[376] MTSU News Release: 2010 MTSU Scholars Week Focus: Research

Release date: March 22, 2010


News & Public Affairs contact: Randy Weiler, 615-898-5616 or jweiler@mtsu.edu
Scholars Week contacts: Dr. Andrienne Friedli, 615-898-2071/afriedli@mtsu.edu
Dr. Kris McCusker, 615-898-2544 or mccusker@mtsu.edu

2010 MTSU Scholars Week Focus: Research

(MURFREESBORO, TN) – Scholars Week 2010 is here!
To be held March 22-26 across the MTSU campus, the fifth annual event has become an anticipated event each spring.
“Scholars Week continues to be our annual forum to recognize the excellent research that our faculty and students do,” said Dr. Diane Miller, interim executive vice president and provost. 
“The number and variety of research projects presented is always quite impressive. Many of the students who participate locally also report on their scholarship at regional and national meetings within their area of study.”
MTSU scholars are eager to share their research findings as well as their enthusiasm for their research. That’s why Scholars Week organizers are making a special effort to solicit participation from MTSU and the surrounding community to attend and learn firsthand about university research.
“Our students are a great example of the educational and career benefits of research and creative activity,” said Dr. Kristine M. McCusker, associate professor of history and the organizing committee member in charge of publicity. “We have invited community members to visit the universitywide poster and multimedia event on Friday, March 26, through the local media. When they come, they will see firsthand what the university can produce.”
A Scholars Week schedule is posted online at www.mtsu.edu/research/scholars_week.shtml.
An appreciation luncheon for faculty mentors and presenters is set for today. This will be followed by the College of Business poster session at 12:30 p.m. in the Business and Aerospace Building’s south lobby.
Other college showcases will follow throughout the week.
The peak of Scholars Week is the Universitywide Poster and Multimedia Exposition starting at 12:40 p.m. Friday, March 26, on the Murphy Center track area.
A link to poster abstracts also is at the Scholars Week Web site; the online abstracts list will serve as a searchable written record of participation. Additional information, including ideas about how faculty can incorporate Scholars Week events into course activities and set poster preparation guidelines, also are posted online.
Examples of the wide range of presentation titles for Scholars Week 2010 include:
• “Psych Pharm”;
• “The Evolution of the Industrial Food Complex: McDonaldization and Population Health”;
• “’I’ll Keep On Singing’: The Southern Gospel Convention Tradition”;
• “The Effects of Caffeine Supplementation on Multiple Bouts of Sprint Running”;
• “The New True Charlie Wu”;
• “I Asked for Water and She Gave Me Gasoline: Difficult Issues in Heritage Tourism”; and
• “Just Joking, Seriously: Exploring Humor’s Role in Willingness to Speak Out.”

Scholars Week Schedule of Events

All Week – Display of Books, CDs and DVDs*, Walker Library. Contact: Dr. Jason Vance, 615-494-7871;
Today – Mentor Appreciation Lunch, Tom H. Jackson Building, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. College of Business Scholars Day: poster session*, Business and Aerospace Building south lobby, 1-2:30 p.m. Contact: Dr. Troy Festervand, 615-898-2368;
Tuesday, March 23 – College of Basic and Applied Sciences Scholars Day: hands-on demonstrations*, Keathley University Center first-floor lobby, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Contact: Megan Hall, 615-898-8673. College of Education and Behavioral Science Scholars Day: guest speaker Dr. Andrew Myers, University of Memphis, presenting “A Career in Research: From Undergraduate to Vice Provost for Research” *, 4 p.m. BAS State Farm Lecture Hall. Contact: Dr. Will Langston, 615-898-5489;
Wednesday, March 24 – College of Liberal Arts Scholars Day: Talks, Panels and Performances*, Todd Building, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. and Todd Building Room 348 from noon-5 p.m. Contact: Dr. Hilary Stallings, 615-898-5039;
Thursday, March 25 – College of Mass Communication Scholars Day: Open Microphone, Media and Posters*, Mass Comm Building main atrium, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Contact: Dan Pfeifer, 615-898-5944;
Friday, March 26 – Universitywide Scholars Day: Poster and Multimedia Exposition*, Murphy Center Track Area, 12:40-2:45 p.m. Awards at 3 p.m. Contact: Dr. Wasimuddin Qureshi, 615-898-5090.
* – Events open to public.
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Media welcomed.

With three Nobel Prize winners among its alumni and former faculty, Middle Tennessee State University confers master’s degrees in 10 areas, the Specialist in Education degree, the Doctor of Arts degree and the Doctor of Philosophy degree. MTSU is ranked among the top 100 public universities in the nation in the Forbes “America’s Best Colleges” 2009 survey.
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