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Runkle Woods Symposium Schedule

Check this out to see what will all be happening this Friday! Feel free to send a message with any questions you may have about the event!


Schedule of Oral Presentations–101 Fawcett Hall


1:00-­‐1:10 Welcome and introduction of Professor Rooney

1:10-­‐1:40 “A Witness to a World of Relationships” Professor Tom Rooney,Biological Sciences

1:40-­‐2:00 “Blue Ash, a Ray of Hope in the Aftermath of Emerald Ash Borer"Professor Don

Cipollini, Plant Physiology/Chemical Ecology, Director of Environmental Sciences

Ph.D. Program

2:00-­‐2:10 “Temporal Resource Partitioning by Bats in the Wright

State Campus Woods”, Molly Simonis , Trey Singleton, and Professor Volker Bahn

2:10-­‐2:20 Invasive Species Management for Conservation in the Wright State Woods”

Elizabeth Engle, Jaelynn Gordon, Hanna Blevins, and Adel Issa

2:20-­‐2:30 Promoting Woods Conservation and Student Engagement Through Active Trash

Removal” Jessica Brasov, Emma Abrahamson, Hayden Nichols, and MiKayla

Edwards

2:30-­‐2:40 Anew Vision for the President’s House as a Conservation Center”Nicholas

Thompson, Christopher Howard, Haylee Pence, Meghan Meyers, and Sean Webb

2:40-­‐2:50 Natural Beauty: How Art StudentsBenefit from the Woods at Wright State

University” Cody Matson

2:50-­‐3:30 Art andPosterViewingwith Refreshments

3:30-­‐3:50 “Fungus Among Us: Mushrooms of the Wright State University Woods”

ProfessorMegan Rúa, Biological Sciences

3:50-­‐4:00 “Effects of Agrilus planipennisand Lonicera maackiion Fungal Driven

Decomposition in Midwestern Forests” Adam Reed and Professor Megan Rúa

4:00-­‐4:10 “Water Quality in the WSU WoodsCreek”Jaclyn Manker and Taylor Muterspaw

4:10-­‐4:20 “Chloride in WSU Surface Water and Well Water” Clara Leedy and Damia Wintrow

4:20-­‐4:30 “PAHs in Sedimentson the WSU Dayton Campus”Nnadozie Okeke and Daniel

Vetter

4:30-­‐4:40 “Heavy Metals in Sediments on the WSU Dayton Campus” Morgan Grunden and

Fatimah Ghannam

4:40-­‐4:45 “When Lost in the Forest” by David Wagner, recited by Ian Crumrine, Earth &

Environmental Sciences

* Presentations by students in Conservation Biology (BIO 4040/6040), a course by Professor Volker Bahn**Presentationby students in Intermediate/Advanced Drawing (ART 3280/4280), a course by Professor Kim Vito† Presentationsby students in Advanced Environmental Chemistry (CHM 4020/6020), a course by Professor Audrey McGowin

Poster Presentations Fawcett Lobby

1:00-­‐5:00 PM “Amur Honeysuckle Did Not Affect Coarse Woody Debris Decay” Lea J. Kelty, Michaela J. Woods, and Professor Megan A. Rúa

“Invertebrate Assessment of the Creek in the WSU Woods, October 2019” Jaclyn Manker, Damia Wintrow, Leon Katona, and Professor Audrey McGowin

“Bat Activity in the Wright State Campus Woods” Trey Singleton, Molly C Simonis, and Professor Volker Bahn “Sample Site Map for Advanced Environmental Chemistry, Fall Semester 2019”


1:00-­‐5:00 PM Baxter Foskuhl and Professor Audrey McGowin WSUEcoWarriors information table Exhibition of Artwork by WSU CoLAstudents Fawcett Lobby


Since the late 1960’s, faculty and students have been drawn to the Wright State University Woods as inspiration for artwork, poetry, and other creative endeavors. The art display was curated by Penny Park, MFA, Associate Professor, Department of Art & ArtHistory. Assistant curatorfor drawing was Cody Matson. Assistant curator for painting, photo, and 2d was Audrey Case, BFA WSU, 2017.


In the display cases by 101 Fawcett, is an exhibition of artwork by students, alumni, and faculty (listed below) from the Department of Art & Art History

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Sarah Alnassir

Jaycen Anspach

Nathan Bates

Shekinah Brubaker

Audrey Case, BFA

Toyoko Cato

Rachel Currie

Denise Geier

Erin Gemmer

Samantha Enright

Mark Harbaugh

Willie Hayden

Robin Henshaw

Anna-­‐Marie Hornick

Karla Huebner, PhD

Erica Kilbourne

Madison Klempp

Quinn Lockhart

Janice Luce

Alexis Lyman

Cody Matson

Adam Mercer

Adayah Robinson

Vincent Short

Carly Slone

Emma Smith

Lauren Sprungl

Chloe Taylor

Kyndall Trickett

Allison Vanover

Kristen Wagers

Also on display is the flyer for Into the Woods, showing in the Herbst Theatre, beginning tonight, November 22 and running through December 9.

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