2010

Ohio Natural History Conference

On February 20 Danny Ingold and four students attended the annual meeting of the Ohio Bio-logical Survey & Ohio Division of Wildlife (The Ohio Natural History Conference). Two students presented a research poster on nesting grass-land birds and Danny gave a talk on winter birds of prey at the Wilds.

Ohio Academy of Science

Dr. Danny Ingold, Dr. Jim Dooley, and four seniors made the annual trip to Ohio Academy of Sciences. Two great oral presentations were made along with two professional posters.

2009

November 2009

Students Fare Well in Regional Computer Programming Contest

Two Muskingum University teams competed in the regional Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) International Collegiate Programming competition, held recently in Youngtown.

One team was made up of Colin Streb '10, Sarah Hare '11 and Chris Bowles '11. That team placed 24th out of 113 teams, by solving 3 of the eight problems presented to them. That ranking represents a new record for Muskingum at this competition.

The other team consisted of Adam Barry '10, Jake Turner '12 and Jacob Knekleian '12. Professor of Computer Science Dr. Ralph Hollingsworth served as coach for the contest.

Each team at the competition was asked to complete eight programming problems in five hours. The complexity of those problems was such that more than 20 of the competing teams were not able to solve any of the problems and only two were able to solve all eight.

In preparation for the regional event, Muskingum also held a programming competition of its own this fall. The purpose of that competition was to help students prepare for the regional contest. The September event was attended by eight colleges and universities, and the Muskingum team of Bowles, Hare and Amy Miller '10 placed second there.

ACM, the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society, delivers resources that advance computing as a science and a profession. It also provides the computing field's premier Digital Library and serves its members and the computing profession with leading-edge publications, conferences and career resources. The ACM regional competition was also sponsored by IBM.

October 2009

Geology Student and Faculty Member Present Research at National Geological Society Meeting

A Muskingum University student and a faculty member were invited to present their research findings at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America (GSA), held in October 18 – 21 in Portland, Oregon.

Elizabeth M. Bullard '12 and Assistant Professor of Geology Dr. David Rodland presented Shell Size and Sclerobiont Colonization: Area Effects on Encrustation and Boring Frequency, Abundance, Diversity and Recruitment in Hard-Substrate Communities.

Sclerobionts are organisms that colonize the skeletal remains of other creatures, and the study focuses on what can be learned from this activity in various environments.

Established in 1888, GSA supports the professional growth of earth scientists at all levels of expertise and from all sectors It unites thousands of earth scientists from around the world in a common purpose to study the mysteries of the planet and to share scientific findings.

April 2009

Biology Students and Faculty Attend the Annual Ohio Academy of Science Meeting

Nine biology students and two faculty members attended the annual meeting of the Ohio Academy of Science at the University of Toledo. Three of the attending students (all seniors) presented posters, and six juniors attended to experience a regional meeting. Undergraduate research experiences such as this are invaluable to Muskingum's life science students.

2008

Biology Students Attend the Ohio Academy of Sciences Meeting

• Brock Huntsman (Environmental Science Major) - Presented Poster (Ingold)
• Mike Zimmerman (Biology Major) - Presented Poster (Ingold)
• Ashley Campbell (CVSC Major) - Presented Poster (Dooley)
• Jonathan Grinell and Jessica Teaff (CVSC Majors) - Presented Poster Together (Dooley)
• Becky Schroeder (Biology Major) - Presented Poster (Santas)
• Nicholas Hess (Biology Major) - Presented Poster (Santas)
• Bonnie Whitt (Biology Major) - Presented Poster (Santas)
• Greg Leasure (CVSC Major) - Presented Poster (Dooley)
• Jenna Parrish & Anna Belyaevskaya (Biology Majors) - Did Joint Research Jenna attended and presented poster (Santas)
• Amy Vickless (Bio. Major) - attended by did not present (senior)
• Julie Travaglini (Bio. Major) - attended by did not present (junior)
• Jessica Turner (CVSC Major) - attended - did not present (junior)
• Cessna Cubbison   (CVSC Major) - attended (junior)
  

Annual Geological of Society of America Meeting, Denver, Colorado, Oct. 28-31, 2007

This meeting was attended by Jason Tarbert, Ashley Burkett, Shelley Judge and Stephen Van Horn. Jason Tarbert presented the results of his senior research during a poster session sponsored by Sigma Gamma Epsilon. His presentation was titled “EFFECTS OF SURFACE MINING ON STREAM WATER QUALITY IN THE WILLS CREEK WATERSHED, SOUTHEASTERN OHIO: PH, SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE AND SULFATE TRENDS”. Stephen Van Horn was a coauthor on this presentation.

Stephen Van Horn presented the following: “MAJOR-ION CHEMISTRY OF SURFACE WATER AND IDENTIFICATION OF HYDROGEOCHEMCIAL PROCESSES IN A RECOVERING SURFACE-MINED WATERSHED, THE WILDS, SOUTHEASTERN OHIO”. Jason Tarbert and former Muskie Jason Esselburn were coauthors. Jason is currently attending Wright State University working towards a Masters degree.

Shelley Judge presented the following: “INTRODUCING STUDENTS TO PALEOCLIMATE RESEARCH IN A LIBERAL ARTS SETTING (MUSKINGUM University, OHIO): JOINT OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTIONS/U.S. SCIENCE SUPPORT PROGRAM'S UNDERGRADUATE SUPPLEMENT AWARD AT WORK”.

21st Keck Geology Consortium Undergraduate Research Symposium, April 17-20, 2008

Ashley Burkett and Shelley Judge attended this meeting where Ashley presented the results of her senior research, which was part of a group project, Carbonate Depositional Systems of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Island, supervised by  professors at Oberlin and Macalester Universitys. Ashley presented the following: "TAPHONOMHY OF MULLUSK SPECIES FOUND IN LAGOONAL CORES OF SMUGGLER'S COVE, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS."

North-Central Geological Society of America Meeting, Evansville, Indiana, April 24-25, 2008

This meeting was attended by eight students and all three professors. The students were Zach Elliston, Joseph Foreman, Jennifer Sorrell, Caleb Butcher, Scott Madison, Anthony Carson, Matt Konkler and Doug Caton. Joseph Foreman and Jennifer Sorrell presented the results of their senior research projects. Joe’s presentation was titled “QUANTIFYING LAND USE AND WATER QUALITY CHANGES WITHIN A SMALL RURAL WATERSHED IN SOUTHEASTERN OHIO (1961-2004)”. Stephen Van Horn was a coauthor on this presentation. Jennifer’s presentation was titled “ICE-RAFTED DEBRIS IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC DURING THE PLEISTOCENE (~1.4-1.7 MA): INTEGRATED OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM (IODP) EXPEDITION 306, SITE U1314”. Shelley Judge was a coauthor on this presentation. Eric Law presented the following “THE BUDGET OF POTASSIUM IN THE CRUST-MANTLE DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT”.