WINTER 2021 Research in the Rotunda The annual Research in the Rotunda event brought 189 undergraduate students from around the University of Wisconsin System to the state capitol in Madison on March 9, 2022. The event provides an opportunity for students to showcase their research to legislators, regents, faculty and fellow student researchers. The University of WisconsinStevens Point is limited to eight posters with applicants submitting their research for consideration in January. This year’s representatives included 16 students and five faculty members. Of those, two projects featured student research from within the College of Natural Resources. Hannah Lukasik, a hydrology student, shared her research titled "Using Acesulfame to Determine Septic System Impact to Wisconsin Lakes" and a team of students including CNR students Christian Howerton, environmental science and management, Adam Laehn, soil science, and Sophia Risch, natural resource planning, shared their research titled "Phytoremediation in hemp (Cannabis sativa) – using an alternative crop to diversify Wisconsin agriculture and clean-up the environment.” Visit https://www.wisconsin.edu/research-in-the-rotunda/ for additional information and photos from the event.
Hammiller named 2021 Youth Conservationist of the Year Samantha Hammiller, a first-year student in soil and waste resources at UWStevens Point, was named the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation WWF 2021 Youth Conservationist of the Year. This award honors a person under 19 who has shown outstanding conservation effort, and demonstrates leadership and accomplishment in any phase of conservation. “Sam helps teach younger kids about the outdoors, from assisting game wardens with a game feast, helping with deer processing, teaching ice fishing and pitching in on learn to hunt events” Trent Tonn, Hammiller’s teacher from Burlington High School.
UW-Stevens Point student presenters pictured with Brian Barringer (center), a faculty adviser in the College of Letters and Science.
(From left) Secretary of the Department of Safety and Professional Services Dawn Crim, Rob Manzke the UW-Stevens Point chief of staff, Hannah Lukasik, and UW-Stevens Point Chancellor Thomas Gibson.
Samantha currently serves as a delegate to the Wisconsin Youth Conservation Congress and participates in the WWF’s Youth Leadership Council.
Student researchers from across Wisconsin attended the annual Research in the Rotunda event. UW-Stevens Point students presented their research and met with legislators at the Research in the Rotunda event.
Samantha Hammiller
Photo Credit: Wis. Wildlife Federation
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