HAYS — Research and creative work by undergraduate and graduate students and faculty members at Fort Hays State University was recognized and celebrated April 26, at the John Heinrichs Scholarly and Creative Activities Day.
This event recognizes the scholarly and creative activities of students and faculty and celebrates the research, scholarship and creative work conducted in the various disciplines within the university. Departments across campus sponsored special activities, including seminars and research presentations.
Awards were given for poster presentations to undergraduate, graduate, and faculty and staff research and scholarly and creative work in empirical and non-empirical categories. Two “People’s Choice Awards” were awarded by vote of visitors to the exhibition, one for scholarly work and one for creative.
Empirical research involves examining a research question that is clearly defined and answerable by using standardized statistical methods on collected data. This may include either quantitatively or qualitatively collected data.
Non-empirical research is a comprehensive and careful consolidation of available information within a domain or a reinterpretation of that information within a new framework or context. Non-empirical research does not use standardized statistical methods on collected data.
Local award winners are: Amanda Morgan, La Crosse, a special education major, a co-investigator on “Pathways to Partnership,” second-place winner in the graduate student, empirical category; and Kimberly Pechanec, Timken, a senior majoring in athletic training, third-place winner in the undergraduate non-empirical category with her poster “How Well do Shoulder Braces Provide Stability at the Glenohumeral Joint in Collegiate Aged Athletes: A Systematic Review.”