Meet Carter Gill, History Education Major and SOAR participant
Name: Carter Gill Hometown: Fargo, ND Major: History Education Anticipated Graduation Date: 2025 SOAR Project: “The American South: A Longitudinal Comparative Study on Race Relations and Civil Advancement between Reconstruction and Today.” Faculty Mentor: Dr. Alexander Jorgensen What made you choose VCSU? I initially came for the music program. My first interactions with the VCSU campus were through music contests ...
Read More About Meet Carter Gill, History Education Major and SOAR participantVCSU Hosts 2024 Scholar Symposium
55+ undergraduate students showcase research, writing and creative projects Valley City State University (VCSU) hosted the Scholar Symposium Tuesday, April 30, in the Robinson Center for the Arts. The Symposium included 55+ undergraduate students presenting their research, writing and other creative projects to a wider audience. The projects represent five departments across campus and reveal a wide-range of scholarship VCSU ...
Read More About VCSU Hosts 2024 Scholar SymposiumSOAR Project: Alexa Walby, English Education/LMIS
“A Psychoanalytic Analysis of Joker” Alexa Walby, Dickinson, ND English Education/LMIS Mentor: Dr. J. Gregory Brister In my English 371: Critical Theory course, I dedicated my final project to psychoanalyzing Arthur Fleck from the film, Joker. Within the four page parameters of that assignment, I wrote about Fleck’s lack of a superego, and I used Freud’s Wit and Its Relation ...
Read More About SOAR Project: Alexa Walby, English Education/LMISSOAR Project: MaKenzee Stone, History Education/Social Science
“The Cadet Nursing Corps: Solving America’s Nursing Shortage at the Outbreak of WWII” MaKenzee Stone, Blaine, MN History Education/Social Science Education Mentor: Dr. Steven King Shortly after World War II broke out, the United States was left with a nursing shortage. In response to this crisis, a woman by the name of Frances P. Bolton, a representative from Ohio, came ...
Read More About SOAR Project: MaKenzee Stone, History Education/Social ScienceVCSU Hosts 2023 Scholar Symposium
60+ students and faculty present academic research and projects Valley City State University’s (VCSU) hosted the 2023 Scholar Symposium on Tuesday, May 2. The Symposium featured the work of more than 60 students and faculty across multiple disciplines. The Symposium gave undergraduate students the opportunity to showcase their research, writing, and other creative projects developed over the past academic year. ...
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