Student Participation in Research Week
Undergraduate and graduate students are encouraged to participate in the poster research competitions. To enter, submit an electronic copy of your abstract by 9 a.m. March 6, 2009.
- Abstracts must be 250 words or fewer.
- Please state if you are an undergraduate or graduate student.
- Send an electronic version of your abstract and the abstract title as an attachment and the department/field of study and contact information in the body of an e-mail to happy.ridenour@nicholls.edu.
- Please include “Student Research Week Competition” in your e-mail subject line.
Download the Student Competition Instructions And Rubric (docx) for more details.
Research Week
Monday, March 23-27,2009
Cutting-edge research and fascinating discoveries are on the agenda for the 2009 Research Week. Bring your bag lunch and an appetite for learning as Nicholls faculty and students reveal the results of their latest research projects.
Download the Research Week Brochure 2009 (PDF).
College of Arts and Sciences
11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Monday, March 23
301 Gouaux Hall
- Dr. Scott Beslin, Ms. Kimberly Sevin, Mr. Daniel Ramsey
Some Results of Triangles and Determinates - Dr. Yusheng Dou
Computer Simulation of Photochemical Reactions - Dr. Robin White
Comparing the Gaeltacht and Francophone Louisiana - Dr. John Doucet
Some Lovebug Science - Dr. DesLey Plaisance, Dr. Scott Beslin
College Algebra, Technology and Math Anxiety - Dr. Quenton Fontenot
Upper Barataria Estuary Fisheries
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Ellender Memorial Library and University College
Noon – 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 24
Cafe – 2nd Floor Elkins Hall
- Ms. Susan Gilbert
Tutoring Best Practices (UC) - Dr. Melissa Goldsmith
Jim Morrison and Lawrence Lipton’s Venice West (Library)
College of Business Administration
Noon – 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 25
208 Powell Hall
- Dr. John Lajaunie, Dr. Shari Lawrence
Social Security: Impact of the WEP and the GPO - Dr. Bhavneet Walia
Differences in Student Evaluation - Dr. Chad Turner
Ling-Term Contract use in Baseball - Dr. Betty Kleen, Dr. Shari Lawrence
Nicholls State University: Emergency Communication Response - Dr. Shane Sanders
Rent Control and Market Welfare
College of Nursing and Allied Health Science
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8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Thursday, 26
Ayo Hall Auditorium
- Tanya Screiber, DNSc, APRN, BC
Identification and Validation of Premortem Surge - Amanda Eymard, MSN, RN, Brandi Crawford, MS, RN
Geriatrics Across the Curriculum - Denise Mitchell, MN, APRN, Shirleen Lewis-Trabeaux, PhD, RN, Tanya Schreiber, DNSc, SPRN, BC
Camp Bravehearts: A Service-Learning Experience - Michelle Dufrene, RN, MSN, Denise Pellegrin, RN, MSN, Amanda Eymard, MSN, RN, Kellie P. Graffagnino, MSN, RN
America’s Youth, on the Road to Unhealthy Lungs from Smoking - Rebecca Arnette, Dietetic Intern, Katie Finney, Dietetic Intern
Green Institutional Kitchens - Danielle Townsend, Dietetic Intern, Mutsumi Nakajima, Dietetic Intern
Competitive Foods in Schools - Mary Siracusa, Dietetic Intern, Gina Metrejean, Dietetic Intern
Vending Machine Sales in Hospitals - Kellie P. Graffafnino, MSN, RN, Michelle Dufrene, MSN, RN, Bridget Guidry, MSN, WHNP, RN
Enhancement of Emergency Resuscitation Response - Charlene B. Smith, PhDc, RN, MN
Breast Cancer Knowledge and Screening Practices - Colette Leistner, PhD, RD, DIET 404 Quantity Food Producetion Students
College Students’ Acceptance of Reduced Fat Oatmeal - Vashti Alexander, Sara Beale, Charlotte Everhardt, Becky Ory, Victoria Smothers, Community Nutrition Students and Simone Camel, MS, RD
Food Bank Promotion of Fruit and Vegetable Intake - Celeste Chauvin, Angelle Dugas, Deana Leonard, Ashley Plaisance, Dana Triche, Community Nutrition Students and Simone Camel, MS, RD
Healthy Food Budget Education in an Addiction Recovery Home - Matthew Whipple, Community Nutrition Student and Simone Camel, MS, RD
Attitudes Related to the Consumption of Locally Produced Foods - Amanda Eymard, MSN, RN, Brandi Crawford, MS, RN, Nicholls BSN Students
Take a Walk in My Shoes
College of Education
1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Thursday, 26
125 Polk Hall
- Dr. Carmen Broussard
Incremental Rehersal - Dr. Grant Gautreaux
Teacher Training - Dr. Lisa Lauer
Play Deprivation - Dr. Tim Mead
Thinking Positively in Athletics - Dr. Stephen Triche
Teaching Without Memory
Student Research Poster Displays
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9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Thursday, March 26
First Floor Lobby, Ellender Memorial Library
A poster display describing the research efforts of Nicholls students is open for viewing.
Student Display Judging
3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Thursday, March 26
First Floor Lobby, Ellender Memorial Library
Nicholls students explain their research projects during the judging of their research poster presentations.
Research Week Reception
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 Robert D. Thibault
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 Amanda S. Eymard
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6-8 p.m. Thursday, March 26
Captain’s Room, Donald Bollinger Student Union
The closing ceremony of Nicholls Research Week includes the presentation of awards to student and faculty researchers. Guest presenters are Dr. Robert D. Thibault, Counterintelligence Squad, FBI, and Amanda S. Eymard, Assistant Professor Nursing. Thibault will speak about Deemed Export Control, while Eymard will discuss her work with the program Take a Walk in My Shoes. A reception, sponsored by the Nicholls Student Programming Association and the Nicholls chapter of Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society of Nursing, follows.
John Folse Culinary Institute
9:00- 12:00 a.m. Friday, March 27
408 Gouaux Hall
Must make reservations due to limited seating: 449-7114
- Chef Don Kasten
The Guiding Behind Flambe Cooking - Chef George Kaslow
Segovia, Spain – Land of Cervantes - Chef Randy Cheramie
Principles of the Perfectly Roasted Chicken