Southeastern students participate in Oklahoma Research Day
by SOUTHEASTERN PUBLIC INFORMATION
December 8, 2008
DURANT, Okla. -- Southeastern Oklahoma State University was well-represented by a number of students and faculty sponsors at the Oklahoma Research Day 2008. The event was held Nov. 14 in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.
Oklahoma Research Day is a consortium event coordinated by Oklahoma's Regional Universities. The first Research Day in Oklahoma was held in 1999 and included 233 poster presentations by students and faculty from Oklahoma colleges and universities. This year, approximately 650 posters were presented and attendance at the event was in excess of 1,000.
Southeastern students participating were Liz Aguilar, Craig Andrus, Rebecca Biggs, Amanda Brock, Joshua Brown, Bethany Bryant, Randi Burkhalter, Jamie Carrack, Trent Castleberry, Lance Coffman, Larissa Copeland, Matthew Cox, Dale Daniel, Alison Davis, Justin Dodds, Jana Donahoe, David Fannin, Tye Freeze, Aaron Hamilton, Tucker Harrison, Emily Heath and Sarah Heil.
Also, Aaron Hightower, Jennifer Kemp, Katy Landry, Ricardo Lemus, Karen Maple, Joseph McAllister, Cassie McKeever, Charlotte Morrow, Krystal Myers, David Odem, Michael Pilkington, Tera Puckett, Rebecca Rowland, Joseph Sampson, Micah Sampson, Buster Scoggins, Jimmy Stephens, Romelle Terry, Jana White, Amy Wood, Jared Wood and Ron Workman.
Faculty sponsors from Southeastern were Dr. Mo Chehbouni, Dr. Teresa Golden, Dr. Nancy Paiva, Dr. Tim Patton, Dr. Stanley Rice, Dr. Lucretia Scoufos, Dr. Tim Smith, and Dr. Ming-Shan Su.
Serving on the 18-member Council on Research for Regional Universities from Southeastern are Dr. Larry Minks, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Dr. Charles Weiner, Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs. Also participating in the project from Southeastern was Dr. Bryon Clark.
This event is more than merely a celebration of their research, creative and scholarly activities. It is also an opportunity for students and faculty from multiple institutions to interact with counterparts in their respective disciplines. Oklahoma Research Day is widely regarded as the premier academic research event in the state.