Shelby Wachal
  • psychology
  • Class of 2018
  • Pleasant Dale, NE

Shelby Wachal of Pleasant Dale receives stipend for summer research project at UNL

2016 Apr 22

Shelby Wachal of Pleasant Dale is among 87 undergraduates who have been awarded stipends by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to participate in research with a faculty mentor this summer.

Wachal, a psychology major, will participate in the project "Evaluation of Douglas County Juvenile Court Initial Pre-Hearing Conferences" as part of UNL's Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experience (UCARE) Program, which supports undergraduates to work with faculty mentors in research or creative activities. Undergraduate students receive a stipend of $2,400 to engage in intensive research or creative activity for 20 hours per week. The students' projects span across academic disciplines including engineering, chemistry, modern languages and literatures, psychology, art and art history, architecture, special education, and fisheries and wildlife.

The students also will have opportunities to participate in mentoring workshops and activities with undergraduates from other institutions who are participating in UNL's Summer Research Program. In August, both groups of students will present posters on their research and creative activities at a campus research symposium. For more about undergraduate research at UNL, visit http://www.unl.edu/ucare.