Students recognized for excellence, accomplishment in student scholarship

Four Kent State University students have been recognized by the Kent State Performing Arts Library for their winning entries in the Colloquium Series’ Excellence in Research Awards for 2015.

Fourth-year honors student Rosemary Heredos received the Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research for her entry, “Lily Pons: The Littlest Lakmé.”

Music education doctoral student Kristin Coen-Mishlan received the Award for Excellence in Graduate Research for her entry, “Gender Discrimination in the Band World: A Case Study of Three Female Band Directors”

An award of $250 and a certificate of recognition was given to both Heredos and Coen-Mishlan for their winning research papers.

The Honorable Mention Award for Excellence in Graduate Research was given to students Bryan Helsel for his submission, “To Tour or Not to Tour: A Case Study in Music Education Ensemble Travel,” and Darren LeBeau for his submission, “Taking Charge: Looking at Student Leadership in the High School Band Room.” Both Helsel and LeBeau were awarded $50 for their submissions.

The Colloquium Series' Excellence in Research Awards recognize accomplishment in student scholarship, and are presented annually at the conclusion of the spring semester for the past academic year. The awards are open to all Kent State students who present original research papers as a part of the Colloquium Series, and must relate to theatre, dance or music.

For more information about winning entries for the Colloquium Series, visit the Performing Arts Library online journal, Excellence in Performing Arts Research, at http://digitalcommons.kent.edu/epar/. The journal features both undergraduate and graduate research.

The Performing Arts Library is one of Kent State’s four specialized branch libraries on campus and is home to a vast collection of musical scores, books, videos, journals, reference materials, theatre play scripts and electronic resources. The library is available to students of all majors and disciplines across campus. For more information about University Libraries, visit www.library.kent.edu.