The Librariesā awardees for the 2024 Student Expo
May 1, 2024
51ĀŅĀ× Student Research and Creative Activityās annual expo was held this year on Thursday, April 11, 2024, at the Convocation Center. Students, staff and faculty gathered to witness student research, scholarship and creative works with highlights of some of the best undergraduate and graduate work that OHIO students are doing to further knowledge and benefit society.
Presented projects at the Expo are up for cash and other prizes, and the Libraries were excited to use the Vernon R. and Marion Alden Endowment fund to support nine of its annual awards. Three graduate students: Faustina Mensah, Collins Ketere and Ahmed Aly; two student employees: Maddie James and Allison Rollins; three undergraduate students: Grace Vance, Miranda Kress and Brandon Witmer; and the Librarianās choice: Martha Wise, were the recipients.
Students who receive the endowment awards are ones who have utilized the variety of resources that University Libraries has to offer for their research or creative projects. See below for images from the Expo as well as the awardees, participants and their impressive projects.
Martha Wise, Ph.D. student in education research, presents her project, ā7 Traits of 6 Highly Effective People with ADHD: How 6 Post-secondary Learners Beat the Odds & Overcame Common Challenges,ā to Janet Hulm, interim dean of University Libraries. Wise won the Librarianās Choice award given by the Libraries.
Faustina Mensah, a Ph.D. student in higher education, and Hulm look over Mensahās project, āReimagining Institutional Support: āBeing Journey Advocatesā for Foster Youth Alumni in Campus-Support Programs in Ohio.ā Mensah won the first-place graduate award.
Brandon Witmer, a sophomore studying English, speaks to Hulm in his project titled, āMeeting Patriarchal Expectations: A Character Study of Mae in āCat on a Hot Tin Roof,āā which won Witmer the third-place undergraduate award.
Miranda Kress, a senior studying hearing, speech, language sciences, reacts in surprise to receiving the second-place undergraduate award for her project, āUnderstanding and Characterizing Studentsā Experiences to the Field of Speech-Language Pathology within an Ecological Framework.ā
Pictured is Allison Rollinsā, a senior studying music, project at the Student Expo on Thursday, April 11, 2024. Rollinsā project titled, āTransitive Property: An Interdisciplinary Collaborative Performance,ā won the student employee second-place award. Students at the expo can showcase their creative works and research for all to see.
Ahmed Aly, Ph.D. student in communication studies, poses for a portrait with Hulm and with his second-place graduate award. His project, āIntimate Partner Violence Against Gay Men: A Study Exploring the Narratives of Male Victims and Communication Barriers in Egypt,ā won him $200. The Libraries presents a variety of awards to students who have utilized its resources during their research process.
Grace Vance, a sophomore studying marine, freshwater and environmental biology, explains her project, āUnder Pressure: Anatomical Clues Suggesting Physiological Adaptation to the Hydrostatic Pressures of Deep Diving in Phocid Seals,ā to Hulm. Vanceās research won the Librariesā first-place undergraduate award.
Collins Ketere, a graduate student in African Studies, and Hulm discuss Ketereās project, āAddressing Gender Inequality in Tertiary Education in Kenya: Strategies and Challenges.ā Ketere won the third-place graduate award presented by 51ĀŅĀ× Libraries.
On Thursday, April 11, 2024, students gathered to present their individual projects at the 2024 Student Expo in the Convocation Center. Pictured are individual āstations,ā with trifold boards and other audio or visual aids for students to highlight their work.
Madeline James, a senior studying history and visual communication, and Hulm smile brightly in the University Librariesā deanās office when James came to receive her first-place student employee award for the project, āāColor of the Sunriseā: The Rajneesh and the Me Decade.ā
Photos by Charlie Nick/51ĀŅĀ× Libraries