Valdosta State University

Obediah Hall's "31 in a Billion: An Analysis of the Adoption of Voter ID Laws" won the Best Poster Award in the Social Sciences at the 2016 Undergraduate Research Symposium hosted by Valdosta State University.

Joshua Cowger's "Computational and Solubility Studies of a New Weed Control Application Approach for the Herbicidal Agent Glyphosate" won the Economic Development Award at the 2016 Undergraduate Research Symposium hosted by Valdosta State University.

Jordan Greene's "Characterization of Cyanidin and Its Application in Solar Cells" won the Best Poster Award in the Sciences at the 2016 Undergraduate Research Symposium hosted by Valdosta State University.

Sydney Beckmann's "Mary Magdalene: Saint or Sinner?" won the Best Paper Award at the 2016 Undergraduate Research Symposium hosted by Valdosta State University.

Natalie Milko's "Teter Tiny House" won first place at the 2016 Undergraduate Research Symposium Three-Minute Video Research Competition hosted by Valdosta State University.

Valdosta State University students from the Honors College were invited to present research at the 2016 Southern Regional Honors Council Conference, which was held at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Orlando, Florida, and hosted by the University of West Florida. Inspired by The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, the theme was "The Magic of Honors."

Valdosta State University students from the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders were invited to present research at the 2016 Georgia Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention in Savannah, Georgia. The theme was "We are the Difference: Building Clinical Skills to Change Lives."

Amanda Barlow, Mara Charles, and April Ward's "Readability and its Effects on Standardized Assessment Outcomes" won first place in the undergraduate research student poster competition at the 2016 Georgia Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention.

Lauren Jacobs's "Vocalization Production in Nonverbal Children with Autism" won first place in the graduate research student poster competition at the 2016 Georgia Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention.

Kayla Lane's "Virtual Audiometry in CSD Undergraduate Training" won second place in the undergraduate research student poster competition at the 2016 Georgia Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention.