Wayne State honors students will present their research to the public on Dec. 2 and Dec. 9.
The 30-minute presentations are the culmination of the course of study in the Honors Program and are certain to provide interesting facts on a variety of topics. Each presentation will include time for questions from the audience. All presentations are free and open to the public.
The WSC Honors Program is designed to nurture talent by providing opportunities to go further into an academic discipline, to broaden and deepen an education beyond the usual required work, and to nurture and reward genuine intellectual curiosity. Research opportunities help students develop the skills of independent thinking and scholarly inquiry and help position students for success in their future endeavors.
The following is a list of presentations, the instructors that worked with the students and the students' hometowns:
Friday, Dec. 2 – Brandenburg Education Building 218
Hannah Urban – 2-2:30 p.m. — “Teaching Transgender Voices: A Practical Guide for K-12 Music Teachers”. Instructor: Dr. Sarah Farr. Hometown: Bellevue.
Friday, Dec. 9 – Kanter Student Center: Niobrara East
Carter Ossian – 9-9:30 a.m. — “Chaotic Reasoning: Publishing and Promoting a Murder-Mystery Novel”. Instructor: Dr. Stephanie Marcellus. Hometown: David City.
Audrey Worthing – 10-10:30 a.m. — “The Importance of Public and Media Interactions to Veteran Assimilation”. Instructor: Dr. Randa Garden. Hometown: Ogallala.
Kassidy McClun – 11-11:30 a.m.— “Women’s Rights Today: Are We Still Headed Towards Equality?” Instructor: Dr. Lidice Aleman. Hometown: Veteran, Wyoming.
Eliana Varrucciu – 12-12:30 p.m. — “The Death Penalty: A Global Qualitative Perspective”. Instructor: Dr. Lisa Wanek. Hometown: Sardina, Italy
Faith Walton – 1-1:30 p.m. — “The Effects of Artificial Intelligence on Accounting Professions”. Instructor: Dr. Sharon Garvin. Hometown: O’Neill.
Saron Gebre – 2:-2:30 p.m. — “An Exploration of Machine Learning Development”. Instructor: Dr. Timothy Garvin. Hometown: Addis Ababa, Ethiopa
Kathryn Brezina – 3-3:30 p.m. — “Trauma Informed Teaching: The Link Between Self-Efficacy and Trauma-Informed Training”. Instructor: Dr. Johanna Barnes. Hometown: Bellwood.
Julieann Puls – 4-4:30 p.m. — “Male and Female Serial Killers in the 1900s”. Instructor: Dr. Lisa Wanek. Hometown: Elwood.
Friday, Dec. 9 – Kanter Student Center: Niobrara West
Jessie Brandl – 9:30-10 a.m. — “Caring Communication: A Healthcare Worker’s Perspective”. Instructor: Dr. Randa Garden. Hometown: Stanton.
Sydney Auman – 10:30-11 a.m. — “Application of Music Therapy Techniques in the Special Education Classroom”. Instructor: Dr. Sarah Farr. Hometown: Lincoln.
Regan Ott – 11:30 a.m.-12 p.m. — “Distress Levels of Division II Student-Athletes During the COVID-19 Pandemic”. Instructor: Dr. Tatiana Ballion. Hometown: Fort Worth, Texas
Chloe DuBois – 12:30-1 p.m. — “The Hero with a Hundred Tales: A Collection of Creative Nonfiction Stories Written by the Hero’s Daughter”. Instructor: Dr. Stephanie Marcellus. Hometown: Nebraska City.
Halle Hiemstra – 1:30-2 p.m. — “Gaining Grateful Grads: Cultivating Donors Through Emerging Marketing Strategies”. Instructor: Dr. Pat Lutt. Hometown: Wahoo.
Ashley Ternus – 2:30-3 p.m. — “Developing an Agricultural Weather Sensor on a Wireless Ad Hoc Network with Arduino IDE and Microcontrollers”. Instructor: Dr. Lori Nicholson. Hometown: Madison.
Brooke Rathbun – 3:30-4 p.m. — “How Media Portrayal Affects Perception of Human Trafficking”. Instructor: Ms. Rachel Kunz. Hometown: Omaha.
Cole Klein – 4:30-5 p.m. — “Serial Killers from a Psychoanalytic Perspective”. Instructor: Ms. Rachel Kunz. Hometown: Papillion.
For more about the Honors Program, please visit www.wsc.edu/honors.
