KEENE, N.H. – Four Mansfield University students presented
their work at the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC) Northeast
Regional Undergraduate Research, Scholarly and Creative Activity Conference on
Nov. 8 and 9 at Keene State College (N.H.).
The students, representing three departments (Art, Biology,
and Chemistry), presented their scholarly and creative activity with students
from six other COPLAC universities. The group was led by Dr. Gretchen Sechrist
of the Department of Psychology.
“This annual conference is a great opportunity for our
students to share their research/creativity activity with their peers from
other COPLAC schools and to learn about the work of students from other
universities and disciplines,” said Sechrist.
The students that presented at conference were:
- Elly
Franz (Senior, Department of Art) – Mindscape - Samantha
Rutledge (Junior, Department of Biology) – Master Illusionists or Careless
Mimics: Do the Brown-headed Cowbird’s (Molothrus ater) Parasitic Eggs Resemble
the Eggs of Host Species? - Kaitlin
Tewell (Senior, Department of Art) – The Alphabet of Weird and Wonderful
Artists & Alphabet Bodies - Kory
Wolfe (Senior, Department of Chemistry) – Investigating Tardigrade
Metabolic and Morphological Reactions to Osmotic Stresses
The 2020 conference will be held at Eastern Connecticut State University on Nov. 6 and 7.
Anyone interested in learning more about the conference or additional research opportunities offered by the COPLAC consortium, should contact Dr. Sechrist at gsechris@manfield.edu.