April Sharp Email & Phone Number

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Serve as a leader in the University Scholars and University Honors Programs by staffing Scholars Forum events
• Assist with Honors and Scholars Village activities, and represent the programs at campus and recruitment events
• Foster community and promote student learning, reflection, and service

• Conducting independent research on pollination dynamics in agroecosystems
• Assisting graduate students with lab and field research
• Assisting with field research and the collection of samples and specimens by implementing sweep netting
• Learned identification of insect pollinators to genus and species

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Student representative of the College of Natural Resources
• Liaison between the CNR and the community, which includes prospective students, transfer students, parents, and alumni
• Facilitate and assist with environmental educational programs for prospective students

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Created an engaging and supportive environment in the WISE Program
• Served as a resource for incoming freshmen in the WISE Program, aiding their successful transition into college
• Served as Co-President of Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Council, overseeing and planning programs and community service opportunities

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Learned and applied appropriate husbandry techniques as applicable to living arthropods and other invertebrates
• Assisted with special events and programs involving arthropods, and contributed ideas for the development and improvement of arthropod related programs
• Created habitat for native pollinator species and worked with the Prairie Ridge Ecostation to enhance its ecology
• Applied preservation and labeling techniques for preserved arthropod display, reference and teaching collections

Pittsboro, North Carolina

• Assisted with field work such as land surveying, office work, and the environmental education of camps and school groups
• Conducted research regarding management practices to promote native songbird species
• Learned skills related to problem solving, following directions, and interacting with a wide variety of different people