LSUA held the 4th annual Scholar Day at LSUA this week with 122 students presenting undergraduate research.
Scholar Day is a one-day event highlighting the scholarly achievements of LSUA students and faculty. This multidisciplinary event celebrates the scholarship and creative activity happening in classrooms across LSUA. Students work with a faculty mentor during the semester to conduct a research project inspired by course material or personal interests within their major. The culmination of this work is the presentation at Scholar Day. Student presentations included poster presentations, submitted scholarly papers, and oral presentations, and there were several lunch-and-learn sessions with LSUA faculty.
Undergraduate scholarship on display this year ranged across many disciplines from nursing and biological sciences to education and psychology. Lia Richardson asked, “Does being in or out of season affect student-athletes’ GPA?” Jude Soileau considered the impact of extroversion on a student’s willingness to participate in campus activities. Kayla Sasser looked at end-of-life care in the ICU by researching the effects of nurse and family roles in decision-making. Alexandria Floyd presented, “Implementing Explicit Vocabulary Strategies to Facilitate Student Learning.” These were just four of the 122 incredibly insightful topics researched!
Judges from the community, faculty, and staff scored presentations throughout the day. Scholar Day culminated with the awards for Outstanding Presentations.
The winners for Outstanding Oral Presentation were:
Marketing and Management - Kristina Fuller
Allied Health - Raegan Grimm, Myra Johnson, Grace Yerby, and Mackenna Middlebrooks
English - Bethany Bonnette, Madyson Futch, and Madison White
Communications Studies - Anthony Collins
Biology - Alina Chaisson
Mathematics - Austin Manuel, Shinji Hain, and Jordan Beard
Criminal Justice - Celeste Clause
History - Tanek Mouser
Psychology - Chency Scull
The winners for Outstanding Poster Presentation were:
Allied Health - Rebecca Robinson
Education - Maddie Brodelon, Kimberly Mojica, and Caroline Stallings
Nursing - Kayla Sasser, Lindsey Arsement, and Veronica Loftus
Communications Studies - Mira Parks
Biology - Ashley Barnhill
Chemistry - Faith McCauley
Psychology - Jude Soileau, Logan Duff, Gavin Janise, Micah Duvall, and Clayton Hislop
Written by Adam Lord
Photo credit - LSUA Media