The document is a letter informing Justice Erikson that they have been awarded a grant to fund their Division II research project on investigating the effects of antioxidants on Borrelia burgdorferi biofilms in vitro. The letter specifies the funding amount, reimbursement process, reporting requirements, and acceptance terms that must be signed and returned by November 11th for disbursement of funds.
1. November 4, 2015
Justice Erikson
Box 1418
jle13@hampshire.edu
Dear Justice,
I am pleased to announce that you have been awarded $350 from the Lowry-Bruno-McNeal Fund to help defray
the actual expenses associated with your Division II project, “Investigation of Antioxidant Effects on Borrelia
burgdorferi Biofilms in vitro.” This grant will end on May 2, 2016. Unfortunately, we were not able to provide
you with an award from the Dr. Lucy Fund for which you also applied.
The funding for your project will be paid to you as you submit receipts to Joan Barrett in the Natural Science
office. We are unable to release any funds in advance. You must attend an instructional meeting to learn about
Fund reimbursement guidelines and the process for filing reimbursement requests. Sessions will be held Tuesday
November 10 at 5pm and Wednesday November 11 at 5pm, both in CSC 316. You must attend one of these
sessions. All reimbursement requests must be submitted by June 1, 2016. Expenses for items not covered by the
Lowry-Bruno-McNeal Fund will not be reimbursed. All items purchased with this grant are the property of
Hampshire College. If specific concerns arise, please discuss them with your committee chair and with Steve
Roof, who oversees this fund.
As an award recipient, you must write a brief (one-page) report at the end of the project summarizing your
findings and describing how the funds were spent. Please submit to https://www.hampshire.edu/natural-
science/ns-student-endowed-fund-awards. In addition, you are expected to submit an abstract that will be posted
to the Hampshire College website and to inform the community of any presentations or publications that result
from your work. Finally, ten or so years after graduation, you are encouraged to return to Hampshire to talk to our
then-current students about your fabulous career!
Congratulations on your fine work thus far. We look forward to hearing about the results of your project.
Sincerely,
Dean of the School of Natural Science
Professor of Earth and Environmental Science
This letter must be signed and returned to Joan Barrett by November 11, 2015, before disbursements are made.
Please save a copy for your records.
I accept the conditions of this award____________________________Date__________________
Note: Although income taxes will not be withheld from the (your) grant, portions of the grant may be considered taxable income by
the IRS, depending on how you use the money. You will not receive a W-2 or 1099 form from Hampshire College for this grant.
Generally, a scholarship or fellowship is not taxable if (1) you are a degree candidate at an eligible educational institution, and (2)
the amounts you receive are used for required tuition and fees or required course materials, and are not received as payment for your
services. Portions of the grant used for other expenses, such as room and board, are considered taxable income. For more
Information, see topics 355, 421, or Publication 970 on the IRS web site (www.irs.gov).
School of Natural Science
Amherst, Massachusetts 01002
413-559-5757
Fax 413-559-5448
HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE
2. November 4, 2015
Justice Erikson
Box 1418
jle13@hampshire.edu
Dear Justice,
I am pleased to announce that you have been awarded $150 from the Tara Nelson Award to help defray the actual
expenses associated with your Division II project, “Investigation of Antioxidant Effects on Borrelia burgdorferi
Biofilms in vitro.” This grant will end on May 2, 2016. Unfortunately, we were not able to provide you with an
award from the Dr. Lucy Fund for which you also applied.
The funding for your project will be paid to you as you submit receipts to Joan Barrett in the Natural Science
office. We are unable to release any funds in advance. You must attend an instructional meeting to learn about
Fund reimbursement guidelines and the process for filing reimbursement requests. Sessions will be held Tuesday
November 10 at 5pm and Wednesday November 11 at 5pm, both in CSC 316. You must attend one of these
sessions. All reimbursement requests must be submitted by June 1, 2016. Expenses for items not covered by the
Tara Nelson Award will not be reimbursed. All items purchased with this grant are the property of Hampshire
College. If specific concerns arise, please discuss them with your committee chair and with Chris Jarvis, who
oversees this fund.
As an award recipient, you must write a brief (one-page) report at the end of the project summarizing your
findings and describing how the funds were spent. Please submit to https://www.hampshire.edu/natural-
science/ns-student-endowed-fund-awards. In addition, you are expected to submit an abstract that will be posted
to the Hampshire College website and to inform the community of any presentations or publications that result
from your work. Finally, ten or so years after graduation, you are encouraged to return to Hampshire to talk to our
then-current students about your fabulous career!
Congratulations on your fine work thus far. We look forward to hearing about the results of your project.
Sincerely,
Dean of the School of Natural Science
Professor of Earth and Environmental Science
This letter must be signed and returned to Joan Barrett by November 11, 2015, before disbursements are made.
Please save a copy for your records.
I accept the conditions of this award____________________________Date__________________
Note: Although income taxes will not be withheld from the (your) grant, portions of the grant may be considered taxable income by
the IRS, depending on how you use the money. You will not receive a W-2 or 1099 form from Hampshire College for this grant.
Generally, a scholarship or fellowship is not taxable if (1) you are a degree candidate at an eligible educational institution, and (2)
the amounts you receive are used for required tuition and fees or required course materials, and are not received as payment for your
services. Portions of the grant used for other expenses, such as room and board, are considered taxable income. For more
Information, see topics 355, 421, or Publication 970 on the IRS web site (www.irs.gov).
School of Natural Science
Amherst, Massachusetts 01002
413-559-5757
Fax 413-559-5448
HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE
3. November 4, 2015
Justice Erikson
Box 1418
jle13@hampshire.edu
Dear Justice,
I am pleased to announce that you have been awarded $1393 from the Justine Salton Memorial Fund to help
defray the actual expenses associated with your Division II project, “Investigation of Antioxidant Effects on
Borrelia burgdorferi Biofilms in vitro.” This grant will end on May 2, 2016. Unfortunately, we were not able to
provide you with an award from the Dr. Lucy Fund for which you also applied.
The funding for your project will be paid to you as you submit receipts to Joan Barrett in the Natural Science
office. We are unable to release any funds in advance. You must attend an instructional meeting to learn about
Fund reimbursement guidelines and the process for filing reimbursement requests. Sessions will be held Tuesday
November 10 at 5pm and Wednesday November 11 at 5pm, both in CSC 316. You must attend one of these
sessions. All reimbursement requests must be submitted by June 1, 2016. Expenses for items not covered by the
Justine Salton Memorial Fund will not be reimbursed. All items purchased with this grant are the property of
Hampshire College. If specific concerns arise, please discuss them with your committee chair and with Ross,
who oversees this fund.
As an award recipient, you must write a brief (one-page) report at the end of the project summarizing your
findings and describing how the funds were spent. Please submit to https://www.hampshire.edu/natural-
science/ns-student-endowed-fund-awards. In addition, you are expected to submit an abstract that will be posted
to the Hampshire College website and to inform the community of any presentations or publications that result
from your work. Finally, ten or so years after graduation, you are encouraged to return to Hampshire to talk to our
then-current students about your fabulous career!
Congratulations on your fine work thus far. We look forward to hearing about the results of your project.
Sincerely,
Dean of the School of Natural Science
Professor of Earth and Environmental Science
This letter must be signed and returned to Joan Barrett by November 11, 2015, before disbursements are made.
Please save a copy for your records.
I accept the conditions of this award____________________________Date__________________
Note: Although income taxes will not be withheld from the (your) grant, portions of the grant may be considered taxable income by
the IRS, depending on how you use the money. You will not receive a W-2 or 1099 form from Hampshire College for this grant.
Generally, a scholarship or fellowship is not taxable if (1) you are a degree candidate at an eligible educational institution, and (2)
the amounts you receive are used for required tuition and fees or required course materials, and are not received as payment for your
services. Portions of the grant used for other expenses, such as room and board, are considered taxable income. For more
Information, see topics 355, 421, or Publication 970 on the IRS web site (www.irs.gov).
School of Natural Science
Amherst, Massachusetts 01002
413-559-5757
Fax 413-559-5448
HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE
8. NS Student Funds Proposal Justice Erikson
Budget:
Consideration: Most of this I will likely continue to use into my Division III, and/or will be
useful stock for the CSC laboratory. The shipping charges are estimations. Fund sources listed
are suggestions. Items listed in order of priority.
Item Supplier Item # Price Shipping Justification & Source
Borrelia burgdorferi
strain B31
ATCC 35210 $185 $85 To establish cultures.
Tara Nelson Award
BSKH Medium,
Complete (500 mL)
SigmaAldrich P8291 $188.50 $50 Necessary medium for
Borrelia burgdorferi
cultures.
Tara Nelson Award
MBEC™ Biofilm
Inoculator with 96
well base x 25
Innovotech 19111 $562.50 $55 For quantification of
biofilm development and
antioxidant effects.
Denice O’Neill
or Justine Salton
LIVE/DEAD Biofilm
Viability Kit (100
rxns)
ThermoFisher L10316
$366.00
Free For biofilm staining,
shows damaged bacteria.
Denice O’Neill
or LowryBrunoMcNeal
Borrelia burgdorferi
Antibody, FITC
conjugate (1 mL)
ThermoFisher PA1
73005
$272.00 $50 For Immunofluorescent
staining.
Denice O’Neill
DDAO, Reference
Standard (10 mg)
ThermoFisher
H6482
$107.00 $50 For eDNA staining.
Denice O’Neill
ColeParmer
12Channel
AdjustableVolume
Pipette, 40300 uL
ColeParmer WU21
60023
$415.00 $25 Will greatly improve
efficiency of work, and
will be a useful addition to
CSC labs.
Dr. Lucy Fund
ColeParmer
12Channel
AdjustableVolume
Pipette, 220 uL
ColeParmer EW21
60015
$415.00 $25 Same as above.
Dr. Lucy Fund
TOTAL $2511 $340 With Shipping: $2,851
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Division II Filed Contract
The state of this document is filed with Central Records
Title The Chemistry and Biology of Human Health and Medicinal Herbalism
File Date 03/24/2015
Revision Date
Anticipated Completion Date 04/15/2016
Pass Date
Study Areas Biochemistry, Human Biology, Botany
Hampshire College Members
Christopher Jarvis - Current Committee Chair
Dulasiri Amarasiriwardena - Current Committee Member
Committee Signatures/Approvals
Christopher Jarvis signed this document on 03/24/2015 at 11:30AM.
Dulasiri Amarasiriwardena signed this document on 03/10/2015 at 04:12PM.
Provide an overview of your concentration, including several fundamental questions or issues that will help frame
your studies. Describe the relevant areas of study.
I intend for my concentration to be a wide survey of the functioning of human bodies at a multitude of
scientific levels from the atomic to population levels. I intend to pursue deep questioning in how human health
is affected by factors such as chronic and acute illness, and how the fields of biomedicine and natural medicine
approach treating illness and maintaining health. Medicinal herbalism is a strong focus for me, and a significant
portion of my divisional work will be in exploring this topic from both biomedical and traditional angles, largely
through indipendent work. I will be approaching my coursework with an interest in challenging the status quo of
the biomedical and naturopathic fields, investigating research methods, and considering alternative medicine
practices. The primary goal of my concentration is to provide a strong basis for future pursuit of a doctorate in
Naturopathic Medicine.
Some additional questions include: "What medicine is effective? Why? How do we determine this?" and "How
can I prepare to be an effective and conscientious alternative healthcare provider?"
Write your goals. What do you want to know, understand, and be able to do by the end of Division II?
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I would like to use my Division II to study a wide range of pre-medical sciences, including biology, chemistry,
botany, psychology, and physics. My goal is to obtain a scientific foundation of understanding the human body,
brain, and mind as they relate to the sciences, with an additional focus of natural medicine and plant sciences.
Psychology and neuroscience will be present in addition to general human biology, molecular biology, etc. in
order to better understand mind-body connections. Emphasis will be on preparation for medical school,
specifically Naturopathic medical school requirements.
How will you achieve your goals and answer your questions? Describe the sequence of courses learning activities
and possibly internships, independent work, and field study that will shape your Division II. (Some advisors
recommend writing a semester-by-semester plan).
Course plan: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1l-QdQG55Y-C94kN47_JUTDtP-
8EWpJ8ggtnailvdgTk/edit?usp=sharing
I want to know as much as possible about the human body and all forms of medical science. I intend to take all
classes that feel relevant to this goal, and am particulartly interested in completing courses such as: Organic
chemistry, virology/immunology, neuroendocrinology, epigenetics, and psychology. Courses in plant sciences and
herbalism will also play a major role. I also have an intense desire to complete some original research during my
Div II, whether it ends up directly feeding into my Div III or not. To that end, I want to be prepared to
conduct research in chemistry and molecular biology fields.
How do you plan to engage with multiple cultural perspectives in Div II? View a complete description of this
requirement.
I intend to continue my studies of Chinese medicine and other global medicine systems, analyzing how
traditional medicine systems play into modern medical systems, and analyzing the roles of power in colonization.
Additionally, I will be looking for an opportunity to do volunteer medical work in Latin America, where I will
think about race, empirialism, and systems of opression. It is vitally important to me to respect the cultures in
which the medicine systems I study have originated.
Below details what you plan to do to satisfy the Community Engagement and Learning requirement for Division
II.
I am hoping to go on a Global Medical Brigade to do volunteer medical work in Latin America.
I regularly engage in independent projects in herbalism, etc. with other students, this may present an opportunity
for CEL-2.
I may also use TAing for CEL-2 hours.
The list of previous and current work below may be included in Division II with the approval of your Division
II committee. Courses used to satisfy Division I requirements are not displayed. Students with advanced standing
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have items below marked as 'Other' may be used for up to 3 electives in Division I.
Include Term Course
2015F NS-0314 Organic Chemistry II Rayane Moreira
2015F NS-0353 Natural Hist Infectious Dis Lynn Miller
2015F NS-0262 Biochemistry John Castorino
2015F NS-0388 Adv Methods in Mol Biology John Castorino
2015S NS-0220 Human Physiology Cynthia Gill
2015S NS-0235 Methods in Molecular Biology John Castorino
2015S NS-0299 Learning Activity Projects Lynn Miller
2015S NS-0212 Organic Chemistry I Rayane Moreira
2015J JTW-0201 Intensive Neuroanatomy Jane Couperus
2014F NS-0244 Neuroendocrinology Cynthia Gill
2014F NS-0249 Epi: Genetics John Castorino
2014F LA-ACT Learning Activity - Teaching Assistant Training
2014F LS-0102 Elementary Spanish II Esther Lopez
2014F TA-NS Teaching Assistant - NS-101T: How Things Work Herbert Bernstein
2014S 5C-CRS St-Clinical Herbalism II
2014J JTW-0137 Plants of the Gods Nathaniel Putnam
2013F NS-0121 Human Biology Christopher Jarvis
2013F OPRA-0108 Intermediate/Advanced Yoga Meredyth Klotz
Other NS0154 Plants and Human Health
The following is your course of study and other learning activities which will satisfy your Division II
Contract requirements.