Janelle Bentley, a junior majoring in dance, will participate in a three-week summer dance intensive workshop in New York with the renowned Doug Varone Company. This program focuses on Pilates, composition, performance techniques, contemporary techniques, and performance repertory. Janelle hopes to gain an experience that will enhance her overall versatility and autonomy as an artist.
Shahzad Chindhy, a junior majoring in biochemistry and psychology, will participate in the Summer Oxford and Cambridge Research Experience (SCORE), a program associated with UW-Madison’s Department of Biochemistry. He will conduct full-time research in biochemistry and/or molecular biology under the direction of a faculty member and work as part of a research team. Shahzad hopes that this experience will forward his goal of becoming a cardiothoracic surgeon. He will present his research at the research symposium at UW-Madison.
John McCrone, a junior majoring in biochemistry, will be volunteering with the School of St. Francis in San Jose El Tesoro, Guatemala. There he will volunteer teaching English and math at an impoverished local grade school. John hopes that this experience will provide him with a global perspective, spanning both cultural and socioeconomic boundaries.
Benjamin Seeger, a junior majoring in violin performance and mathematics with a certificate in computer science, will be spending the summer at the world renowned Meadowmount School of Music in New York. There, he will participate in a seven-week program for accomplished musicians in a quiet mountain setting. He will be provided opportunities to perform in weekly master classes and three concerts each week.
Jess Senjem, a senior majoring in anthropology and Spanish, will be spending the summer in South Africa, where she will assist UW-Madison Professor Travis Pickering in excavation and research at the cave site of Swartkrans. She will learn about archaeological and laboratory methods, ecology, stone tools and analysis of hominin and animal remains, while also visiting other nearby archaeological sites. Through this research, Jess hopes to further understand human evolution and how the human anatomy has changed over millions of years.
Other Zillman Award Winners:
2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012,
2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005