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WC students share their work at 10th Annual Student Research Forum
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Pictured discussing their research on factors affecting college admission rates titled “The Next Chapter,” are research team members, from the left, Madison Hopkins, Sydney Murtland, Cecilia Hunt and Logan Hubner.
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WILMINGTON The presence of dozens of students displaying their research via posters and other presentation media Saturday transformed the normally athletics-oriented Fred Raizk Arena in Hermann Court into a strictly academic setting at Wilmington College’s 10th Annual Student Research Forum.
The research projects spanned across academic disciplines as faculty, staff and students took time out from the weekend prior to the start of final exams to peruse the presentations and learn first-hand from student researchers.
While 2020 has had no shortage of disappointments, Ohio State University staff and students have been making the best of the situation with a variety of virtual contests to stay involved with their various niches of the livestock industry.
“As the powerhouse cow shows of the United States fell like dominoes, so did our opportunities for dairy judging contests. Without contests, some could assume that we would give in to the 2020 trauma. I am pleased to let you know that we did sustain dairy judging. As a small group and outside at farms, we made provisions to practice and learn,” said Bonnie Ayars, dairy program specialist in the Department of Animal Sciences at The Ohio State University. “Since July, some of us coaches kept discussing an online contest using classes at livetockjudging.com. Was it perfect and like real cows? Absolutely not, but we did come together to offer a secondary approach to students who have been waiting and planning for their opportunity. Instead