2012 Slippery Rock University Symposium for Student Research ...

Acknowledgements
We are very grateful to the following individuals and groups who helped with
the 2012 Symposium. Henry Magusiak of Information and Administrative
Technology and Services revised the web form created in 2009 for Symposium
abstract submissions. Mrs. Robin Campbell of the CHES Dean‟s Office, Mary
Ann King, and Terri Wajda are the Symposium‟s institutional memory, providing
critical, just-in-time intelligence. The library secretary Linda Newton assisted
with scheduling the many Symposium planning meetings throughout the year.
Dean Lindey, Sharon Isacco, and the Printing Services and Public Relations staff
were instrumental in helping us create the Journal of Scholarly Endeavor and the
Program. Deb Schell helped us plan the event in the University Union. Cate
Rudowsky maintains the Center for Student Research web page. We are
especially thankful for the contributions of the many faculty in each of the
Colleges who reviewed the abstracts submitted this year.
The 2012 Symposium would not have been possible without the commitment of
the Research Symposium Committee, which meets throughout the academic
year to plan the event. The 2012 College representatives to the Committee are
Terri Wajda (Business, Information and Social Sciences); Jodi Katsafanas,
Christine Walsh, and Ethan Hull (Education); Andrew Colvin and Barbara
Westman (Humanities, Fine and Performing Arts); and, Athula Herat and Kim
Smith (Health, Environment and Science). Committee members who
contributed this year are Linda Newton, Cynthia Dillon, Albena Iossifova, Jessica
Marshall, and Peter (Nick) Katsafanas (student member), April Longwell, Lynn
Hoffmann, Mary Ann King, Nancy Cruikshank, Pam Frigot, and Cate Rudowsky.
The Deans of the Colleges, Provost William Williams, and President Robert
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