"SpARC" Spring Annual Research Conference

This week a lot of Agnes Scott students presented at SpARC, our Spring Annual Research Conference. To explore SpARC, I reconnected with alumna and admission counselor Cara Snyder, who is featured in the SpARC portion of our virtual tour on Agnes Scott website. Feel free to watch a short video below,introducing SpARC and its significance to our community.

I was very curious to hear about SpARC experience from the perspective of the presenters themselves. Dildora Sharipova, an exchange student from Uzbekistan told me about her research "Digital Storytelling with Middle School Refugee Girls": "It was very challenging to carry on a research, you have to be careful about recording all the details throughout the whole process and make sure to keep them safe and organized. At the same time, it was very rewarding. I want to become a teacher so experiencing a relationship of teacher and a student was extremely useful. I learned that letting my students be independent is very important." 

Melissa Easley and Katharina Groeger (class of 2016) are members of a research team that is being conducted with one of our Biology professors: "The preparation for SpARC was very helpful for us to see where we are are at the moment with our project. Sometimes, when we are in the lab it is easy to forget a big picture of what we are doing, so it was exciting to share it once again, this time officially with a bigger crowd of our fellow students and professors. Although it was a challenge for both of us to speak in front of the audience, it turned out to be a perfect practice of our public speaking skills."

"The Pharmacology of Oviposition in Grasshoppers"
Authors: Abigali Vaka, Gifty Affadzi, Anoinette Anderson, Sasha Grant, Zarina May, Allana Thompson  

"Digital Storytelling with Middle School Refugee Girls" These students conducted a project that involved teaching refugee girls from Global Village Project how to create a digital fictionalized, personal story. They truly worked for social justice and were happy to present their research to Agnes audience.
Authors: Nareeja Panchapakesan, Fikella Hill, Alberta Sabree, Dildora Sharipova, Patience Shepard 

"2013 Huber Scholars" The Hubert program supports students to conduct public service projects around the world. Last years, our scholars interned in Harvard Medical School, at Bai Thuong organic farm in Vietnam and Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs- a microfinance organization in Decatur. Think about a destination this program could take you one day!

Which presentations would you attend? Check the list and description of all the research this year. Imagine, your name and a project that you are so passionate about can be on this list next! 

Karolina Klimczak '16

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