2022 Franke GLI Capstone Projects

Fall 2022 Capstone Teams

As part of the Franke Global Leadership Initiative, students complete a capstone project during their final year in the program. The capstone projects are interdisciplinary in nature and include teammates from a variety of fields. These projects focus on identifying global challenges and creating and implementing solutions. Students present their projects as a team at the annual UM Conference for Undergraduate Research (UMCUR). Congratulations to this year's capstone groups for completing such innovative and incredible projects! Here is the complete list of capstone teams and projects for 2022:

"Biomimetic and Passive Strategies to Improve Classroom Acoustics"

  • Niel Mondava, Claire Woody, Rosie Ferguson, and Raina Woolworth

"Indigenous (Mis)Representation: Implications for the MMIWG2S Epidemic"

  • Desi Greer, Emma Swartz, Chloe Burnstein, Danara Greer, Jillian TopSky, and Sam Severson

"Rethinking Trust, Reconnecting Us - Fighting Misinformation Online"

  • Jacob Owens, Connor Dunlap, Seth Carmichael, Ben Brodhead, Reed Lindsey, Colin Mclean, and Elle Wilgus

"Unite Missoula: Applying Best Fundraising Practices to Refugee Resettlement"

  • Heidi Martin, Jasmine Doremus, Hanna Brann, Elizabeth LaRance, Sam Massey, John Bazant, and Benjamin Blackwell

"Web-Based Resource to Aid Newcomer Integration in the Missoula Community"

  • Isabelle Melton, Lindsey Roosa, Augusta Reinhart, Millie Espeseth, and Graham Whitney

"Combating Loneliness: An Intergenerational Pen Pal Program"

  • Hailey Powell, Addie Slanger, Maria Goheen, Brenna Spurling, and Mazana Boerboom

"Healthy Dialogue as the Impetus of Change: Emotional, Intellectual, and Substantive Conversations about the Environment and Climate Change"

  • Abigail Vogt, Damara Stewart, Sierra Franklin, Cara Shepard, Sarah Griffin, and Rowan Ulrigg

"Mindful Youth: Empowering Adolescents to Own their Mental Health through an Interactive Online Platform"

  • Rachel Gebhardt, Jesse Jewel, Jewel Wicks, Serena Gardner, Kate Hess, and Diana Urey

"The Global Credit Score Panel"

  • Esther Lyon Delsordo, Cory Emlen, Betta Lyon Delsordo, and Trinity Kurr

"Food Systems Relating to Greenness"

  • Aidan Morton, Madison Seigler, Jacob Tutty, Victoria Bloomgren, Cassie Williams, and Julia Anderson

"Managing Culturally Significant Land: The Badger-Two Medicine Area as a Case Study"

  • Ava Sweet, John Mills, Adison Thorp, Dante Filpula Ankney, and Hayden Blackford

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