2006-2007 Undergraduate Research & Service Awards Competition

Congratulations to the following award recipients!

Williams-Kowal Award: Tess Young & Kathleen Walsh

Michael Bradley Award: Katie Gallagher      

Cape Fear Psychological Association Award: Renee Sanders

CSURF Travel Award Recipients from the Psychology Department

Four undergraduate Psychology majors deserve recognition for their research and recent attendance
at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies convention in Chicago in November. Senior
Psychology major Kathryn Gallagher was one of only three students from UNCW to win a statewide
2006 Summer Research award from the UNC General Services Administration. The $3500 award allowed
her to conduct research over the summer on women’s alcohol use and sexual assault risk. In addition, it
provided her with travel funds to attend the conference. Three undergraduate psychology majors received
CSURF Chancellor’s  Gold Travel awards through the UNCW Honors program to attend the conference,
as well. The students were seniors Shahena Dar and Gerald Benton and junior Benjamin O’Brien. All four
students work in the Behavioral Examination of Alcohol, Caffeine and Health Laboratory (BEACHLAB) under
the supervision of Dr. Nora Noel.

Pictured from left to right:Shahena Dar (Chancellor’s Gold Award),
Gerald Benton (Chancellor’s Gold Award), Katie Gallagher
(UNC Undergraduate Research Expansion Initiative Award),
Benjamin O'Brien (Chancellor’s Gold Award)