Honors College Awards Best Tower Day Posters and Presentations

April 22, 2015

The following Columbus State students and faculty mentors were recognized at Tower Day 2015, the university’s annual showcase for undergraduate research and creative endeavors, as having the best posters and presentations:

BEST POSTERS:

Presenters: Andrea Bell, Kelsey Spencer, Emily Thompson, Kaitlyn Given, Anthony Spezzano and Melvin MacGregor
Mentor: Dr. LaTonya Santo, School of Nursing
Title: “Best Practice to Support Breastfeeding Post Discharge”

Presenter: Hinali Patel
Mentors: Dr. Brian Schwartz and Mrs. Elizabeth Klar, Department of Biology
Title: “Effects of Fumonisin B1 Mycotoxin on Neural Tube Development in Zebrafish ”

Presenter: Angelin Shajan
Mentor: Dr. Monica Frazier, Department of Biology
Title: “The Effects of Curcumin on the Expression of p53 and Bcl-2 Proteins in the Human Breast Carcinoma Cell Line MDA-MB 468”

Presenters: Jacob Greene, Kory Collins and Jonathan Burns
Mentor: Dr. Renat Khatmullin, Department of Chemistry
Title: “Photo-activity of Bis-azocrown Ethers and Azatrianglenium Salts”

Presenter: Catrina Dygert
Mentor: Dr. Michael Newbrey, Department of Biology
Title: “Impact of Barriers on Spatial Distribution of Fishes and the Ratio of E. Mosquitofish to Predators in Lindsey Creek, Columbus, GA”

 

BEST PRESENTATIONS:

Presenters: Tyler Davidson, Kaity Howard and Christina Shively
Mentor: Dr. Mariko Izumi, Department of Communication
Title: “The Forgotten Homeless”

Presenter: Kevin Fabery
Mentor: Dr. Carmen Skaggs, Department of English
Title: “Berlin: The City that Remembers”

Presenter: Jason Summerville
Mentor: Dr. Carmen Skaggs, Department of English
Title: “U Center Countermonument – The Holocaust”

Presenter: Jeremy Andrews
Mentor: Joseph Miller, Department of English
Title: “Escape These Southern Bones”

Presenter: Kameron Griffin
Mentor: Dr. Mariko Izumi, Department of Communication
Title: “Digital Storytelling”

For more information about CSU’s Tower Day, visit http://research.columbusstate.edu/undergrad/towerday/.

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