Southeastern science student earns honor
Press Release Date: 03-01-2010
Left to right are Clayton Porter, Christopher Cheek, Joseph McAllister, Dr. Tim Patton, Christina Newman, and Joseph Dyer.
DURANT, Okla. – Five Fish and Wildlife students from Southeastern Oklahoma State University attended the joint meeting of the Arkansas and Oklahoma Chapters of the American Fisheries Society recently in Fort Smith, Arkansas.
All five students gave presentations (co-authored by Dr. Tim Patton, professor in the Department of Biological Sciences), including three oral presentations and two poster presentations.
Joseph McAllister won the best student paper award and one of two $1,000 scholarships awarded by the Oklahoma Chapter of AFS. Notable was that McAllister won the best paper award and the scholarship in competition primarily with graduate students. He is a senior and a graduate of Choctaw High School.
Other students participating were Christopher Cheek, Christina Newman, Joseph Dyer, and Clayton Porter.
"This meeting is a great opportunity for our students to get involved in their chosen professions, present their research, network with professional biologists, and see numerous Southeastern graduates who are currently working as professional biologists," Patton said.
Also, last fall, four Southeastern students presented papers at the Oklahoma Academy of Science meeting. McAllister won the best undergraduate student paper award in the Fish and Wildlife Section for his paper, co-authored by Patton: "Golden Algae (Prymnesium parvum) may lead to direct or indirect mortality of aquatic turtles."