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MEREDITH HERALD SPECIAL SECTION: CREATIVITY This is the final of three special sctions published this semester. Written and edited by students in ENG 358, Professional Writing, these additions to the Herald focus on relevant issues and ideas. Creativity Special Section Staff; Brooks Walker Liz Vines, Anna McFadyen, Sarah Jackson, Amber Caudle To comment on this special section, please e-mail Dr. Rebecca Duncan at duncanr@meredith.edu Meredith’s Creative Campus BROOKS WALKER Contributing Writer When people think of creativity, they often associate the word with those individuals who are artistic or musically gifted. Although not wrong in this categorization, there are also many other ways to be creative. By definition, creativity is characterized by originality and expres siveness. Looking around at the Meredith campus, it is clear that there are creative people all around us. The Gaddy-Hamrick Art Building houses a hodgepodge of ideas from creative students and faculty alike. Using mediums such as clay, photography, paints, and others, they express themselves in new and innovative ways that aren’t always easily interpreted or understood by outsiders. Another campus building that resonates with the sounds of creativity is the Wain- wright Music Building. Walking inside these halls always fills the ears with sweet melodies and beautiftil music. In Joyner Hall, writers spill into the halls and great literature is written daily. These buildings are considered the artsy buildings and are expected to produce creativity. Other buildings on campus may not be readily mentioned when it comes to creativity. The science department performs UQ.ique experi ments, while the mathematics department figures out complex equations. Martin Hall is home to many child development majors who are Continued on Page 2 Cornhuskin, White Iris Ball, Stunt Day of Student Achievement? LIZ VINES Contributing Writer Dr. Rhonda Zingraff, wants you to include Celebrating Student Achievement (Day) among the White Iris Ball, Stunt and Cornhuskin’ when you fondly recall your days at Meredith. Dr. Zingraff, Director of Undergraduate Research Programs and Professor of Sociol ogy understands the” great attachment to traditional events” but she also wants you to cherish the day when students and faculty are given the opportunity to celebrate the “aca demic energies that are the heart and soul of a college education.” Celebrating Student Achievement (CS A) became an annual day-long event after two years of trying to spotlight student research during a spring imdergraduate conference. The event was held on a normal day of classes and was often marred by conflicting student schedules and too little time to laud the achievements of the many worthy projects. Ultimately, a proposal was approved to set aside an entire day in late spring so that students in all fields could have an opportunity to showcase their work and research through presentations, performances, poster sessions and others. In order to be a part of the event, students (with a required faculty member sponsor) are required to submit abstracts of projects they wanted to be considered. Discovery, creativ ity, integration and application were among the ideas potential presenters were asked to explore and expound upon when submitting for 2006. This year was also the first in which Department Heads were invited to screen submissions in an effort to strengthen showcased items. Dr. Zingraff is particularly proud of how CSA brings together students and faculty. The student presenters “learn how to be the voice of their profession by representing as a practitioner of that discipline.” Students also benefit from the opportunity to clarify and defend their knowledge. Faculty benefits from learning about scholars from other disciplines. “At the end we are all proud of Meredith.” It’s another one of those Meredith things that “you just have to experience.” Behind The Scenes at Day of Student Achievement SARAH JACKSON Contributing Writer It starts with research. Hard work overseen by your professor. Then comes the sugges tion that you present your findings at the Day of Student Achievement. How exactly do you do that? The first step for me was to come up with a wonderftiily academic-sounding abstract for my presentation. After all, I was compet ing with multiple disciplines presenting in the same time block, and I wanted people to choose mine. I scanned Meredith’s website for examples of abstracts from years past. After making sure the abstract included my topic and had enough of a hook to be considered interesting, I filled out a form and zipped it off to Dr. Zingraff. Then I waited for the inevitable accep tance letter. Congratulations, your abstract was fabulous! Edit it and re-submit a final copy for the program. Well, ok, so the letter Continued on Page 2
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