The Schultz-Werth Award is given yearly in recognition of scholarly achievements of undergraduate students.
Papers from 2025
Capstone II Project : MLB, Tayven Badger
The Local Deep Galerkin Method applied to the (2+1)-D Cahn-Hilliard Equation, Caden Fischer
Alexander Glazunov: Patriarch of Students, Levi Gebhard
Harvesting Hope Creative Works : Art of Storytelling Proposal A Chickadee’s Guidance, Carol Glaus
Reducing Food Waste Among College Students Through Educational Messaging, Olivia Husmann
A Bioethical Analysis on the Allowance of Physician-Assisted Death in Cases of Mentally Declined Patients, Megan Nelson
Marijuana Use and The Health of The Mother: Factors Relating to Marijuana Use Around Pregnancy, Grace Schroeder
Papers from 2024
Better Choices, Better Health South Dakota: The Association Between Perceived Loneliness and Self-Reported Health Measures Among Older Adults, McKensey Bultje
Principal Component Analysis with Application to Credit Card Data, Elenor Cain
Carlos Chávez and the “Mexican Sound”, Eden Hodgins
Identifying the Effects of Virtual Reality Simulation in the Nurse Education Lab, Nancy N. Khuu
Exploring the role of uncharacterized gene yjbE in bacterial persistence, Isaac Kovash
The Successful Façade: The Powers of Postmodernism within the Comedy, Abigail Muller
Where Does the Church Stand in Today’s Mental Health Landscape?, Noah T. Mursu
A Rhetorical Analysis of 13 Going on 30, Brynn Olverson
Can The Data Output of CyberRat Pass a “Turing Test”?, Danielle M. Seljeskog
The Lily-White Strategy: The Internal Racial Politics of the Progressive Party Convention of 1912, Caleb Stork
Music and Massacre: A look at the Babi Yar massacre in Dmitiri Shostakovich’s 13th Symphony, Austin Teas
Analysis of Current Treatment in Addressing Head-Directed Self-Injurious Behavior, Reid Wieczorek
The Loss of German Culture in the German-Dominated South Dakota, Katelyn Winberg
Magnetic and Crystal Structural Investigation of Four Heusler Alloys in the FeCr Family, Jax Wysong
Papers from 2023
Kidney Stones and Energy Drinks: A Literature Review, Donovan D. Bentz
A Masterpiece Amid Musical Suppression: An Analysis of Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5, Matthew Dulas
The Influence of Peyton Manning’s Christian Masculinity, Jacob Edwards
Murderess Row: Selling Morals to 1920s America, Rachel Goldsmith
Music as Art: A Study of Expressing Emotion Through Music and Art, Cadence Helleson
Impacts of Eastern Redcedar Juniperus Virginiana L. on Avian Communities in Eastern South Dakota, Jay Holm
Bloodred: Violence on Screen, Emma Kuitunen
Whole Genome Sequencing for Identification of Putative Causative Alleles for Hemochromatosis in Horses, Anna M. Rauber-Ramos
Analyzing the Effects of Winter-patch Grazing and Wildfire on Insect Order Hymenoptera in the Northern Great Plains, Kaitlin Schieuer
“They hurt me Pauley:” Applying Queer Performance Theory within L.B. Hamilton’s Play A Midnight Clear to Understand Gendered Violence and Prejudice Against Feminine MSM, Skyllar M. Schoening
Water Protectors & Land Defenders: Recentering Indigenous Reciprocity with the Living World, Taylor Thue
Papers from 2022
Sanford Patient Navigation Program for Children with Medical Complexities (CMC): A Vital Initiative to Help Minimize Costs and Maximize Family Satisfaction in CMC’s, Carolyn Ann Blatchford
Analyzing the History of Native American Education in South Dakota, Brock Brown
Rhetorical Criticism of Trevor, Alexis Johnson
The Struggle for American Public Space, Emma Martin
A Point of Honor: Drengskapr in Þorsteins þáttr Stangarhǫggs, Noah R. Mincheff
Rhetorical Analysis of The COVID Chronicles Carter Schmidt, Carter Schmidt
Telehealth Simulation and Education Impact on Student Knowledge, Leah Schmitt
Effects of Food Insecurity on College Students’ Mental Health During the Coronavirus Pandemic, Kailee Schultz
The Techniques of Studying and Other Variables Impact on Initial Drug Card Exam Pass Rates, Kyle Shapcott
Peer Education: Perceptions of Student Learning in Online and In-Person Tutoring Sessions, Alexia Stumpf
Characterizing Mouse LINE-1 5’UTR Antisense Promoter Activities, Jada Nicole Tschetter
Papers from 2021
Production of Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Against PRRSV MLVD23-S tag Peptide Sequence, Katelyn Bettin
Going for the Goal: Identifying Relationships among SDSU Student Leaders’ Goals and Successes, Madison Dulas
Effects of Allotment on South Dakota Reservations, Ty Paulsen
Disease Cured in the Least Expected Way: Communication., Bailey Pickering
Senegal’s Global Health Example in the Fight to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, Annika Skogg
The Dead and Public Obligation, Grief, and Action: A Rhetorical Analysis of the Impact of Invoking the Dead in Public Art, Loren Visser
An Analysis of the Factors that Impact Medicaid Recipient Tobacco Quit Rates, Raegan WInder
Papers from 2020
Earning, Taxing, Spending, Saving: Tracking South Dakota Incomes, Matthew Berg
Assessment of Pollinator Preference of Native and Nonnative Perennial Flowering Plants in South Dakota’s Grasslands, Bryanna Chipley
Protest Music and Public Discourse: How P!NK Uses “Dear Mr. President” to Create Conversation, Olivia R. Knippling
Cole Porter: Harmonious Hedonist, Hannah Kremer
Development and Diagnostic Application of Monoclonal Antibodies Against Swine Acute Diarrhea Syndrome Coronavirus (SADS-CoV), Molly Kroeger
Missionary Work and Assimilation, Freddy Moran
Evaluation of Anterior Pituitary Leptin Receptor Expression in Pregnant and Non-pregnant Gilts, Juliana Pederson and Jeffrey Clapper
Mentoring in An Impostor World: An Analysis on the Effects of Mentors on Mentee and the Impact of Mentor Disclosure, Emma Williams
Papers from 2019
Evaluating and Improving Consumer Perceptions of the Agriculture Industry, Katelyn Berndt