04/26/12

Winter RCAC winners

Congratulations to the following faculty who received awards from the Research and Creative Activity Committee:

*Amelia Biehl (Economics) – $8,446 for her project entitled Did the First-Time Homebuyer Tax Incentives Increase Housing Demand?

*Danielle De La Mare (Communications & Visual Arts) – $8,835 for her project entitled Interracial Communication Competence Among White Pre-Service Teachers

*Ami Pflugrad-Jackisch (History) – $11,103 for her project entitled Remembering Gender: Women, Politics, and Memory of the American Revolution in the Nineteenth Century

*Rajib Ganguly and Michele Stark (Computer Science, Engineering, and Physics) – $14,974 for their project entitled X-Raying Mass Outflows from Quasars

04/16/12

2nd annual Student Research Conference a Success

We’re happy to announce that the 2nd annual Student Research Conference was a huge success! In total, close to 100 undergraduate and graduate students (double the amount of the first year) came together for a day of oral and poster presentations. It was truly a celebration of the many contributions students make to research.

There were many hands involved in making today so special. First, thanks to Mary Deibis for all of her hard work.

Special thanks to the following individuals and departments for making today’s event possible:

Dr. Ruth Person
Dr. Gerard Voland
Dr. Vahid Lofti
Dr. Terry Van Allen and the Office of Research staff
Dr. Mary Jo Sekelsky
Associate Provost Chris Waters
Brad Maki and the Office of Graduate Programs staff
Maureen Thum and Laura Staudacher of the Honors Program
The Riverfront Event Center Staff
Epoch Catering
Marilyn Christensen and the Printing Services staff
Melissa Storch and the Mediated Classroom Service staff
Jan Worth and Sandy Alberto of the Thompson Center for Learning & Teaching
Jennifer Hogan and the University Relations staff

Additional thanks to today’s volunteers:

Erin Kingsley
Nina Chaney
Sue Montenegro
Endia Santee
Patty Tracy
Dr. Amy Gresock
Kathy Bloink
Tracy Wacker
Sandy Alberto
Dr. Heather Roebuck
Dr. Denise Dedman
Dr. Monique Wilhelm
Jameel Amoudi
Andrea Yinger
The many departments who loaned out easels

Finally, thanks to all the students and faculty for all of your hard work and efforts.

Join us again next year!