Rachael Cochran's "Green Marketing and Consumer Behavior" poster received the Sustainability Award along with first place in the Applied Research category.
LEHMAN, Pa. — Penn State Wilkes-Barre this year held its Celebration of Scholarship undergraduate research fair in a virtual format. The celebration is an opportunity for Wilkes-Barre faculty and students to showcase their current research, scholarship and artistic endeavors.
Students and faculty in all disciplines, including English, history, engineering, biology, information technology, business, surveying, communication and more, are invited to share their research with the campus community and the public through the annual Celebration of Scholarship.
Due to the pandemic, the event was conducted virtually, with each presenter creating a poster and a short video presentation. The presentations were judged by a committee with an online awards ceremony held to announce the winners. All posters and video presentations can be viewed online.
“While the realities of COVID keep us online again this year, we are still celebrating the scholastic achievement of our students and sending a warm thanks to all of the faculty who have encouraged their students to participate,” said Jennie Knies, Nesbitt Library head librarian and co-chair of the Celebration of Scholarship Planning Committee.
This year’s winners were:
Sustainability Award
- Rachael Cochran, "Green Marketing and Consumer Behavior"
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award
- Mya Jeffries, “Mental Illness and Adolescence”
Applied Research
First Place
- Rachael Cochran, “Green Marketing and Consumer Behavior”
- Isabella Montone, “Waste to Energy”
Runner-Up
- Abigail Bartuska, “Methods and Goals of Environmental Organizations”
Original Research
First Place
- Alexandria DeWolfe, “Evaluating the OFT as an Extension of Darwin’s Theories: A Study of Foraging Trends in PA Wintering Birds”
Runners-Up
- Riley Schinkovec, “Beaks and Birds vs. Striped Sunflower or Wild Bird Seed”
- Ismar Franqui Segarra, “Influence of Social Media on Self-Esteem”
- Ethan Sanner, “Preferential Feeding of Southeastern Pennsylvania Winter Birds”
- Sidney Buckman, “How Wild Birds are Influenced by Physical Traits”
- Carmen Lombardo, “Beak Size and Optimal Foraging Theory”
University Libraries’ Undergraduate Research Award for Excellence in Information Literacy
Gold (first place)
- Alexandria DeWolfe, “Evaluating the OFT as an Extension of Darwin’s Theories: A Study of Foraging Trends in PA Wintering Birds”
Silver (second place)
- Abigail Bartuska, "Methods and Goals of Environmental Organizations”
- Ismar Franqui Segarra, “Influence of Social Media on Self-Esteem"
- Zachary Humenick, “‘Dieselgate' – The Volkswagen Emissions Scandal”
Bronze (third place)
- Sidney Buckman, “How Wild Birds are Influenced by Physical Traits”
- Jared Haldeman, Catherine Hicklin, Sam Matous, "Cryptocurrency and Sustainability"
