29 BVU Students Make Presentations at Iowa Academy of Science annual meeting

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Iowa Academy of science presenters from BVU

STORM LAKE, IA (04/26/2012)(readMedia)--  

The largest group of Buena Vista University (BVU) students in over two decades made presentations at the Iowa Academy of Science annual meeting in Mason City April 20-21. Twenty-nine BVU students, mostly biology majors, made 31 individual and group poster and oral presentations at the event.

Those in the photo are from left:

Front row: Caitlin Hof, a junior from Yankton, S.D.; Kim Perez, a senior from Brownsville, Texas; Dr. Melanie Hauser, assistant professor of chemistry; Amanda Roder, a senior from Remsen; Tes Posekany, a junior from Woodburn; Molly Urness, a senior from Clarion; Jason Krummel, a senior from Avoca; Monica Figueroa, a Storm Lake High School senior.

Second row: Emily Gutschenritter, a senior from Essex; Allisson Kirchgatter, a senior from Anthon; Carina Allen, a senior from Sturgeon Lake, Minn.; Misty Bruhn, a senior from Cherokee; Lacie Drennan, a senior from Larrabee; Grace Sullivan, a senior from Yankton, S.D; Serena Geisinger, a senior from Lawton; Alex Paine, a senior from Storm Lake; Scott Radke, a senior from Alta.

Third row: Julia Rust, a senior from Storm Lake; Bob Kestel, a junior from Storm Lake; Shane Clune, a senior from Pine City, Minn.; Aaron Brewer, a senior from Omaha, Neb.; Keith Johnson, a senior from Hartley; Miguel Munoz-Gomez, a senior from Storm Lake; Andrew Schanbacher, a junior from Newhall.

Fourth row: Chris Renihan, a sophomore from New Providence; Henrique Batistti, a junior from Coronel Freitas, Santa Catarina, Brazil; Ryan Wuebker, a senior from Ayrshire; Stefan Petersen, a senior from Audubon; Tyler Harm, a senior from Schleswig; Marc Legge a senior from Garner. All are biology majors except Keith Johnson, who is a physics major. Several of the students have multiple majors. They were accompanied to the event by BVU science faculty.

Monica Figueroa, the Storm Lake High School senior, is one of two Iowa delegates to the National Youth Science Camp this summer in West Virginia.