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Pembroke Undergraduate Research and Creativity Center
PO Box 1510
Pembroke, NC 28372

Phone: 910.521.6195
Fax:
910.521.6606
Email:
purc@uncp.edu

Location: Old Main, Room 204
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2008 PURC Forum

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The Pembroke Undergraduate Research and Creativity Center Advisory Council is very proud to announce its second annual campus-wide celebration of undergraduate research and creative activities, set for Wednesday, April 23.  Student participation and presentations are invited from all scholarly fields and disciplines.  This is a wonderful opportunity for you to share your scholarly activities with your peers, faculty members and university administrators.

 

Presentation Formats:
Students are encouraged to adapt their presentations to the standard poster format.  Easels, poster boards (3 x 4 ft) and pushpins will be provided at the Forum.  Posters must be printed prior to the event.  The PURC Center will conduct a Poster Preparation Workshop on Wednesday April 9th, from 3-4 PM.  Presenters will be notified of the location for this workshop upon abstract submission.

Other presentation formats will be considered if deemed reasonable.

 

23 April 2008

University Center Annex

Tentative Schedule

9:00 – Greetings
            Chancellor Meadors

9:05 – Importance of Undergraduate Research and Creative endeavors when applying to Graduate School

Dr. Patrick Pellicane, Dean, The Graduate School, East Carolina University

Dr.  Richard Harris, Professor of Psychology, Kansas State University

Dr. Charles Boklage, Professor of Pediatrics, East Carolina University

Ms. Fantasy Lozada, UNCP Undergraduate

10:00 – 11:15 – Morning Poster Session

11:15 – 11:25 – “Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum” composed by Claude Debussy as performed by Ms. Gertie Parker – UNCP Social Studies Education Major

11:30 – 12:15 – Vanishing Twin Syndrome, chimeras and your genetic 'identity'
Dr. Charles Boklage, Professor of Pediatrics, East Carolina University

12:25 – 12:45 – Excerpt from UNCP Student Theatre Production of “Once Upon a Mattress”

1:00 – 1:30 – Fine Arts Talk

1:30 – 2:30 – Afternoon Poster Session

3:00 – Afternoon Plenary Speaker

Myths about the Media: Evil Mind Control or Good Clean Fun?

Dr. Richard Harris, Professor of Psychology, Kansas State University 

4:00 – Reception hosted by theUNCP Office of Academic Affairs

 

2007 PURC Forum Abstracts with Program

 

Updated: Wednesday, April 9, 2008

 

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