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2023 Plastino Scholars

Christian Adams taking a sampling from a flower that had stingless bees visiting it.

2023 Plastino Scholar, Christian Adams, taking a sampling from a flower that had stingless bees visiting it.​ Christian Adams' work was carried out alongside that of ACEER, OnePlanet, and FECONAMAI (Federación de Comunidades Nativas Maijuna).

The Plastino Scholars program helps undergraduates create their own experiential learning opportunities around their passions. Interest meetings scheduled in October.​

How can we build more livable and environmentally responsible cities? Why is the creation of textiles not valued as an art form like paintings and sculpture? How do the Amazon’s stingless bees thrive, and how can they help sustain indigenous communities? Why are some Filipinos fascinated by U.S. culture and how does this align with U.S. colonization of their country from 1898 to 1946?

These were the burning questions fueling the hearts and minds of University of Delaware Plastino Scholars during the summer of 2023. This highly competitive program helps undergraduates create their own experiential learning opportunities around their passions, with the goal of achieving transformational change in both their academic and personal lives.​

Read more about the Plastino Scholars program in this UDaily article >>​

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​Clara Cvik believes that there are ways to design cities to accommodate density while also keeping their intrinsic character. ​

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Past participant project summaries

2023 Plastino Scholars Project Summaries​​

Christiana Adams: Examining the Ethnobiology of Maijuna Stingless Beekeeping​

Amy Ciminnisi​: Malaysia’s Hopeful Youth​

Clara Cvik: Girls are from Saturn, Boys are from Jupiter, and Urban Planners are from Scandivania​

Emma Knapp: All I Have Learned: The Philippines and Beyond​

Hailey Kremenek: Conservation of Historical Textiles​​​

​ ​ 2022 Plastino Scholars Project Summaries​​

Nana Ohemaa S Asante, '21: The Dora Milaje Project: Becoming A Stun​twoman in A Month​​​​

Anya Sen, '22: Examining Post-Colonial Immigrant Identities in Marsei​​lle and Morocco​

2019 Plastino Scholars Project Summaries​​

Kelsey Murray, '20, Seeking the Joy in Healthcare: Pediatric Nursing Homes

Caleb Owens, '21, Return to a "Happy Country": Estonian e-democracy

Rachel Evans, '20, Living Your Best Life: Rejecting Passive Consumption and Defining One's Self Image

2018 Plastino Scholars Project Summaries​​

Daniel Schaefer, '19, Analyzing the Language and Culture of Sephardic Communities, Greece

Drew Sanclemente, '19, It's All About the Climb: Tanzania

Nhu (Mickey) Nguyen, '19, Associations Between Caregiver Mindfulness and Patient Care, Viet Nam

Olivia Mann, '19, A Call to Memory/Holocaust and Genocide Education, USA

Read more about these Plastino Scholars: Funding Dreams for Students

2017 Plastino Scholars Project Summaries

David Chiat, '18, Camino de Santiago de Compostela

Varsha Kripalu, '18, Health Equity for a Marginalized Population in Bangladesh

Francis Mahon, '18, Set in Stone: Represented and Hidden Histories in Savannah's Public Monuments

Courtney Mainwaring, '18, Meditation and Mindfulness: Experiencing and Implementing Their Restorative Powers

Megan Masterson, '18, From Middle School to Malawi

Kira Smith, '18, Health Promotion and Medical Care for Chinese Orphans

Abigail Vanover, '18, The (Green) Concrete Jungle​

2016 Plastino Scholars Project Summaries

Navika Gangrade, '17, Seeds of Change: An Exploration into the Nutritional Impact of Urban Farms

Christoper Gunter, '17, The Missing Voices Project--Understanding the Collateral Consequences of the Convicted and Charged

Max Holdsworth, '17, Preventive Health in Great Britain's National Health Service

Alexis Holzmann, '17, School over Summer Vacation: Collaborative Learning with the Koonwarra Village School

Katie Katz, '17, Oral Rehydration Solutions in Rwanda

Emily Wunsch, '17, Disparities in Health Care: Outreach with the Latino Community in the American Southwest​​

2015 Plastino Sch​olars Project Summaries

Georgina Class-Peters & Gerti Wilson '16, The Beauty Project: Ghana

Sean Krazit & Kevin Mascitelli '16, Swing Dancing Across America

Lael Houston '17, Aboriginal Australian Health: Going Down Under

Sophiana Leto '17, Museums as Social Service Providers: Examining the Changing Role of a Historic Institution

Austin Roadarmel '17, U.S. Healthcare Reform

Dunia Tonob '16, What a Patient Wants, What a Patient Needs: Patient Satisfaction with Healthcare and Perception of East Asian Traditional Medicine​

2014 Plastino Scholars Project Summaries

Becky Bronstein '14, Passionate About Sustainability and Fascinated by Community

Jocelyn Moore '15, Understanding Freedom Makers: A Behind-the Scenes Look at the Inner Workings of Anti-Trafficking Organizations

Mark Rucci '14, Kids Deserve a SNAC: A Path to the Community Eligibility Option

Elana Berk '15, Beyond the Mesa

Cristian Vitale '16, Finding Power in Powerless Situations: How Cambodian Buddhism Brings Light Pla​

2013 Plastino Schola​rs Project Summaries

Alexandra Davis '14, Global Pop-Ups: Retail and economy in South Africa

Ian Guthoff '14, A Modern Muir: America's National Parks and Environmental Sustainability

Matthew Roarty '15, Improvisational Comedy

2012 Plastino Scholars Pro​ject Summaries

Eliot Hetterly '13, Maternal Health in Bangladesh

Katie Yoder & Jillian Farquharson '13, Political Documentary: Searching for the Voices of America

Dan Reyes '12, Food Systems in the United States and Guatemala

Allison Solowsky '13, East Indians living in Guyana and from Guyana to India

Marcella Omans '13, Adoption process in Bogota, Columbia

2011 Plastino Schola​​​rs Project Summaries

Allison Rogers '12, Taking Action for Exotic Avian Species

Chris Kerwien '13, Solar Power Technology in India

Lisa Russo '12, Ethnomusicology and the Culture of Gamelan in Bali, Indonesia

Stephanie Halperin '11, The History and Culture of the Jewish Community in Buenos Aires, Argentina

2010 Plastino Scholar​​s Project Summaries

R. Binder-Macleod '12, 3,000 miles across the United States by bicycle

Mary McCartin '11, African culture in Ghana

Matthew Watters '11, Healthcare infrastructure in the Sudan

Danny Childs '12, Ethnobotanical field study of the use of medicinal plants, Peru

Monica Trobagis '11, Transnational lives, New York City

2009 Plastino Sch​​olars Project Summaries

Rita Chang '10, Social Responsibility in the Textile and Apparel Industry, Taiwan

Mary Paolantonio '10, Marine Biology expedition, British Virgin Islands

Laura Schwartz '09, HIV/AIDS research in Ghana and Kenya

Ariel Wilson '11, Child labor in India

2008 Plastino Sc​​​holars Project Summaries

Victoria Clark '10, Welsh heritage experience

Gina Siddiqui '10, Health care delivery systems in Pakistan and Chile

Joshua Kling 09, Old World vineyards in Europe

Amy Weniger '09, Infant and prenatal healthcare in Peru

2007 Plastino Scholars​ Project ​​Summary

Robyn Mello '09, Migration in Sierra Leone​

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