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Last week 16 student research projects were highlighted at the Faculty of Health and Community Studies’ third annual Student Scholars’ Showcase Poster Presentation.Students from a wide range of programs showcased their work to the students, faculty and staff who attended the event in the Lincoln Park Room Jan. 27.

New this year — judging. Professors Sean Maw, PhD, Faculty of Science and Technology and John Winterdyk, PhD, Distinguished Faculty Scholarship Award Recipient 2009, along with Susan Isherwood, PhD, Research Services met with each of the participating students to determine the top three.

"I thought there were a lot of very interesting projects going on in Health Studies in all the departments," says Maw.

"Students showed their work in a very professional manner both in terms of their visual displays (the posters) and their oral presentations and I was pleased to be a part of it.

"Speaking only for myself, I cans say the overall winner's work was very well organized in terms of presentation; professional and complete, involving a literature review and empirical data gathering, with a very clear and articulate presentation of results. The poster was visually attractive and they did a very good job of explaining their work."

Isherwood says she was also honoured to have been a part of the judging panel for so many great presentations. So many in fact that it made it difficult to chose the winners.

"It was actually a very difficult task to judge which one was the best, as they were all of such a high standard," says Isherwood. "It was fantastic to see so many MRU students engaged in research and scholarship projects and showing so much enthusiasm."

Winners

1: $300 first prize — Carissa Hayward, Lisa Turner and Orla Richard (Department of Physical Education and Recreation Studies) Poster: An examination of community development organizations in Cuzco, Peru

2: $200 second prize — Maren Tryon (Department of Physical Education and Recreation Studies) Poster: Social media as an effective tool of communication: Would a recreation facility, such as Cardel Place, benefit from the use of social media as a communication tool?

3: $100 third prize — Marnie Shields, Bonnie Rose, Kristina Entwistle and Cynthia Venhuis (School of Nursing) Poster: Active seniors tax credit

Learn more about each poster presentation.

Judges — (l-r) Professors Sean Maw, PhD, Faculty of Science and Technology and John Winterdyk, PhD, Distinguished Faculty Scholarship Award Recipient 2009, along with Susan Isherwood, PhD, Research Services — listen to a presentation.	Elaine Danelesko, left, and Lynne Lafave are both members of the Faculty of Health & Community Studies Scholar’s Council which organized the Student Scholars’ Showcase.

Student Andrea Kowalski shows professors Joanne Baxter and Brenda Sauve, from the Department of Child & Youth Studies, a book which is part of the poster presentation The family of the pre-school child.	Students Marnie Shields, left, and Bonnie Rose with their poster — Active seniors tax credit — which won third place.

— Anika Van Wyk, Feb. 4, 2010