Graduate Research Conference
News & Awards
Graduate Research Conference
A Noteworthy Success
The 8th annual Graduate Research Conference (GRC), held in the beautiful Huddleston Ballroom and professional conference rooms in Holloway Commons from April 25-26, 2011, was certainly an event to be remembered. Beyond the fact that there was a ten-percent increase in participation, the 130 presenters were remarkable in all accounts from their research topics to their well thought-out presentations.
The Conference kicked off on Monday, April 25th at 5pm with a faculty reception and poster session featuring Dr. Ellen Cohn, last year’s recipient of the Faculty Mentor Award, as key note speaker. As participants, faculty and students mingled around enjoying great food, wine and company, they were able to observe the 80 posters highlighting just how much effort each graduate student put into their research. Included in the session was an award ceremony recognizing some of the outstanding graduate students and faculty we have here at the University of New Hampshire.
Awards
Graduate Faculty Mentor Award
Professor J. William Harris, History
Graduate Student Teaching (4 awards 2 PhD, 2 Master’s)
Cara Fiore, Microbiology, PhD.
Rajtilak Majumdar, Plant Biology, PhD.
Joyce Massicotte, Resource Administration and Management, M.S.
Jessica Nash, Nutritional Sciences, M.S.
Honorable Mention
Jeremy Brazas, Mathematics, PhD.
Kristin Jeschke, History, PhD.
Graduate Student Research/ Scholarship/ Creativity (2 awards 1 PhD, 1 Master’s)
Gregory Stringer, History, M.A.
Mary Fuhrer, History, PhD.
By Tuesday the GRC was in full swing with 50 oral presentations in the various Holloway Commons conference rooms (Piscataqua, Cocheco & Squamscott). The morning began early with registration and breakfast at 8am and jumped right into the first round of presentations at 9am to lunch time at noon. Participants, spectators, judges and everyone else in attendance were able to socialize while enjoying a delicious lunch of pizza and salad. The afternoon session of presentations began at 1pm and continued to 3pm. It was quite apparent that the exceptional work produced by each presenter was of the highest quality.
From every standpoint the 2011 Graduate Research Conference was a great success. With more presenters than in previous years and an exceptional panel of faculty judges, the 2011 GRC was by all accounts the most successful and professional conference yet. Our future goal is to continue to increase the amount of audience members who support the presenters. We would like to thank all those that helped out by judging, moderating, presenting either a poster or an oral presentation and those that came to watch and support the graduate students on a job well done. We look forward to an even bigger and better Graduate Research Conference next year 2012.
-- Amanda Royce
You can learn more about the Graduate Research Conference at the UNH Graduate School website.
