“ CREATE ” SYMPOSIUM
showcases student
ingenuity D
uring an afternoon activity
hour once every fall and spring
semester, hundreds of students take over
the classrooms in Building A for a celebration of their ingenuity and hard work.
For the last several years, the “CREATE” Symposium has provided GGC students with an opportunity to showcase their efforts in creative and scholarly works across all disciplines. From individual
and team poster presentations to panel
discussions and computer-based activi-
ties, the event truly offers something for everyone attending the event.
Here are 12 examples of the variety of
topics featured at this spring’s CREATE Symposium:
• Improving daily life and communication skills for adults with intellectual disabilities
• Effects of beavers on urban streams • Chicken egg food safety • Protecting patient privacy • Detection of genetic modification in non-GMO labeled soy-based protein powders
• Blood parasites in Gwinnett County birds
• Literacy modeling: transforming struggling readers
• Firewall – the first line of defense • Human-environment engagement in Gwinnett County
• Robot arm manipulation • Obesity in America: an economic solution
• Education and a country’s income status
Dr. Nathan Bowen, a guest judge and an assistant professor of biology with Clark Atlanta University’s Center for Cancer Research and Therapeutic Development, listens as Binh Lam, ’18, biology, explains her team’s research on a potential biomarker for early detection of pancreatic cancer. Participation in the CREATE Symposium was a requirement of the team’s biology research methods course, with judging included in grades for the work.
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