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Loukya Kanakamedala Kimberly Leamon Amber Anne Emerson SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION OF THE MORNING CALL
Neuroscience major Loukya Kanakamedala ’17 worked with Pursuing a Bachelor of Music in Performance in Voice, On Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016, Amber Anne
associate professor of neuroscience Cecilia Fox researching how Kimberly Leamon ’18 has been accepted into two prestigious Emerson ’18 was a headliner at the third annual
the compound curcumin, derived from turmeric, might provide summer workshops. The CoOPERAtive Program at awards reception for the Bruce Montgomery
protection to nerve cells in rat models of Parkinson’s disease. Westminster Choir College in Princeton selected Leamon for Foundation for the Arts (BMFA) held at
“Curcumin provides both antioxidant and anti-in?ammatory an intensive three-week opera program. Leamon prepared Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center. Emerson is a 2014
properties in animal models of neurodegeneration,” says four pieces for her audition and was one of 10 sopranos from BMFA Springboard Grant winner and is currently
Kanakamedala. “It displays unique properties that may be helpful 250 applicants chosen to participate. She was also selected pursuing a career in musical theater and as a jazz
in treating disorders ranging from brain cancer to Alzheimer’s for the Milnes VOICES Studio summer music program. vocalist. She recently appeared in her ?rst main
disease to traumatic brain injury.” As co-founder and vice This program is part of the famous Savannah Voice Festival. stage production, playing Philia in “A Funny Thing
president of Hounds4Kids, Kanakamedala unites students across Again, Leamon was chosen from a large group of applicants. Happened on the Way to the Forum” at Totem
majors and backgrounds to raise money for pediatric cancer. She also won partial scholarships to both programs. Pole Playhouse. Last fall she was selected to be the
featured female singer with Moravian Jazz Combo
I and the Moravian College Big Band.
Erin Tiwold Jessica Buttner SUNDAY, APRIL 2, 2017
A ?rst-generation college student, Jessica Buttner ’19 has her
A biochemistry major and mathematics minor, Erin
Tiwold ’17 participated in a summer 2016 SOAR (Student sights set on becoming a United States senator and is pursuing
Opportunities for Academic Research) project with fellow a double major in political science and business. She serves
student Jessica Lynch and assistant professor of chemistry, as the Parliamentarian for Moravian College’s United Student
Michael Bertucci. Their project? “Manipulating Signal Government and Co-Vice President of Habitat for Humanity. As a
Hydrophobicity to Alter Quorum Sensing in Streptococcus freshman, Buttner received the Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership
Pneumoniae.” Very simply stated, Tiwold studied the way Honor Society “Outstanding Freshmen Leader Award,” Passionate
bacteria communicate as they increase in density on their about community service, she helped organize campus events
way to infecting a host organism. When not in the lab, for National Homelessness Awareness Week and helped lead this
Tiwold may be found on the John Makuvek Field where she year’s Service Staycation during spring break.
serves as captain of the ?eld hockey team. An ardent peer
educator, Tiwold serves as an organic chemistry teaching #greyhoundlifeataglance
assistant. She also instructs ?rst aid, CPR and AED for
the American Red Cross, and participates off-campus ¦ Every incoming freshman gets a MacBook Pro and an iPad.
with Special Olympics, St. Luke’s MRI and Emergency ¦ Students can choose from among more than 55 majors
Departments, and Angel 34, which helps children in the and programs.
?ght against cancer. ¦ More than 80 clubs and organizations are available
to undergrads.
¦ The College ?elds teams in 20 sports.
¦ 98 percent of Moravian College graduates land jobs or
head to grad school within 6 months.
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