Area Students Named Winners in Fort Hays State's Scholarly and Creative Activities Day
The 18th annual John Heinrichs Scholarly and Creative Activities Day (SACAD) at Fort Hays State University was held on April 19th. The event was created in 2005 to allow university faculty, staff, and students to share their scholarly and creative work. From that initial in-person event, SACAD has grown to include in-person or online poster and oral presentations as well as a variety of creative works displays.
The SACAD committee, comprised of faculty, staff, and students, evaluated the scholarly and creative works and awarded prizes to the top-three submissions in the following categories:
- Empirical posters comprised of research, statistical analysis, or a program evaluation information
- Non-empirical posters that present information that is not based on research data
- Creative works, including ceramics, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, photography, and graphic design
- A senior recognition award
Westin Mash of Jamestown placed first in undergraduate empirical poster for “Does Weapon Type Affect a BattleBot’s Performance?”
Jaclyn Begnoche and Audrey Manry of Clay Center were second in undergraduate non-empirical poster for “Golden Hour Effects on Newborn Health”
PJ Stauffer of Glen Elder received a recognition award.
SACAD is sponsored by the Fort Hays State University Scholarship Environment Committee, with support from the Office of the Provost, the Office of Scholarship and Sponsored Projects, university academic departments, and the deans from FHSU’s four colleges. Learn more about SACAD at: https://www.fhsu.edu/art-and-
About John Heinrichs:
The FHSU Scholarly and Creative Activities Day is named in honor of the late Dr. John F. Heinrichs (1957-2014). A popular Geosciences professor, an internationally renowned Arctic researcher, and esteemed colleague, Dr. Heinrichs had a tremendous impact on Fort Hays State University. He was a key supporter of faculty and student research, and his efforts were largely responsible for launching Research and Creative Activities Week, now known as John Heinrichs Scholarly and Creative Activities Day, in his honor.