Jacqueline Skokna Participates in Belmont Undergraduate Research Symposium

2015 Dec 22

Jacqueline Skokna recently participated in Belmont University's Science Undergraduate Research Symposium (SURS), held on Dec. 3. The College of Science and Mathematics has hosted the event every fall semester since 2004 where 27 presenters participated. This year's event featured more than 55 student participants and included SURS keynote speaker Dr. Christopher Raridan, associate professor of mathematics at Clayton State University. Raridan presented on "What Undergraduate Research Means to Me."

This year's event saw 58 students who presented research posters in biology, biochemistry and molecular biology, neuroscience, environmental science, chemistry, physics and honors-psychology. Additionally, there were 24 individual and group oral presentations in psychology.

SURS was created to provide undergraduate students with an opportunity to conduct independent research and present to a community of peers. With the Wedgewood Academic Center's facilities, students are able to present research posters in the third and fourth floor atriums.