Students present work at 9th annual Honors Day

The event will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Friday, April 16, in the Frame-Westerberg Commons. Light refreshments will be available, and the public is invited. A schedule of student talks will be available at the information desk.

“This event provides an opportunity for Pitt-Bradford students from a variety of disciplines to demonstrate their scholarship in relationship to their research accomplishments,” said Dr. Warren Fass, associate professor of psychology at Pitt-Bradford. “Since conducting research is an important part of our students’ undergraduate experiences, Pitt-Bradford wants to acknowledge and showcase our students’ research accomplishments by providing them the opportunity to share their work with the campus and Bradford communities.”

Human relations majors giving oral presentations are: Brian Palm of Oil City, “Social Leisure and Life Satisfaction”; and, from Titusville, Sarah Bronson, “Stress in the Workplace,” and Barbera Macormac, “Influence of the Family on Friendship Development and Quality in Middle Childhood”;

LeAnn Kramer of Perkasie, “Rituals in Softball”; Shandra Wilson of Lewis Run, “Pysanky: A Ukranian Tradition Finds a Place in Modern America”; Quintoria Smith of Philadelphia, “The Many Faces of Hair”; and James Turner of Tiona, “Treatment in Conflict.”

Cassandra Jaillet, a sociology major from Grove City, will give a talk on “Homosexuality in the Workplace.”

Students making oral presentations of anthropology projects are Terri Hushon, a liberal studies major from Bradford, “Pueblo Pots: From Past to Present”; Kaitlin Zapel, a human relations major from Bradford, “Otavalan Obrajes: Early Sweatshops, Colonial Style”; Amanda Kessler, a human relations major from Millerton, “Navajo Jewelry: From Santa Fe to QVC”; Matthew Tingley, a business management major from Bradford, “The Disappearance of Iroquois False Faces”;

Curtis Buchanan, a hospitality management major from Bradford, “Totems: New Look at an Old Item”; Betty Barro, a history/political science major from Bronx, N.Y., “Gold Work in Senegal”; and Jacob D. Canann, a history/political science major from Eldred, “The Changing Function of Navajo Textiles.”

 Poster presentations will be displayed by: Tracy Perkins, a chemistry major from Bear Lake, “Green Oxidative Process with Selected Birnessite Minerals: A Totally Green Process”; Amber Ostrowski, a biology major from Warren, “Pilot Exploration of Molluscan Heart Physiology”;

Biology majors Donald Abanquah of Philadelphia and Carly Ambuske of Bradford, will present together “Effects of Changing Salinity and pH on the Clam Heart”;

Chelsea Marcho, a biology major from Clifford, Bill Smock, a biology and psychology major from Bradford, and Matthew Glover, a biology major from New Brighton, will present “Neurotransmitter Control of Heart Physiology in Mercenaria mercenaria”;

Nicholas Eckhardt, a mathematics education 7-12 major from Springdale, “A Simulation Model of a Gas Station “; Paul Wallace, a mathematics education 7-12 major from Portville, N.Y., and Josh Parslow, applied mathematics and mathematics education 7-12 major from Westfield, will present together “A Simulation Model for Inventory Control”;

Christopher Bishop, an applied mathematics and mathematics education 7-12 major from Philadelphia, and Brandi Bartlett, applied mathematics major from St. Marys, will present together “A Simulation Model of a Harbor System”;

Kathy Donovan, a business management major from Smethport, and Tammy Gardner, a human relations major from Bradford, will present “E Group Layout Stages of the Sun in Mesoamerican Architecture”;Gardner will also display a project on “Pakal’s Tomb”;

Morgan Washington, a human relations major from Abington, “The Importance of Water in Africa”; Trish Klock of Pitt-Titusville will present “Henry Lewis Morgan and the Beavers,” and “Death and Rebirth of the Seneca”; and Katherine Gerber, a human relations major from Ridgway, will present “Olmec Civilization.”

For disability-related needs, contact the Office of Disability Resources and Services at 814-362-7609 or arj4@pitt.edu.

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