Six Honors College Students Tapped to Present Research at 2008 Western Regional Honors Council Conference
PULLMAN, Wash. – Speaking on topics ranging from caterpillars to perspectives on study abroad, six students in the Washington State University Honors College will travel April 10-12 to Arizona to present at the 35th annual conference of the Western Regional Honors Council (WRHC).
A professional organization of faculty, administrators, and students dedicated to the promotion and advancement of undergraduate honors education, WRHC’s members are from about 125 member universities in Washington, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming.
“We are very pleased that some of our finest student scholars will be representing WSU at the national conference,” says Libby Walker, WSU Honors College interim dean. “The subjects of their presentations are fascinating and will indicate to our peer institutions the outstanding quality of our students and their research.”
Student presenters and their topics are:
Brian Carlton and Andrew Whitaker, “Engineers and Globalization: Bridging the Gap.” Both engineering majors, Carlton is a senior from Seattle and Whitaker is a senior from Ellensburg.
Lauren Carter, “Coral, Culture, and Conversation in Zanzibar: Perspectives from a Semester Abroad.” She is a senior majoring in environmental science, from Ferndale.
Felicia Lew, “Determining the Minimum Cold Treatment Period Needed to Acquire Morphine Tolerance in Sprague-Dawley Rats.” Lew is a senior majoring in pre-vet neuroscience, from Bothell. Her topic is also her project for her senior honors thesis at WSU.
Ryan Lieuallen, “Reaching the Peak in Apiculture.” He is a junior majoring in management operations, from South Prairie.
Vanessa Serratore, “Thermoregulation in Molting and Feeding Danaus plexippus Caterpillars.” Serratore is a senior majoring in zoology, from Seattle.
Note: The WSU Honors College is scheduled to be the host of the 2009 annual WRHC conference. Walker says the event will be March 4-7 in Spokane.
CONTACT: Beverly Makhani, WSU OUE Communications Director, 509-335-6679, makhani@wsu.edu