3:00-3:50 PM Session 23: What’s My Next Move? Research Opportunities for MVC Students (Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning, Murrell Library) 1. Dr. Andy Linsenbardt & Waylon Hiler, “MVC Research Opportunities in the Sciences: Today and Tomorrow” 2. Dr. Claire Schmidt, “Two Renewable Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research Internships on the MVC Campus for 2026-2028” 3. Dr. Chris Libby, “Finding and Applying for High- Impact Undergraduate Research Internships” Session 24: Teaching and Learning (Multipurpose Room) 1. Daniel Younger-Loesing, “Education at Missouri Valley: The Importance of the Education Program”
4. Iusif Alizada, “Artificial Intelligence: Learning Without Understanding” (session chair) Judges: Kristen Revis, Okey Peter Onyia, Jim McMeachin Session 25: Reading Between the Lines: Approaches to Literature and Literacy (Ferguson Formal Lounge) 1. Tru Naumovitz, “Alienation in Literature: A Dive in to Murakami’s Kafka on the Shore from a Disabled Lens” 2. Darius Green, “Masculinity in Society” 3. Sage Beltran, Elena Sanchez Campos, Aniah Castruita, Alexis Eddy, Lukas Garza, Kaya Gorrow, Dezmond Jones, & Abagail Walters, “Reading Through the Shift” 4. Noel Nunn-Faron, “Between Dream and Reality: The Incommunicable Nature of Love in García Márquez” (session chair) Judges: Gabi Morales, Taylor Thomas, Madison Woodworth
2. McKenna Christensen, “Utilizing Test-taking Strategies for Undergraduate Nursing Students” 3. Julius Kruger, “Understanding the Purpose of the Economy and What Makes it Prosperous” Awards Reception Bacon Room, Malcolm Center for Student Life | 4:00 - 5:00 P.M. *Live Entertainment Courtesy of Professor Jim Menz* 4:30 P.M. | Closing Remarks & Presentation of Awards Dr. Joseph Parisi, Missouri Valley College President Excellence in Student Research Awards Best Poster | Best Creative Work | Best Presentation | Best Graduate Capstone
Spring 2026 Student Research Symposium People’s Choice Award
Purple Patch Editors’ Choice Awards Fiction | Creative Nonfiction | Visual Art | Photography Academic Prose | Poetry | Vibrant Valley
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