Please join us at the 29th Annual Celebration of Student Scholarship!
The 29th Annual Celebration of Student Scholarship will be held on Thursday, April 17, 2025 all day in Jamrich Hall.
The Celebration of Student Scholarship is an annual event held on the Northern Michigan University campus to recognize the scholarly activity of undergraduate and graduate students in all disciplines. Students share their scholarly and creative work with the NMU and Marquette communities. The event is free and open to the public. Students interested in participating should speak with their faculty advisors for assistance in planning their submission.
In the past, this event was limited to research posters and 10-minute oral presentations; this year, we are expanding categories to represent as many different students from across campus as possible. In addition to the traditional posters and presentations, we are opening Celebration to other formats, including film and video, readings, round tables, performances, publications, artistic displays, and more.
This event is an important opportunity for student scholars to share their work in a way that is accessible to the general public. Our mission is to improve how we communicate about academic topics and ideas while recognizing the hard work done by NMU students under the guidance of faculty. Join us to discover and celebrate student scholarship.
Thank you to those who make this event possible. Sponsorship Opportunities for this event can be found HERE. April 17th is also the Northern Michigan University Annual Day of Giving, follow this LINK to give.
If you have any questions, please contact studentcelebrate@nmu.edu.
What is Research?
The Council for Undergraduate Research defines undergraduate research as “a mentored investigation or creative inquiry conducted by undergraduates that seeks to make a scholarly or artistic contribution to knowledge.”
Examples of Past Scholarly Work
Artwork
- Laura Heitala - Persephone
Oral Presentation
- Bazile Panek - Seeking Balance in Entrepreneurial Practices: A Brief Analysis of Entrepreneurship by the Anishinaabeg
- Dan Monhollon - Seasonality of Adult Brook Trout (Salvelinus Fontinalis) Movement and Habitat Use Dynamics in a Shallow Stream
- Akasha Khalsa - Linguistic Changes During Revitalization in Anishinaabemowin
- Emily Harris - College Students Perceptions of Animal-Assisted Therapy
- M.J. Woodworth - Timing of Reproductive Maturation Adfluvial Burbot in Southern Lake Superior
- Jenna Laway - Murder in a Nutshell: A Teaching Tool in Criminal Justice
- Joshua Perry - Habitat Selection by Longnose Dace (Rhinichthys Cataractae) in an Artificial Stream Setting
- Reinna Blair - Effects of Temperature and Density on the Facial Malformation of Hatchery Reared-Cisco, Coregonus Artedi
- 2023 Oral Presentations Part 1
- 2023 Oral Presentations Part 2
Creative Written Work
- Autumn Buchholz - Los Efectos de Clase Social en La Casa de Barnarda Alba
- Margaret Walker - Sexismo y Represión en "La Casa de Bernarda Alba"
- Emily Appleton - Maternal Determinants and Early Diagnosis of Language Disorders
- Madison Sawvel - She is My Atlantis
- Victoria Conquest - Seguridad y Libertad en la Casa de Bernarda Alba
Posters
- Kirsten Twork - The Ambiguity of Ancestry Estimation from the Skeleton: A Case Study
- Elizabeth Mansfield - Nurse Hydration Habits Prior to and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Sydney Reif - Media Use and its Connection to College Students
- Andre Brown - Power and Biomass: Decision Tools for Socially Equitable Energy Siting Decisions