Students and faculty members from Northwestern Oklahoma State University recently submitted abstracts for Ranger Research Day.
With 32 projects from 61 participants, 22 poster projects, six artwork displays with accompanying posters and four conference-style papers, the 11th Annual Ranger Research Day event reached its highest record of entries.
Student poster entries were critiqued and eligible for awards. Winners with hometown, classification, research project name and sponsor include:
First place in the psychology category went to Janet A. Faakye, senior psychology major from Alva, for the project “Background Music during Studies: Does it Impact Concentration, Comprehension, and Retention?” Faakye’s sponsor was Stephanie Widick, instructor of psychology.
Biology first place went to senior biology majors from Accra, Ghana, West Africa, Fiifi Neizer-Ashun and Christian Agbola for the project “Chemical Communication in Earthworms.” Dr. Aaron Place, professor of biology, was their sponsor.
Second place for biology was the group of Abbie Tillman, senior biology major from Elk City; Willow Gahr, senior biology major from Carmen; and Riley Trousdale, senior biology major from Alva, for their project titled “Hot or Cold?” Place was their sponsor.
Third place for biology was Wisdom Baidoo Addae, senior biology major from Accra, Ghana, West Africa, for the project “Effects of Different Colors on Blood Pressure and Heart Rate.” Addae’s sponsor was Dr. Steven Thompson, professor of biology.
In the category for chemistry, first place went to the group of Dalton Pannell, senior biology major from Longdale; Brady Fields, senior chemistry major from Seiling; and Yeboah Gyening, chemistry senior from Accra, Ghana, West Africa, for their project titled “Introductory Bioorganic Study of Firefly Luciferase—An Enzyme to Drive Bioluminescence.” Dr. Cornelia Mihai, professor of chemistry, was their sponsor.
Second place for chemistry was Austin Anderson, senior chemistry major from Beaver, with the project titled “Study of Iodine Gas Scrubber Efficiency and Iodine Distribution in Northwestern Oklahoma Brine Waters.” Anderson’s sponsor was Dr. Jason Wickham, associate professor of chemistry.
First place for the nursing category went to senior nursing majors from Alva Riley Bryant and Brooke Ortiz for their project titled “Central Line Infection.” Dr. Leslie Collins, assistant professor of nursing and assistant chair to the Division of Nursing, was their sponsor.
Second place for nursing went to senior nursing majors Nissi Jordan from Grand Prairie, Texas; Jonathan Allotey and Cydni Phelps, both from Alva, for their project titled “Message Therapy for Pain in Older Adults.” Collins was their sponsor.
Third place for nursing went to the group of Shanndi Boor, senior nursing major from Medicine Lodge, Kansas; post-graduates from Alva, Rebecca Ellis and Danielle Williams, for their project titled “Battle of the Biotics.” Collins was their sponsor.
Students taking Northwestern’s Visual Arts classes also submitted works of art to be judged. Kyle Larson, assistant professor of art, was their sponsor. Winners with hometown, classification, and art project name include:
First place in Art (Natural History Drawing) went to Rachel Davis, mass communication major from Kingston, for her work titled “American Crow.”
Second place in Art went to Breanna McClure, sophomore biology major from Dacoma, for her work titled “Swanson’s Hawk, Herring Gull.”
Third place in Art went to Clayton Hill, junior psychology major from Alva, for his work titled “Raccoon & Skunk Skulls, Bald Eagle.”
Student conference paper entries also were critiqued and eligible for awards. Winners with hometown, classification, research project name and sponsor include:
First place went to Chandler Steckbeck, senior English major from Enid, for her work titled “The Apparitional Presence: From Shakespeare’s Richard III to Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.” Dr. Jennifer Page, assistant professor of English, was her sponsor.
Second place went to Ashley Wilson, graduate student from Alva, for her work titled “McTeague Doesn’t Go to College: McTeague and the Historical Perspective of the Dental Profession in the United States.” Dr. Shawn Holliday, associate dean of graduate studies and professor of English, was her sponsor.
Third place went to Sydnie Lowe, senior biology major from Neosho, Missiouri, for her work titled “The Role of Women in the Home.” Dr. Kathryn Lane, chair of the English, Foreign Language, and Humanities Department and associate professor of English, was her sponsor.
All participants received a certificate of participation, and researchers were encouraged to enter their research projects in the upcoming Oklahoma Research Day that takes place during March 2017 at the Central National Bank Center in Enid.
For more information on Northwestern’s Ranger Research Day, visit www.nwosu.edu/ranger-research-day or contact Holliday at (580) 327-8589 or spholliday@nwosu.edu.