A Wide Range of Knowledge

Celebrations of Scholarship gives Millikin students a platform to showcase work

For one day on the Millikin campus students are given an opportunity to present a years' worth of achievements and research to the University-wide community; that day is Celebrations of Scholarship (COS).

The celebratory event, held on April 28, was a culmination of academic achievement that represented a vast array of subjects in the fine arts, sciences, business, nursing and more.

Multiple sessions, organized by each department, were held across campus including an Idea-to-Incubator business competition; theatre students presenting their scene work; freshman focus panels and the original research efforts of Long-Vanderburg Scholars.

Celebrations of Scholarship

"Celebrations of Scholarship is a way we set aside some time to specifically recognize the great work our students do in collaboration with faculty members all across the curriculum," said Millikin University Provost Dr. Jeffery Aper. "You've got people all over the curriculum who are able to use this day to showcase remarkable work."

Dr. Aper noted, "At Millikin, Performance Learning gives everyone an opportunity to be actively engaged in the life of their discipline. It boils down to the idea that we want to challenge and give every student a chance to know what it really is to do that work."

Celebrations of Scholarship

As part of COS, the 24th Annual Research Poster Symposium, dedicated to Judy and the late G. Richard Locke, M.D. was held in Shilling Hall. The symposium highlights the scholarly work completed by students in regularly scheduled courses, seminars, independent studies, directed studies, internships, summer undergraduate research fellowships, Leighty Scholar, Long-Vanderburg Scholar and James Millikin Scholar projects.

Among the presenters was Shelby Chesko, a senior biology major from Wilmington, Ill., who presented her research on the quantification of lead in central Illinois birds of prey. Chesko explained how she collected blood samples from raptors admitted to the Illinois Raptor Center in Decatur, Ill., and determined lead content using a lead analyzer.