May 1, 2019 | Midwestern State University | thewichitan.com | Your Campus. Your News. | Vol. 83 No. 27
PHOTOS BY TAYLOR ANDERSON | THE WICHITAN
Repiratory senior Wenica Brodiepresents her research about the psychological impact of death and dying on healthcare students at the Celebration of Scholarship. April 25. | Undergraduates present their research projects and experiences to students and faculty. | Students present their research about lung transplants and questioning if they are worth it.
Campus celebrates research by students and faculty
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undreds of students and faculty attended the Celebration of Scholarship in the Clark Student Center, April 24-25 to support undergraduate students, graduate students and faculty presenting their research. The event, hosted by the graduate school and the undergraduate research office, allowed students to showcase their research and creative activities through oral and poster
presentations. “It was a good experience. I got to work with a faculty mentor and I’m taking some classes now so working on this just reinforced what I was learning in class. Plus, it’s really beneficial because if we get results from this then we can actually help patients with brain disorders,” Prisca Mbonu, biology junior, said. Tarrah Miller, biology senior, shared why she chose to participate in the Celebration of Scholarship and what she got out of the ex-
perience. “We participated for the exposure and to get our feet wet in research. It was good to find new information and just expand our knowledge basically. And it was fun just doing the experiment and finding out the possible causes and effects, it was a pretty unique experience,” Miller said. Miller said, they learned how to present and gained confidence from it. For some of them it was the first time they presented something. He said they gained knowledge of
how to work in the lab and utilize the equipment. Abigail DeLizio, biology junior, also shared why she chose to participate in the event and what she gained from the experience. “I just wanted to do some research to put on my resume and I talked to one of my professors and he was already doing this,” DeLizio said. “I learned about some higher level stuff that I didn’t know about yet and I also learned to just appreciate research and all it takes to get one little result.”
PHOTOS BY TAYLOR ANDERSON | THE WICHITAN
Guest soloist and professor Martin Camacho plays the piano at the Celebration of Scholarships Gala Concert in the Akin Auditorium. April 25. | Matthew Luttrell conducts the symphony orchestra.
ATTENDEE COMMENTS LONECE CAREY, FINANCE SOPHOMORE |“I got
to learn so many new things so that was really good.” CHLOE DUNLAP, MUSIC SOPHOMORE | “It was
really cool to see what went into their projects and how they’re really invested in it. They obviously care about it a lot so that’s really cool.”
KRISTEN LOGOE, ART FRESHMAN | “For one oral presentation I had no clue what they were saying but I was like wow they really care about what they’re researching.”
SYDNEY STRACHAN, NURSING SOPHOMORE | “It
MAURA GIBSON, BIOLOGY SOPHOMORE | “This
YARY RODRIGUEZ, NURSING SOPHOMORE |
KAYLA
GUILLORY, MASS COMMUNICATION SOPHOMORE | “It was worth attending because I really need this extra credit for my class.”
Additional reporting by Taylor Anderson
“We’re doing a summer project and this is really helping us with that.”
gives us an idea of how to set up your poster and present. I think we got a pretty good outline on how to present your research.”
kind of research going on here is way different than I thought, so it turns it out my own classmates are doing way more advanced stuff so that’s really encouraging to me.”