Two undergraduate and two graduate students in history are featured presenters at the Garret Weaver Symposium and Awards Ceremony to be held Monday, April 20.
The students are undergraduates Elizabeth Ronie and Taylor Albritton, and the graduates are Kendetrick Bradley and Candice Brent, according to Associate Professor Dr. Rico Chapman.
The presentation will be at the COFO Center on Lynch Street from 1-4 p.m.
The students will present their research and the audience may ask any questions, and a panel will discuss their presentation.
That will be followed at 3-4 p.m. by the Awards Ceremony for the graduating seniors and graduate students, Chapman said.
Students, faculty and the public are invited to the free event.
The symposium began in 2000 for the undergraduate and graduate students in the Department of History to present their historical research to peers and the public.
Dr. Dernoral Davis, chair of the Department of History and Philosophy from 2000-2013, named the symposium after Weaver because of his strong emphasis on research and writing. Weaver was a renowned professor in the Department of History at JSU from 1974 until his death in 1993, Chapman said.
Weaver and Davis were the primary professors assisting students in the completion of their research, senior papers and theses for the History M.A. degree, Chapman said. Weaver was the graduate student advisor/chair of theses committees, emphasizing that students’ research must be scholarly and add to the body of knowledge. He emphasized research in his undergraduate and graduate courses.