Midwest Regional Node Meeting – May 8, 2025

The Midwest Node hosted a virtual Student Research Symposium on Thursday, May 8, 2025 via Zoom. Nine undergraduate students presented their research on the Pathways and Parrot Projects, with six GEP faculty in attendance. This meeting provided an opportunity for students and faculty to connect through discussion of research projects and for faculty to plan for the future of the Node. Dr. Jennifer Mierisch and Dr. Sarah Justice, Midwest Node Co-Leaders, moderated the sessions.

The schedule for the meeting:

  • 6:00-6:10pm: Welcome and introductions
  • 6:10-7:10pm Student Talks took place in two Breakout Rooms
    • Breakout Room #1, Moderator: Jennifer Mierisch
      • Trinity Bray, Loyola University Chicago
      • Olivia Coyne, St. Mary’s University
      • Serena Singh, Loyola University Chicago
      • Mackenzie Rogers, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse
      • Michael Quinlan, Loyola University Chicago
    • Breakout Room #2, Moderator, Sarah Justice
      • Hailey Borreson, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse
      • Neel Patel, Loyola University Chicago
      • Marie Dvorak, University of St. Francis
      • Katherine Slavik, Loyola University Chicago
  • 7:10-7:30pm: Node Business and Social Time for Faculty and Students

What worked well for your event that might help others plan similar events?

We used breakout rooms for 2 groups of student presentations and that worked well.

What would your node do differently based on your experiences?

We did not stipulate that presentations should be PowerPoint and in the future I would for the sake of being able to see details of projects better.

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