Spring Scholars Week 2024 Schedule

All events are in the Waterfield Library Gallery unless otherwise indicated below.

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10:30 am

The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi Love of Learning Panel

Chair: Dr. Melony Shemberger

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Interdisciplinary Poster Session (Curris Center Ballroom)

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FNP and Post-Masters Student Presentations

Chair: Dr. Janice Thurmond

Student Participants: Carlin Morgan, Madison Martin, Karly Hankins

Nursing Anesthesia DNP Project Presentations

Chair: Dr. Tiffany Eye

Student Participants: Amanda Hughes, Alexandre Nejat, Charles Elliott, Cody Reeley, Patricia Wimsatt, Jana Everette, Kelly Doyle, Jubilyn Akaragwe, Alexis Johnson, Erin Edwards, Sierra Savercool, Mariam Mustapha, Christopher Mosher, Axel Nilsson, Chance Moore, Amr Ali

Sigma Xi Poster Competition

Chair: Dr. Gary ZeRuth

Student Participants: Zachary Brown, Tia Ariagno, Joyceline Adom Frimpong, Elliot Clouse, Michelle Weaver, Megan Zerger, SAI NEELA KESUMALA, Megan Brandt, Evan Lemons, Johnnie J. Perry, Zoe Galvin, Jusdin Kamuf, Melissa Ocampo, Anita Sapkota, Landon Jones, Emily Marsh, Riley Patterson, Colton Clark, Abigail Santos, Maggie Smith, Chaney Cox, Durga Kodati, Jillian Murphy, Andrew Brown, Lauren Trout, Ava Isaacs, Kyle Krieger, Christopher Powell, Camryn Newland, Jacob Thomas, Brandon Capps, Isaiah Radford, Marissa Miles, Pinho Joaquim Munhequeira

12:30 pm

Strategic Communication Showcase: Insights from Emerging Professionals - JMC 386

Chair: Dr. Melony Shemberger

Student Participants: Laney Fletcher, Savannah Hamilton, Natalie Boyle

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Short Takes: Creative Nonfiction Essays in Progress

Chair: Dr. Carrie Jerrell

Student Participants: Akasha Davis, Brynn Smith, Matthew Callahan, Lily Burkhart, Linsey Riggins, Chloe Whitfield, Zachary Bajuyo, Molly Logsdon, Isabella Lamboy, Daryn Reeves, Ash Medlock, Emilee Webb, Jonathan Knowles

9:00 am - 11:15 am

Psychology Department Panel: Projects In-Progress & Completed Projects

Chair: Dr. Megan St. Peters

Student Participants: Anna Minor, Lauren Robinson, Chloe Whitfield, Torii Doran, Kaitlyn Davenport, Taylor Toon, Alex Imm, Tory Cline, Hannah Eriksen, Jess Feezor, Morgan Bodker, Entropy Cramer, Tamryn Woolfork, Callie Hart

2:00 pm - 3:15 pm

Historical Research

Chair: Dr. Kathy Callahan

Student Participants: Rachel Drury, Matthew Graves, Mckenzie Quertermous

3:30 pm - 4:45 pm

Honors College: Session 1

Chairs: Dr. Jeff Osborne & Dr. Warren Edminster

Student Participants: Matthew Callahan, Hannah Foote, Ava Chuppe

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3:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Global Languages Senior Colloquium Q&A (208 Faculty Hall)

Chair: Dr. Roxane Riegler

Student Participants: Sam Kincer, Asher Cunningham, Robert Howell, Aryka Cooper, Megan Smith, Eve Jacobson, Rebecca Estes, Tamryn Woolfork, Morgan Elliott, Drake Harbolt

4:00 pm

The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi Induction Ceremony (Freed Curd Auditorium)

Chair: Dr. Melony Shemberger

8:30 am - 11:20 am

Watershed Studies Institute Research Symposium (Curris Center Barkley Room)

Chair: Dr. Howard Whiteman

Student Participants: Elliot Clouse, Garret Reece Gallion, Megan Zerger, Megan Brandt, Evan Lemons, Melissa Ocampo, James Thompson, Isaiah Radford, Marissa M. Miles, Andrew Brown

8:30 am - 9:20 am

Honors College: Session 2

Chairs: Dr. Jeff Osborne & Dr. Warren Edminster

Student Participants: Anna McGreevy, Gracie Rightnowar

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10:30 am - 11:20 am

Honors College: Session 3

Chairs: Dr. Jeff Osborne & Dr. Warren Edminster

Student Participants: Caleb Coil, Daniel Wahl, Morgan Coop

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12:30 pm

Strategic Communication Showcase: Insights from Emerging Professionals - JMC 386

Chair: Dr. Melony Shemberger

2:30 pm - 3:20 pm

Honors College: Session 4

Chairs: Dr. Jeff Osborne & Dr. Warren Edminster

Student Participants: Elizabeth Sipes, Micah Brown

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3:30 pm - 5:15 pm

Honors College: Session 5

Chairs: Dr. Jeff Osborne & Dr. Warren Edminster

Student Participants: Katie Gray, Dylanie Tippit, Kevin Harvey, Cale Holan, Matthew Smith

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8:00 am - 9:00 am

Criminal Justice Student Research Panel

Chair: Dr. Katy Hancock

Student Participants: Noel Lyons, Joseph Thomason, Camryn Newland, Ashley Collie, Gloria Lewis, Lukis Stroupe, Tayton J. Bedinger, James Evans, Markus Ryan Oxford, Luna Gamblin, Blaine Barisch

10:00 am - 10:50 am

Honors College: Session 6

Chairs: Dr. Jeff Osborne & Dr. Warren Edminster

Student Participants: Connor Moore, Gavin Johnson, Grayson Thomas

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11:00 am - 12:15 pm

Honors College: Session 7

Chairs: Dr. Jeff Osborne & Dr. Warren Edminster

Student Participants: Riley Petonic, Elizabeth DeMarse, Marie Baxley

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12:30 pm - 1:45 pm

Honors College: Session 8

Chairs: Dr. Jeff Osborne & Dr. Warren Edminster

Student Participants: Morgan Powell, Megan Smith, Quinn Litchfield, Luke Wyatt

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2:00 pm - 3:15 pm

Honors College: Session 9

Chairs: Dr. Jeff Osborne & Dr. Warren Edminster

Student Participants: Isaac Fulton, Evan Pals, Cyon Sailor

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3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Poetry by Heart

Chair: Dr. Carrie Jerrell

Student Participants: Larry Barnes, Aija Black, Sara Buchanan, Matthew Callahan, Spencer Feibelmann, Elizabeth Hock, Braxton Joyner, Isabella Kuhl, Chase Mason, Charles Mejia-Chairez, Maela Skinner, Trey Smith, Jake Smith, Rita Spalding, Wright Townsend

5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Honors College: Session 10

Chairs: Dr. Jeff Osborne & Dr. Warren Edminster

Student Participants: Abby Collins, Lauren Smith, Lauren Gilchrist, Dawson Troutman

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9:00 am - 10:15 am

Honors College: Session 11

Chairs: Dr. Jeff Osborne & Dr. Warren Edminster

Student Participants: Ellie McGowan, Seth Clark, Tacey Davis, Emily Spindler

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11:00 am - 12:15 pm

Honors College: Session 12

Chairs: Dr. Jeff Osborne & Dr. Warren Edminster

Student Participants: T’Khiyah Trice-Wilford, Britney Buckner, Taryn Romaine, Ben McCormick

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1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Political Science & Sociology Department Panel

Chairs: Dr. Brittany Wood & Dr. Diane Nititham

Student Participants: Cassi Layne, Jacob Lemon, Dillon Barrett, Yueyue Cui, Adalynn Taylor, Atsuya Nakanishi, Briona Young, Jackson Miller

Senior Nursing Posters

Chair: Dr. Neely Chandler

Global Languages Senior Recorded Presentations

Chair: Dr. Roxane Riegler

All exhibitions on view in the 6th and 7th floor galleries of the Price Doyle Fine Arts Building

BFA Student Exhibitions - Round 1

On view: April 12 - April 18

Opening Reception & Artist Talks: Friday, April 12, 5:00 - 7:00 pm

Work by Leo Fischer, Benson Greenwell, Abbi Moore, Jamie Myers, Maggie Quertermous, Harley Simmons, Lyle Smith, Jacob Zhao

BFA student exhibitions - Round 2

On view: April 26 - May 2

Opening Reception & Artist Talks: Friday, April 26, 5:00 - 7:00 pm

Work by Bethany Burbage, Christine Cox, Lindsey Duncan, Savannah Leach, CJ Nance, Hannah Robards

BA/BS Student Group Exhibition

On view: April 26 - May 2

Opening Reception & Artist Talks: Friday, April 26, 5:00 - 7:00 pm

Work by Cross Berry, Jayson Coley, C. Cooper, Quinn Derkacy, Teresa Hill, Grant Hoffman, Thomas Townsend, Cole Wyatt

AJ Boston

Scholarly Communication Librarian, Assistant Professor

ORCA Program Coordinator

University Libraries

270.809.2849

aboston@murraystate.edu

214 Waterfield Library

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