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Kimberly Kadlec
  • Applied Science
  • Menomonie, WI

Kimberly Kadlec Receives Special Research Grant

2013 May 29

Kimberly Kadlec of Menomonie, Wis., benefited during the 2012-13 academic year from a special research grant awarded by the Stout University Foundation.

Kadlec, majoring in Applied Science, participated in a summer research grant to study Utilizing Oxidizers to destroy Microcystin and Measuring Success Rates Using MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry.

The Foundation Board and Funding Committee, with support from Research Services at UW-Stout, approved $10,000 for Opportunities for Undergraduate Student Research grants. Part of the funding also went toward the annual campus Research Day and awards ceremony held recently.

Three students received summer research stipends. Four others received travel funding to co-present their research with advisers at national conferences.

The students also presented their research and discussed their experiences at the Foundation Board meeting on campus.

"The Foundation is extremely pleased to see how well its recent grant was utilized for undergraduate student research at UW-Stout. In making this grant, our Funding Committee wished to invest in undergraduate research because it was convinced this was an increasingly important dimension to the undergraduate UW-Stout experience," said Mark Parsons, vice chancellor for University Advancement and Marketing.

"We are delighted to learn of the diverse research projects and outcomes resulting from summer research and travel grant awards. We thank the students for their participation and Research Services for an excellent job in stewarding these Foundation grant funds."

For more information on the Stout University Foundation, go to www.uwstout.edu/foundation. For more information on Research Services, go to www.uwstout.edu/rs.