Student Posters at PURC 2022

I had four students participate in the Pembroke Undergraduate Research Conference this year … and I am proud of all of them.

It was a good educational experience for everyone. Students stood next to their posters, and explained their research projects to passerby visitors and guests.

Poster session presentations are like an “elevator pitch“.  One has to keep the listener interested, but tell the whole story, all in only about a minute.  I think that they all did great. If you want to view their abstracts see the PURC website linked here:

https://www.uncp.edu/academics/research/purc-pembroke-undergraduate-research-and-creativity-center/purc-symposium

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Have a look at their posters below. Click on any to see in larger detail.

From Jackie:

Jackie has also produced a descriptive video for her research. Please view the YouTube link here. There is also a video movie of her presentation linked on YouTube here.

From Erica:

From Seth:

From Abigail:

Please comment below!

4th Grade Presentations: Salvador Dali Book Report

I found another of my son’s old PowerPoint presentations while I was reorganizing our home computer. This one goes all the way back to when he was in 4th grade.

This assignment and presentation was supposed to be a biography of a famous person.  They were supposed to find a biography in the school library. He chose “The Mad, Mad, Mad World of Salvador Dali” by Angela Wenzel. Although it was written for kids, I enjoyed reading it myself. I didn’t know a lot about Dali.The kids were assigned to take on the persona of the person, as they read their presentations. My wife used an eyeliner to “draw on” Dali’s famous mustache. Just click on an image to start the slideshow.

I received a lot of good comments from the teachers. The boy was really getting good at making PowerPoint presentations at this point. I think that his presentation holds up pretty well! The YouTube link to the Disney/Dali collaboration has been taken down. I was able to find another posting here:

If you are interested in obtaining a copy of the book, here is the link for Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/Mad-World-Salvador-Dali-Adventures/dp/3791329448

Who is your favorite surrealist artist? Please comment!