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Nicholls State University is doing what it can to try and help sustain the future of Louisiana’s coast.
The university announced this week that it will host a science communication competition on April 3 in an effort to advance graduate and undergraduate research on the state’s most pressing coastal issues.
The competition is titled “Coastal Connections”, and it’s sponsored by Louisiana Sea Grant. In the challenge, students will be challenged to concisely communicate their research, and three winners will be given a $500 travel award to attend a conference which aligns with his/her research.
“This is an excellent opportunity for our students to not only get experience in communicating their research concisely, but also for them to compete for the chance to expand their knowledge and meet scientists from all over the world,” said Dr. Aimee Hollander, a Nicholls biology assistant professor. “Being able to communicate science and our research to the general public is increasingly important in this political climate because it can impact public policy.”
Students submitted their research earlier this month, and a panel at Louisiana Sea Grant selected 11 finalists to present their research at the competition.
The event will begin at 4 p.m., and will take place at the Mardi Gras Suite of the Bollinger Memorial Student Union. Students chosen will have just three minutes to explain their research, and they’ll be allowed to use no more than two static slides.
The finalists are Alexa Ballinger, Emily Bodin, Justin Brockmann, Kristen Chatelain, Richard Grabert, Kellyn LaCour-Conant, Ashleigh Lambiotte, Megan Nepshinsky, Drew Prejean, Alexis Rixner and Seth van Dexter.
Research will focus specifically on the impact coastal erosion has had on the community, and how it may be remedied in the future.
Judges for the competition will be Nicholls President Dr. Bruce Murphy, Restore or Retreat Director Simone Maloz and Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium Director Craig McClain.
