Four students from Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia, participated in the 2006 Arkansas Undergraduate Research Conference at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia on April 21 and 22.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe student presenters are sometimes nervous beforehand, but they are always very glad they did participate,\u201d said Dr. Elizabeth Davis, professor of English and chair of the Department of English and Foreign Languages. \u201cThe conference encourages students to extend and deepen their research as they prepare papers for a state-wide audience, allows them to practice their professional speaking skills in a supportive environment, and broadens their academic horizons as they hear the types of research that students at other Arkansas institutions are doing.”<\/p>\n
Janeth Derrickson, a senior Spanish education major from Magnolia, presented \u201cLonging for the Life in the Countryside in Three Poets from China, England, and Spain.\u201d Her faculty mentors were Dr. Yonghu Dai, Dr. Elba Birmingham-Pokorny, and Davis. Dai is an assistant professor of Spanish, and Pokorny is a professor of Spanish.<\/p>\n
Teresa Gaus Lafitte, a junior agriculture sciences major from Beaumont, Texas, presented \u201cProblems in the Delivery of the U.S. Food Stamp Program.\u201d Her faculty mentor was Dr. Pierre I. Boumtje, assistant professor of agriculture economics.<\/p>\n
Aicha Lompo, a senior French major from the Bronx, N.Y., presented \u201cWomen\u2019s Role in the Fight for Independence: A Reading of Sembene Ousmane\u2019s \u2018God\u2019s Bits of Woods.\u2019\u201d Her faculty mentor was Dr. Martine Boumtje, assistant professor of French.<\/p>\n
Lindsay Welsh, a senior English education major from Taylor, presented \u201cCritical Choices: Kate Chopin\u2019s The Awakening and Zora Neale Huston\u2019s \u2018Sweat.\u2019\u201d Her faculty mentor was Davis.<\/p>\n
The student presenters were accompanied to the conference by Dr. Leo Carson Davis, Dr. Elizabeth Davis, and Dr. Martine Boumtje.<\/p>\n
\u201cResearch opens an arena for critical educational growth, allowing students to search for answers in a standard, controlled, and reliable way,\u201d said Boumtje. \u201cThe undergraduate research conference allows students to carry out their process of discovery.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Arkansas Undergraduate Research Conference is an annual event offering students in all disciplines the opportunity to share their research with peers from across the state of Arkansas.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf students wish to progress beyond just a bachelor\u2019s degree, they need three things: good grades, good recommendations, and a record of presentations and publications,\u201d said Dr. Leo Carson Davis, professor of geology and geography. \u201cThe AURC gives students a good opportunity for a presentation and perhaps even a publication.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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\u201cThe student presenters are sometimes nervous beforehand, but they are always very glad they did participate,\u201d said Dr. Elizabeth Davis, professor of English and chair of the Department of English<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[207,312],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-160","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-college-of-liberal-performing-arts","7":"category-english-and-foreign-language","8":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}