Juliana Rima receives research funding from South Carolina Indpendent Colleges and Universities Inc.

2017 May 26

Juliana Rima was one of three Wofford College students to receive funding through the Student/Faculty Research Program of South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities Inc. (SCICU) for 2017.

Rima's project is titled "Longitudinal Tracking of the Effects of Study Abroad." Her faculty sponsors are Dr. Britton Newman and Dr. Beate Brunow, assistant professors in the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures.

Rima, a member of the class of 2018, is majoring in psychology and Spanish.

Of the nearly 50 undergraduate reseach proposals from SCICU member colleges, 31 student projects were selected for funding with a total of $90,000 granted. The student researchers will have through December to complete their projects. They will present their findings on Feb. 22, 2018, at the Milliken & Co. headquarters in Spartanburg.