Knox Names Post-Baccalaureate Fellows for 2011-12

by Laura Pochodylo ‘14

Knox College has announced the names of the recipients of post-baccalaureate fellowships for the 2011-2012 academic year.

The selective Post-Baccalaureate Fellowship Program provides an opportunity for recent Knox graduates to pursue additional academic work immediately after graduation while also working on a project that benefits the educational programs of the College.

Past projects have included assisting faculty members with laboratory research, designing a departmental Web page, and researching the implementation of a vermiculture system that uses worms to compost leftover food.

Here is a list of the post-baccalaureate fellows and a brief description of their projects.

• Caroline Castro, of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, majored in creative writing and will be working with the Center for Intercultural Life to improve student life and build multi-cultural awareness on campus. She will also be working on "Spanglish" plays with Knox faculty member Sherwood Kiraly, visiting instructor in English and Theatre and Writer-in-Residence.

• Allison Ehrhard, of St. Louis, Missouri, double-majored in international relations and environmental studies. She will be working on The Maytag Project, an in-depth look at what happened to former Maytag employees after the Galesburg manufacturing plant closed in 2004.

• Maxwell Galloway-Carson, of Evanston, Illinois, majored in computer science. He will be working on a tutorial for the Chapel parallel programming language and possibly other computer languages.

• Zachary Kahn, of Silver Spring, Maryland, majored in anthropology-sociology. He will be working as a Green Oaks Term program assistant.

• Nicole McCabe, of Chicago, Illinois, majored in psychology. She will be working as the English Department event coordinator.

• Emily Oliver, of Newtown, Connecticut, majored in creative writing and will be working on the Knox Writers' House. The Writers' House is an audio archive and podcasting website that aspires to be an auditory map of American essays, poetry, and fiction.

• Kate Robbins, of Gilberts, Illinois, double-majored in history and political science. She will be working on projects in the field of public history, studying art and design in order to discover how history can be effectively conveyed to the public in museum exhibits. She is also a teaching assistant for several history classes and working on completing and revising the 175th anniversary timeline on the Knox website.

• Alex Robertson, of St. Charles, Illinois, double-majored in studio art and creative writing. He will be working on a website for the Department of Art and Art History.

• Tim Schmeling, of Rockford, Illinois, double-majored in modern languages (German) and integrated international studies. He is working on increasing communication between the offices and centers directly related to off-campus study to enhance the experience of Knox students studying abroad.

• Helen Avery Schnoes, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, double-majored in creative writing and political science. She will be working on a project about food and sustainability. She also will serve as a research assistant for Knox faculty member Nicolaas Mink, visiting assistant professor of environmental studies, researching salmon as a global food.

• Courtney Tichler, of Fulton, Illinois, majored in history and will be working on the Nabataean Ceramics Project. She will be creating an up-to-date typology of Nabataean ceramics found at Tel Dhiban, Jordan, to establish a more accurate chronology of Nabataean involvement at the site.

• Rosie Worthen, of Helena, Montana, double-majored in modern languages (Spanish) and integrated international studies. She will be working as tutor coordinator for the TRIO Achievement Program at Knox.