FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - The University of Arkansas George Washington Carver Project will finish for the summer when interns present their research from 2-4 p.m., Thursday, June 27.

The presentations will take place in the Walton College of Business, Room 116, where the Reynolds Center and the Walton College of Business connect.

Students will present their summer research in agriculture, business, education, humanities and engineering.

The University of Arkansas' George Washington Carver Project began May 20 and runs through June 28 to help increase the racial diversity of the graduate and professional student body on the UA campus.

Through the George Washington Carver Project, the U of A seeks to establish mutually beneficial institutional relationships with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) as part of its continuing effort to increase the diversity of the graduate and professional student body.

The George Washington Carver Project provides interns selected from participating HBCU institutions with a paid summer internship under the supervision of a UA faculty member in business, chemistry, physics, education, mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, humanities, microelectronics-photonics, agricultural economics and agribusiness, agricultural and extension education, and crop, soil and environmental science

HBCU institutions are post secondary academic institutions founded before 1964 whose educational mission has historically been the education of African-Americans. Located primarily in the Southeastern United States, there are now about 120 HBCU institutions in existence - a mix of community and junior colleges, four-year colleges and universities, and public and private institutions.

Participating institutions for this summer's project include University of Arkansas Pine-Bluff, Southern University (Baton Rouge), Prairie View A&M, Alcorn State University, Dillard University, Xavier University, Tougaloo College and Jackson State University.

The following students will make presentations:

Sonya Barner, Biology, Jackson State University

Joyce Beal, Industrial Technology, Alcorn State University

Paularie Crane, Regulatory Science, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Candis DuBose, Physics, Xavier University

Brandi Flowers, Accounting, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Dana Hanley, Business Administration, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

TraRain Harris, Agricultural Business, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Derrick Johnson, Physics, Xavier University

Roderick Lusk, Agricutural Business, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Kevin Mosby, Chemical Engineering, Prairie View A & M Unversity

Teresa Ramey, English Education, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Rochelle Seals, Chemistry, Southern University

Zakia Simpson, Accounting, Jackson State University

Kendra Smith, Regulatory, Science University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Byron Williams, Physics/Mech., Engineering Xavier University

Kimberley Young, Bachelor of Arts/Humanities, Tougaloo College

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