Brian McGue '13 worked this summer to produce fundraising materials for the DAF.
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DAF Benefits from Summer Research Program
12/7/2012 12:53:00 PM | DAF
Student athlete Brian McGue '13 helps create fundraising materials for the DAF.
Summer is typically a time for rest and relaxation. But for many college students, it's also a time to earn much needed real world experience. The Davidson Summer Research Program provides undergraduates the opportunity to develop into innovative thinkers and problem solvers while conducting research under the guidance of Davidson faculty. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summer Research Program (HHMI) grant provides for eight summer research fellows annually to pursue research in the biomedical sciences.
When Davidson Athletic Foundation Director Annie Porges '85 learned Math Professor Tim Chartier was searching for a real life research problem for a student involving infographics, she saw the perfect opportunity to use the student's skills for the good of Davidson athletics. “The DAF was looking for a way to visually represent our own athletic scholarship levels compared with the NCAA maximums and our conference peer averages,” Porges explained. “Infographics provided the perfect vehicle.”
By coincidence, the HHMI student was a soccer player, Brian McGue '13, who was a math major at Davidson. Brian, a two-time SoCon Academic Team selection, was named as one of 30 Division I men's soccer student athletes as a candidate for the 2012 Senior CLASS Award®. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must have notable achievements in four areas of excellence – community, classroom, character and competition.
“Dr. Chartier was very enthusiastic and encouraging about learning how to create infographics. Working on this type of project was challenging and time consuming, but it was also very rewarding,” Brian said.
Brian's work for the DAF was part of a larger project run by Professor Chartier entitled Modeling the Spread of Information with Epidemiology. “We studied the spread of information over a social network (ie. Twitter) using ideas from epidemiology,” Chartier explained. “That is, can the spread of information be modeled as the spread of a virus? Brian's work for the DAF came about as we studied how to visualize data through infographics.”
The graphic interpretation of Davidson scholarship levels has proven quite effective. Brian provided a sport by sport breakdown of scholarship levels as well as overall levels for men's and women's sports. He also included post-season championship results for a 5-year period.
“Knowing this project aids Davidson in raising athletic scholarships is extremely fulfilling. I am definitely excited for the future of Davidson Athletics,” added Brian.
The DAF is charged with raising operating and scholarship funds to build, support and maintain Davidson's 21 Division I teams. In 2013, $345,000 of the $1.5 million annual fund goal for athletics will go towards current use scholarships. Athletic donors can support current use or endowed scholarship efforts through a variety of ways. For more information on how you can support the DAF, click here.
Infographics
Men's and Women's Overall
Men's Division I teams
Women's Division I teams
When Davidson Athletic Foundation Director Annie Porges '85 learned Math Professor Tim Chartier was searching for a real life research problem for a student involving infographics, she saw the perfect opportunity to use the student's skills for the good of Davidson athletics. “The DAF was looking for a way to visually represent our own athletic scholarship levels compared with the NCAA maximums and our conference peer averages,” Porges explained. “Infographics provided the perfect vehicle.”
By coincidence, the HHMI student was a soccer player, Brian McGue '13, who was a math major at Davidson. Brian, a two-time SoCon Academic Team selection, was named as one of 30 Division I men's soccer student athletes as a candidate for the 2012 Senior CLASS Award®. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must have notable achievements in four areas of excellence – community, classroom, character and competition.
“Dr. Chartier was very enthusiastic and encouraging about learning how to create infographics. Working on this type of project was challenging and time consuming, but it was also very rewarding,” Brian said.
Brian's work for the DAF was part of a larger project run by Professor Chartier entitled Modeling the Spread of Information with Epidemiology. “We studied the spread of information over a social network (ie. Twitter) using ideas from epidemiology,” Chartier explained. “That is, can the spread of information be modeled as the spread of a virus? Brian's work for the DAF came about as we studied how to visualize data through infographics.”
The graphic interpretation of Davidson scholarship levels has proven quite effective. Brian provided a sport by sport breakdown of scholarship levels as well as overall levels for men's and women's sports. He also included post-season championship results for a 5-year period.
“Knowing this project aids Davidson in raising athletic scholarships is extremely fulfilling. I am definitely excited for the future of Davidson Athletics,” added Brian.
The DAF is charged with raising operating and scholarship funds to build, support and maintain Davidson's 21 Division I teams. In 2013, $345,000 of the $1.5 million annual fund goal for athletics will go towards current use scholarships. Athletic donors can support current use or endowed scholarship efforts through a variety of ways. For more information on how you can support the DAF, click here.
Infographics
Men's and Women's Overall
Men's Division I teams
Women's Division I teams
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