Library News
Students honored with Awards for Excellence in Research/Creativity
Posted on April 15th, 2016
Pictured in the front row are award winners Hamid Lahouij, Ahmed Salim Nuhu, Susan Borchek Smith, Nusrat Farah, Quentin Spannagel and Heather Lamb. In the back row are Library Advisory Board members: Allen Lanham, dean of library services; Hasan Mavi, vice chair; Kristin Brown; Danelle Larson, chair; Simon Lee; Linda Ghent; Nora Pat Small; and Sham’ah Md-Yunus.
The Library Advisory Board of Booth Library named six students as winners of the 2016 Awards for Excellence in Student Research and Creativity. The students were honored at a reception on April 13.
Award winners were:
— Heather Lamb of Morris, a graduate student in English, for her paper, “The Shadow is Revived: Constructing Narratives in Victorian Literature and Science Fiction with Non-Euclidean Mathematics”;
— Nusrat Farah of Dhaka, Bangladesh, a graduate student in economics, for her paper, “How do Household Characteristics Affect Children’s School Dropouts? Analysis of Survey Data from Bangladesh”;
— Sue Borchek Smith of Arlington Heights, a senior majoring in general studies, for her graphic narrative, “Yellow Nancy”;
— Quentin Spannagel of Villa Grove, a senior majoring in history, for his paper, “Candidate Kennedy and Quemoy”;
— Hamid Lahouij of Charleston, a graduate student in economics, for his paper, “Does Governance Matter to Economic Growth? Evidence from MENA Region”;
— Ahmed Salim Nuhu of Charleston, a graduate student in economics, for his paper, “Intrahousehold Bargaining, Domestic Violence Laws and Child Health Development in Ghana.”
The Booth Library Awards for Excellence in Student Research and Creativity program promotes and recognizes excellence in student research. The program encourages students to enhance their studies by utilizing the wealth of information available at Booth Library and other research venues.
All entries were original works completed by Eastern students within the last 12 months. The award recipients were selected on the basis of excellence, creativity and the use of research resources. A digital copy of award entries will become part of the Library’s institutional repository, The Keep, found at www.library.eiu.edu.
