Gender, Health, and Ethnicity: A health science student’s intersectional perspective |
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Chandi Katoch |
Building a Strong Foundation: Combining Skills and Experiences to Prepare for Medical School and Beyond |
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Natalya Wells |
Breathing in the Possibilities: Preparing Myself for a Future Career in Anesthesiology |
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Daniel Turin |
Sorry means thank you: How self reflection, science and a few fruit flies ushered in my future |
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Hunter Olson |
The Queer Eye: A Reflective Analysis of a Queer Students Understanding of Humility, Determination, and Regret |
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Valerie Yarbrough |
I Am Resilience: Being an African American in Contemporary America |
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Ethan Moser |
Making an Epidemiologist: Acquiring Knowledge, Expanding Skill Sets, and Looking Beyond Myself |
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Yaqoub Yusuf |
The goal of stoicism |
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Shannon Holmberg |
I’m Not Scared of Bugs, I’m Scared of Uncertainty |
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Audra Gaikowski |
The Uncertainty of Life: How Learning to Enjoy Life’s Unanswered Questions Made me a Happier Person |
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Samantha Kreps |
Defining my Identity: The Process of Self-Discovery in Both the Medical Field and Within Myself |
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Maha Siddiqui |
Rang ke saath dekho: Finding balance in a world of black and white |
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Besima Majetic |
Serving Among Diversity: A Story From a Healthcare Soldier |
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Breanna Enger |
A Pursuit of the Unknown: A Journey of Self-Discovery Through Exploration |
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Paola Gomez Tapia |
Painting a Picture of Who I Am |
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Mohamed Addani |
Applying multiple lenses: A refuge, a student, and future scientist to understand an identity |
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Charles Brick |
A Lost Identity: Learning to face my past to gain self-awareness |
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Annika Shelstad |
Refuting and Reflecting upon the Single Story of my Condition |
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Casandra Jefrey |
Assembling my Puzzle: How trauma of my past has guided my future |
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Kao Ly Thao |
Far but Closer to Home |
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Alecia Alto |
Finding Potential Through Uncertainty of Research in the Face of Complex Problems |
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Mariah Arneson |
Thriving in Complexity: Understanding the value of crafting the complex integration of patient care, research, and international health into a medical career |
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Rebecca Houston |
Empowering others to tell their story: exploring creativity and vulnerability in therapy and speech pathology |
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Drew Kerska |
In Search of Self-Discovery: Gaining Intellect through Pharmacology, Reflection, and Change |
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Roy Montgomery |
Perseverance and how my Capstone Became a Major Turning Point in My Life |
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Paige Oklon |
Learning My ATGCs: Decoding the Pathway to a Genetic Counselor by Amplifying My Scientific Knowledge and Personal Strengths |
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Nitya Chandiramani |
Catalyzing Passion into Action: Challenging Uncertainty and Pioneering a Path in Health Policy |
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Haley Pysick |
It’s all about perspective: exploring medicine through research, humanitarian, and cultural lenses |
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Nolan Meyer |
Health Science, Optimized: A Medic's Mathematical Metamorphosis |
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Isaac Horn |
On conflict: emotional, spiritual, and social reconciliation |
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Glen Morris |
Health Sciences and our Environment: Integrating Academic Learning, Professional Experiences, and Research |
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Sarah Styer |
Focusing on the Person: The importance of relationships while preparing for a career in rural medicine |
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Hawa Ali |
Driven by Distrust: Addressing Disparate Outcomes in Health & Education through Scientific Literacy & Sociological Perspectives |
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Brianna Allen |
It’s All About the Why: a Lesson in Humanity |
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Kelly Dano |
Healing: A Journey through Destruction |
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Melissa Folstad |
An Exploration of Women’s Health through Medical History, Public Health, and Emergency Medicine |
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Eric Mehlhaff |
A Realization of What Matters Most: The Intersection of Science and Culture |
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Megan Zimmerman |
Reflection of Mortality: Stories of Disability, Disparity, and Dying |
