TREY WINEGLASS, business administration


Research: “Percep- tions of the Current Nursing Shortage and Strategies to Increase Staff Re- tention”


Award: Best in SOURCE, Oral Presentation


Extracurriculars and Honors: McNair Scholar, Phi Kappa Phi, Winthrop Healthcare Management Student Association, Upsilon Phi Delta, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Beta Gamma Sig- ma, American Legion Award, Student Marshal, 1st place – MUSC Undergraduate Case Competition for Health Administration Programs


About the Project: The healthcare industry has been plagued by the nursing shortage for many years, and the shortage continues to negative- ly impact the healthcare industry. My research examines what factors influence nurses to leave their job (e.g., work environment, staffing and leadership) and what factors influence them to stay at their job (e.g., competitive wages and benefits and healthy work/life balance); and looks to determine whether burnout plays a role in why nurses leave their job. My study was mixed meth- ods using a concurrent triangulation design that included quantitative and qualitative data.


Most Memorable Winthrop Moment: My most memorable Winthrop moment has been being a part of the McNair Scholars Program. This program has provided me with the outlet of being able to conduct and present research. Most of all, I am grateful for the many meaningful relation- ships that I have been able to form because of the program.


As a Senior, What are Your Post-Graduation Plans? I’ll be pursuing a Master of Health Admin- istration degree at Johns Hopkins University.


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DALLAS NIVENS, biology


Research: “Investi- gating Protein-Pro- tein Interactions Between Bacterio- phage Cain and Its Host Mycobacteri- um Smegmatis”


Award: Best in Healthcare and STEM, Oral Pre- sentation; Inez Bell Caskey Student Scholar


Extracurriculars and Honors: Honors Program, INBRE summer research


About the Project: My project investigates in- teractions between bacteriophage Cain and its host Mycobacterium smegmatis. Bacteriophages or phages are viruses that only attack bacteria, so they have the potential to be very useful in treating antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections. In order to effectively use phages as medicine, we need to know more about how they interact with their host, replicate, and lyse or kill their host. My project investigates one phage gene at a time to see which host proteins it may be interact- ing with. It is a starting point to uncovering the function of each phage gene in this host-phage relationship. For example, one phage gene may produce a protein that inactivates a host protein that is crucial for host growth. We want to know all the details about how a phage works.


Most Memorable Winthrop Moment: The most memorable and meaningful part of my Winthrop experience has been the everyday interactions with my peers, lab partners and professors. The relationships and support I have found here have changed my life.


As a Senior, What are Your Post-Graduation Plans? I’ll be pursuing a Ph.D. in biology at UNC-Charlotte, where I’ll work on endofungal bacteria.


More than 200 projects were on display and/or performed during SOURCE. 11


KAYLA ALEXANDER, dance


Research: “Beneath Her Strength: A Cho- reographic Analysis of Today’s Black Woman”


Award: Best in SOURCE, Performance


Extracurriculars and Honors: Winthrop Honors College, captain of the Golden Claws Dance team, Xi Beta Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., information services specialist in the campus center


About the Project: What inspired me to choose this project were my experiences seeing Black women in my life, such as my mother and grandmother, as well as the personal experi- ence I have had growing into a woman in to- day's society. My creative process involved an immense amount of research through several mediums: podcasts, poems, interviews, articles and personal discussion with my cast about their experiences.


Most Memorable Winthrop Moment: Winning Best in Show at SOURCE!


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