Scholarships Presented at Student Research Symposium

More than 170 students presented Monday at Missouri Valley College’s Fall 2024 Student Research Symposium, setting a record for participation. The symposium, now in its 8th year, featured academic, creative and professional student work.

The event culminated with the presentation of four $500 scholarships to the Excellence in Student Research Winners. They are:

Best Presentation: Sidni Hunter “Spatial Changes in the Community Composition and Diversity of Fishes in the Salt Fork Creek”

Best Creative Work: Lucinda Lombard for “echoes of Movement”

Best Poster: Brooklin Rose “The Impact Bacterial Vaginosis has on Women’s Health”

Best Graduate Research: Glenda Gallardo-Menendez for “Beyond Talk: Addressing Trauma with Integrative Techniques”

“The Symposium was incredible,” said President Joe Parisi. “Kudos to all of our students who worked so hard to prepare. And I can’t say enough about the staff and volunteers who made it happen.”

Ona Bartolome Areny received the People’s Choice Award for “To What Extent Does the Current Extreme-Right in Europe Have Direct Impact on the Liberal Democracies of Italy, Germany, and Spain?”

Honorable Mentions:

In Best Poster, Lucia Valdivia Escabia for “Leadership in Transition: New Models for a Changing Society” and Giavanna Parisi for Strangles in Horses: What We Need to Know”

In Best Presentation, Alexx-Torres Gonzalez for “Anti-Monogamy & Human Possibilities of Love” and Estafano Del Aguila Delgado for “Microhabitat Selection of Snakes in Marshall Junction Conservation Area, Saline County”

In Best Creative Work: Maria Greider for “Performance of Distinction in Debate: Poetry Interpretation” and Carla Medina for “Silent Frail:

In Best Graduate Research Work: Iris Cruz for “Cognitive Behavior Therapy with Generalized Anxiety Disorder” and Whitney Leadbetter for “Hidden Woulds: The Impact and Healing Pathways for Child Sexual Abuse Survivors”