Event showcases graduate and faculty research

KALAMAZOO—Western Michigan University graduate students and faculty members who have previously received a Faculty Research and Creative Activities Award will showcase their scholarly work on Friday, April 5, in the East Ballroom of the Bernhard Center as part of the seventh annual WMU Research and Creative Activities Poster Day.

The free public event includes poster presentations of research from 9 to 11 a.m. Keynote addresses will follow from 11 a.m. to noon from 2012 Emerging Scholars Dr. Jeffrey Angles, associate professor of world languages, and Dr. Sherine Obare, associate professor of chemistry.

Lunch begins at noon with an awards presentation from 12:45 to 1 p.m. Awards recognizing the outstanding graduate student poster presentations will be announced.

The event is sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research, Research Policy Council, the Graduate Student Advisory Committee and a variety of colleges and University offices.

For more information, contact Allison Weiner at allison.weiner@wmich.edu or (269) 387-8376.