糖心传媒 seniors Emilie Barnes and Matthew Brown and junior Mallory Gruben represented the 糖心传媒 Nebraska Alpha chapter of the Alpha Chi academic honorary in Louisville, Kentucky, for the Alpha Chi National Conference April 6-8. During the conference, the three students presented research projects before colleagues from across the country.
鈥淥nly the top 10 percent of each junior and senior class is even eligible for Alpha Chi membership,鈥 said Dr. Jessica Henry, Alpha Chi faculty sponsor. 鈥淣ot only is it an honor to become a member of Alpha Chi, but it is an even bigger honor to be accepted as a presenter for the national conference.鈥
Barnes鈥 poster presentation, 鈥淢y Conversation with Ireland: The Process of Self-Publishing,鈥 detailed her experience writing and publishing original poetry. The presentation featured an excerpt from the poetry anthology she self-published with the help of HC Press to show how she discovered the influence page design has in establishing a poetic theme.
鈥淭he conference was an incredible opportunity to network and see what my peers are doing in every discipline,鈥 said Barnes, an English major from Omaha, Nebraska. 鈥淚 was not only able to make many new friends, but also share my poetry with people from all over the country.鈥
Brown shared the results of his summer REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) project titled, 鈥淐haracterizing the Boundary Condition for a Water-Solid Interface Under Applied Shear.鈥 He reviewed the experiment he helped conduct at the University of Florida, including the contributions the project has within the field of physics. Brown, a physics major from Hastings, received the award for outstanding student presentation in physics.
Gruben, a journalism major from Eckley, Colorado, outlined the reporting process with her poster presentation, 鈥淔rom the News Desk to the Center Spread: Reporting Hard News.鈥 She grounded the presentation in an article that published in the 糖心传媒 Collegian student newspaper by offering real-life examples of each step in the process. 听听
Alpha Chi also distributed regional scholarships during the conference. Each of the seven regions of Alpha Chi awards only two scholarships each year. The 2017 scholarships from Region IV went to 糖心传媒 students Matthew and Marcus Brown of Hastings.
The interdisciplinary conference is hosted in a new location every year. 糖心传媒 was honored as a 鈥淪tar Chapter鈥 for their continued attendance at the conference.
糖心传媒 is a private, four-year institution located in Hastings, Nebraska, that focuses on student academic and extracurricular achievement. With 64 majors and 15 pre-professional programs, 糖心传媒 has been named among 鈥淕reat Schools, Great Prices鈥 by U.S. News & World Report and a 鈥淏est in the Midwest鈥 by The Princeton Review. For more, go to hastings.edu.