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Capital honors its own scholars and leaders, celebrates undergraduate research
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Wednesday, April 18, 2007–Capital University is dedicating the day to recognizing its students, faculty and staff for their collective contributions to the university and the academic community through its annual Honors Convocation and Symposium on Undergraduate Scholarship.
The daylong celebration will begin with the annual Honors Convocation, a ceremony recognizing select students for their scholarship and leadership. Various awards also will be given to faculty and staff members for their contributions to the campus community, including 25-year employee recognitions, new emeriti, the Stellhorn Award for service to Capital University, the Cotterman Award for student advising, and the Praestantia Award for excellence in teaching.
In the afternoon, more than 200 Capital University undergraduate students will present their research findings to their peers and faculty mentors at the 11th annual Symposium on Undergraduate Scholarship.
The scholarship symposium will kick off at 1 p.m. with a keynote address from Jack A. Rall, Ph.D., a professor in the department of physiology and cell biology at The Ohio State University. Rall, who will speak on “Drugs in Sports: Physiological, Ethical, Legal and Political Issues,” has published 50 articles and book chapters on various aspects of skeletal muscle function using physiological, biochemical and molecular biology approaches. His research currently is funded by a National Institutes of Health grant that is in its 24th year.
The Undergraduate Scholarship Symposium is an annual celebration of the intellectual achievements of Capital students that provides them with a formal setting to discuss their research through oral and poster presentations. Each year, several students go on to present their research at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research.
Scholarly presentations will run from 2-4:30 p.m. in Battelle Hall and the Learning Center, and poster presentations will start at 4:30 p.m. in The Capital Center’s Performance Arena.
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