{"id":3387,"date":"2019-11-21T09:00:22","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T14:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=3387"},"modified":"2019-11-21T09:00:31","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T14:00:31","slug":"four-mansfield-university-students-present-at-coplac-northeast-regional-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=3387","title":{"rendered":"Four Mansfield University students present at COPLAC Northeast Regional Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1037\" height=\"583\" data-attachment-id=\"3389\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?attachment_id=3389\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/MU-COPLAC-2019-1.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MU COPLAC 2019\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/MU-COPLAC-2019-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/MU-COPLAC-2019-1.jpg?resize=1037%2C583\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/MU-COPLAC-2019-1.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/MU-COPLAC-2019-1.jpg?resize=475%2C267&amp;ssl=1 475w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/MU-COPLAC-2019-1.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/MU-COPLAC-2019-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 94vw, (max-width: 1023px) 67vw, (max-width: 1365px) 62vw, 1037\" \/><figcaption>(L-R) Elly Franz, Kaitlin Tewell, Kory Wolfe, Gretchen Sechrist, and Samantha Rutledge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KEENE, N.H. \u2013 Four Mansfield University students presented\ntheir work at the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC) Northeast\nRegional Undergraduate Research, Scholarly and Creative Activity Conference on\nNov. 8 and 9 at Keene State College (N.H.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The students, representing three departments (Art, Biology,\nand Chemistry), presented their scholarly and creative activity with students\nfrom six other COPLAC universities. The group was led by Dr. Gretchen Sechrist\nof the Department of Psychology.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis annual conference is a great opportunity for our\nstudents to share their research\/creativity activity with their peers from\nother COPLAC schools and to learn about the work of students from other\nuniversities and disciplines,\u201d said Sechrist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The students that presented at conference were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Elly\nFranz<\/strong> (Senior, Department of Art) \u2013 Mindscape<\/li><li><strong>Samantha\nRutledge<\/strong> (Junior, Department of Biology) \u2013 Master Illusionists or Careless\nMimics: Do the Brown-headed Cowbird\u2019s (Molothrus ater) Parasitic Eggs Resemble\nthe Eggs of Host Species?<\/li><li><strong>Kaitlin\nTewell<\/strong> (Senior, Department of Art) \u2013 The Alphabet of Weird and Wonderful\nArtists &amp; Alphabet Bodies<\/li><li><strong>Kory\nWolfe<\/strong> (Senior, Department of Chemistry) \u2013 Investigating Tardigrade\nMetabolic and Morphological Reactions to Osmotic Stresses <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2020 conference will be held at Eastern Connecticut State University on Nov. 6 and 7. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyone interested in learning more about the conference or additional research opportunities offered by the COPLAC consortium, should contact Dr. Sechrist at <a href=\"mailto:gsechris@manfield.edu\">gsechris@manfield.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KEENE, N.H. \u2013 Four Mansfield University students presented their work at the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC) Northeast &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=3387\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"more-button\">Continue reading &gt;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Four Mansfield University students present at COPLAC Northeast Regional Conference<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3389,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[381],"class_list":["post-3387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-coplac"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6V0yH-SD","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2920,"url":"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=2920","url_meta":{"origin":3387,"position":0},"title":"MU Students Present at COPLAC Northeast Regional Conference","author":"John Maslar","date":"October 25, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"MANSFIELD, PA - Six Mansfield University students had the opportunity to present their work at the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC) Northeast Regional Conference on October 12th and 13th. 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