2016 Scholars
Natalie DellaMaria
Crystal Lake, IL
Major:
Computer Science
Campus Involvement and Leadership:
- Co-Director of CUhackit (Spring 2017-Present)
- Clemson Outdoor Recreation and Education Trip Leader (Spring 2017-Present)
- Future Engineers Volunteer (Spring 2019-Present)
- Girls Who Code Club Facilitator (Fall 2019-Present)
- Seniors Advising Sophomores in Honors Mentor (Fall 2019-Present)
Internship/Research/Learning Experiences:
- Software Engineering Intern at Samsara Inc. (Summer 2019)
- Software Engineering Intern at Insitu Inc. (Summer 2018)
- Future Computing Technologies Lab Big Data/Machine Learning research (Spring 2019-Present)
- Grace Hopper Celebration 2019 Student Scholarship attendee (Fall 2019)
- Competed in a variety of hackathons: CalHacks (Fall 2018), HackGT (Fall 2018), SheHacks (Spring 2018), HackNC (Spring 2018)
- EUREKA! Research Program: researched for 5 weeks in Dr. Ethan Kung's Cardiovascular Modeling and Experimentation Research Lab (Summer 2016)
Dylan Erikson
Greensboro, NC
Major:
Psychology and Political Science
Campus Involvement and Leadership:
- Clemson UNICEF (Co-President, Fall 2019-Present)
- Tigers Together to Stop Suicide (Fall 2017-Spring 2019)
- SASH Mentor (Fall 2019-Present)
- Honors Student Advisory Board (Fall 2016-Present)
- 1st Place, Tiger SpeakOut Public Speaking Competition (Spring 2017)
- Intramural Sports (Flag Football, Soccer, Ultimate Frisbee, Volleyball, Water Polo)
- Alpha Lambda Delta Honors Society, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
Internship/Research/Learning Experiences:
- United States Supreme Court Internship Program (Summer 2019)
- Suicide Prevention Creative Inquiry with Dr. Heidi Zinzow and Dr. Martie Thompson (Fall 2017-Spring 2019)
- Sleep and Sleep Loss Creative Inquiry with Dr. June Pilcher (Spring 2018-Present)
- Senatorial Twitter Research with Dr. Jeff Fine (Summer 2018)
- Departmental Honors Thesis in Political Science (Fall 2018-Present)
- Dixon Global Policy Scholar (Summer 2017-Present)
- UNICEF USA Advocacy Day (State Leader for South Carolina, 2017, 2018 & 2019)
- National Scholars Program Intern (Fall 2017-Present)
Charlie Gallentine
Lincoln, NE
Major:
Computer Engineering
Minor:
Computer Science
Campus Involvement and Leadership:
- CUhackit Hackathon webmaster and web development lead (2017-)
Internship/Research/Learning Experiences:
- Software Engineering Intern at Honeybee Robotics Flight Systems Group (2018-19)
- Undergraduate Researcher in battery-less computing for PERSIST Lab under Dr. Jacob Sorber
- Research on biomimetic tendril-like continuum robots under Dr. Ian Walker
- National Scholars Webmaster Intern (2017-)
Carly Malcolm
High Point, NC
Major:
Spanish Language & International Health
Minors:
Political Science; Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Campus Involvement and Leadership:
- Seniors Advising Sophomores in Honors (Mentor)
- Clemson College Democrats (Communications Director)
- Clemson UNICEF (Advocacy Chair)
- Honors College Ambassador
- NSP New Scholar Retreat Team (2018 Leader)
- CUSG Government Affairs Committee
Internship/Research/Learning Experiences:
- Interpersonal Violence Prevention Intern at the Clemson Office of Access and Equity (2018-)
- Government Relations Intern at the American Public Health Association (Summer 2018)
- Telling Stories of Immigrant Detention Creative Inquiry with Dr. Naimou and Dr. Mai (2019-)
- Study and Internship Abroad in Córdoba, Argentina (Summer 2019)
- NSP Community Engagement Intern (2017-18)
- UNICEF USA Annual Student Summit and Advocacy Day (2017-19)
- Multicultural Spain Today Maymester (May 2019)
- Values of National Parks Maymester in Alaska (May 2018)
- Study Abroad in Stellenbosch, South Africa (Summer 2017)
- Dixon Global Policy Scholars Maymester (May 2017)
- Alternative Spring Break Program in Nashville focused on women and youth in crisis (March 2017)
Callahan Moore
El Paso, TX
Major:
Political Science, History
Minor:
German Studies
Campus Involvement and Leadership:
- Model United Nations Secretary General
- Dixon Global Policy Scholar
- Honors Ambassador
- Reformed University Fellowship
Internship/Research/Learning Experiences:
- State Department Internship at U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Vienna (Summer 2018)
- State Department Internship at U.S. Embassy Riyadh Regional Security Office (Summer 2019)
- Additional Model UN Conferences in Barcelona (spring 2018) and Lisbon (spring 2019)
- 2017 Dixon Global Policy Scholars Europe trip
- Model United Nations Conference in Rome
- American Diplomacy and Politics Washington, D.C. trip
Peter Sterckx
Mt. Pleasant, SC
Major:
Mechanical Engineering
Minor:
International Engineering and Science
Campus Involvement and Leadership:
- CUhackit, Co-Director and Team Member (2017-)
- IEEE Robotics Team (fall 2019)
- SASH Mentor (fall 2019)
- CUSG Senate (2017-2018)
- IT Student Advisory Board (2017-)
Internship/Research/Learning Experiences:
- Research in Continuous Robotics (fall 2019)
- Georgia Tech Lorraine Study Abroad in Metz, France (fall 2018)
- Co-op at Bosch in Charleston, SC (summer 2018 and 2019)
- Clemson Makerspace Intern (Spring 2018)
- Research on the Embodied Cognition of a Fish-like Robot (Spring 2018)
- Research on Origami and Carbon Composites (Fall 2017)
- HackNC (Fall 2017)