{"id":16741,"date":"2026-05-01T14:12:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T14:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/?p=16741"},"modified":"2026-05-01T14:12:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T14:12:37","slug":"students-present-at-inquiry-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2026\/05\/01\/students-present-at-inquiry-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"Students present at Inquiry Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Katherine Buerke \u201926, staff writer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LVC\u2019s annual Inquiry Symposium took place on Thursday, April 24 from 11:00\u201412:30p.m. Students from across disciplines shared their projects and research in Mund, presenting to fellow students, faculty and staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maddisyn E. Behney, a senior biochemistry, molecular biology and environmental science major presented research titled \u201cEvolution of the Expansin Superfamily in Bryophytes and Green Algae.\u201d Bheney\u2019s research was recently published in Protoplasma<\/em>, an international biology journal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inquiry provided Bheney with the opportunity to share her work with students from all majors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI love being able to share my passion and research with a wider audience,\u201d Bheney said. \u201cIt\u2019s valuable to be able to share different perspectives because as a society we benefit from learning from each other.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dawson Boyer, a sophomore neuroscience major, echoed these sentiments. \u201cIt\u2019s interesting to be able to share your research with people who may not be familiar with it. It helps you get a wider view of things.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boyer presented research examining reaction times in athletes vs. non-athletes, and between athletes in different sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other projects presented a combination of research and creativity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bernadette McLain, a freshman English and creative writing major, shared a story written in Spanish inspired by research about social stratification in Colombia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rose Grisbacher, a junior creative writing and creative arts major and Kohai Pavan, a junior creative writing and English major, presented their children\u2019s story \u201cAnd the Explorers Kept Coming\u201d. The story is based on Chinua Achebe<\/a>\u2019s Things Fall Apart<\/em>, retold from the perspective of the Igbo gods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eakin, a junior interaction design major, displayed a project on eco-anxiety inspired by Dr. Machado\u2019s \u201cArt as a Social Practice\u201d course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her project, titled, \u201cSea-Renity: The Global Plastic Crisis & Mental Well-Being (an Intervention)\u201d explored the presence of plastic trash on clean beaches, and ways to prevent eco-anxiety. Eakin created a portable Zen garden that allows individuals to interact with cleaning beaches in a manageable environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cInquiry gives me a chance to chance to get other people motivated by my research and leave inspired,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inquiry also included the academic and departmental awards, held in Leedy Theater starting at 3 p.m. Students across majors were honored for their academic and extracurricular achievement.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Katherine Buerke \u201926, staff writer LVC\u2019s annual Inquiry Symposium took place on Thursday, April 24 from 11:00\u201412:30p.m. Students from across disciplines shared their projects and research in Mund, presenting to fellow students, faculty and […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16743,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16741","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-campus-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16741"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16768,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16741\/revisions\/16768"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}