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Arts and Sciences Student Newsletter

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

Two geology grad students earn prestigious awards

geography grad students standing by Thompson Hall sign

Tochukwu Onyebum and Jallow Muhammed, graduate students in geology, received prestigious awards from the Society of Exploration Geophysicists. Onyebum studies seismicity (earthquakes) and mantle geodynamics with Dr. Claudia Adam. Muhammed examines seismic attributes using statistical methods and machine learning with Dr. Raef Abdelmoneam. read more

 

Modern languages and math students represent Arts and Sciences at supporter appreciation dinner

photo of Ash Leslie and Jayci Shepard presenting

Our thanks to Ash Leslie, senior in modern Languages (French and Spanish) and Arts and Sciences Ambassador, and Jayci Shepard, junior in mathematics with a minor in statistics and Math Ambassador, for talking to supporters at the KSU Foundation’s Arts and Sciences Celebration Sept. 22! They shared how their unique College of Arts and Sciences experiences have impacted them.

Ash is interested in pursuing legal translation to better support the growing multilingual community in the Midwest. He recently returned from a fully funded study abroad semester where he learned translation techniques from a renowned authority while experiencing life in Aix-en-Provence, France, and earning credits towards his degree.

Jayci is interested in applied data science and is currently pursuing hands-on research in image scatter and resolution with a faculty mentor. Jayci is in the Honors Program, for which she developed a personalized study of differential equations in Shakespeare and presented her research findings to her peers in English.​