Indiana University East held its first virtual Student Research Day on April 10. The annual event features the work of on-campus and online undergraduate students and for the campus to celebrate their achievements.

With classes all-online Student Research Day presentations were held on Zoom throughout the day. The keynote address by Cassidy Clouse, B.S. ’19, and awards presentation was held on Facebook Live at https://www.facebook.com/events/263425911353052/. Clouse is currently at the IU McKinney School of Law and is the 2019 Kennedy Law Scholar.

Student presentations included independent scholarship from courses, independent studies, summer research programs, Honors Program projects and creative endeavors. The annual Student Showcase included works of art from students in the 2018 summer and fall semesters, 2019 spring semester, and Senior Capstone exhibits. Merit monetary awards are given annually through the sponsorship of Stagg Safety of Richmond, Robert Warfel, president.

Award winners received $100 for first place, $75 for second, $50 for third and runners-up $25. Funding provided for by the Office of Academic Affairs. Winners this year were:

Oral Presentation Award Winners

• First Place: Tanner Puterbaugh, Richmond, Indiana, “Classical Music After Dark”
• Second Place: Sarah Acton, New Castle, Indiana, “Nursing Students’ Self-awareness of Hispanic Patients”
• Third Place: Olivia Ryckman, Connersville, Indiana, “Judgement Day”
• Runners-up: Calen Crumpton, Connersville, Indiana, “Surface Ships: The Kriegsmarine’s Downfall,” and Heidi Klein, New Paris, Ohio, “Decoy Shoes: A Poetry Reading”

Poster Presentation Award Winners

• First Place: Claire Presson, Connersville, Indiana, “The Effects of Adolescence on Boys and Girls”
• Second Place: Audrey Meyer, Richmond, Indiana, “Disease in the South Bronx”
• Third Place: Donovan Chang, Seoul, South Korea, “Examining the Best Strategy to Make the Most of Your Money”
• Runner-up: Falen Pope, Indianapolis, Indiana, “Sustainability Reports Across Industries”

Honors Thesis Award Winners

• First Place: Cassidy Whitehead, Richmond, Indiana, “Cannabis Use and Digressions in Decision-Making: A Focus on Delay Discounting”
• Second Place (tie): Claire Eckstein, Metamora, Indiana, “Female Composers; The Music That Must Be Heard,” and Savannah Lynch, Somerville, Ohio, “Phototropism and Chloroplast Relocation in Arabidopsis Thaliana in the Presence of Latrunculin B”
• Third Place: Caysey Farmer, Hagerstown, Indiana, “Processes of Globalization in Spain”
• Honorable Mention: Claire Parks, Noblesville, Indiana, “Douglas T. Kenrick Literary Comparison”

The program for Student Research Day is available at https://iue.edu/researchday. The presentations are available at https://iue.libguides.com/SRD2020Posters2.