Lauren DeCoste is the Jewel Clemmons Swain Scholar Recipient

"Lauren DeCoste is the Jewel Clemmons Swain Scholar Recipient. She is a senior psychology major with a mental health concentration and minoring in public health, Spanish for health professions, music, and ethics. Lauren is also in the HTC Honors College with a 4.0 GPA over 6 semesters. She is a student mentor for the CoastalLIFE program and a SHORE Peer Educator. She is a member of the Jackson Scholars program, Phi Sigma Pi national honors fraternity, Psi Chi honors society, the Compassion Fatigue and Resilience Research Lab, and the Edwards Center for Collaborative Research. Lauren is particularly interested in children’s mental health and plans to attend graduate school to further her education in children’s clinical psychology studies."

As for our research, here is another blurb about our current research.

"Swain Scholars is an immersive two-year opportunity for Coastal Carolina University juniors and seniors to work with faculty and community agencies to research health-related issues and implement impactful community health programs. The current research focuses on how outdoor activity and exposure affects mental health in college students. After completing literature reviews, data collection, and statistical analyses, Lauren and the Swain Scholars are excited to present their findings at future research conferences."

https://www.coastal.edu/cmcchhp/degreeprograms/swainscholars/ 

Lauren is from Rehoboth and graduated from DR in 2022.