CITRUS COLLEGE STUDENTS PRESENT RESEARCH
Ten Citrus College students had their research abstracts accepted for the 17th annual Honors Transfer Council of California Undergraduate Research Conference at the University of California, Irvine, on April 1.
The conference provides California community college honors students with the opportunity to make research-based presentations in the humanities, sciences, arts, social sciences and pre-professional programs.
The work of these Citrus College students focuses on topics ranging from mitigating the effects of an earthquake to the policy of the United States in the Barbary Wars of the 19th century.
The students conducted their research as part of their involvement in the Citrus College Honors Program and/or the Citrus College Summer Research Experience.
"A large part of the conference's purpose is to give students experience in presenting their own research while being exposed to other research in their fields of study," says Brian Waddington, history instructor and honors program coordinator. "The conference involves poster presentations, as well as individual and group oral presentations. Every year, Citrus College students present a diverse array of research."
According to Mr. Waddington, it is extremely beneficial to give students the opportunity to interact in an intellectual environment with several hundred of their peers from community colleges throughout the state.
"I believe students improve their speaking and presentation skills when preparing for the conference," he says. "Many of our students have gone on to have very successful transfers at major research universities. Those students have often credited their success, at least in part, to their participation in research at Citrus College."
This article originally appeared in the April 2017 edition of the Citrus View.