College of the Mainland (COM) hosted its twelfth annual Gulf Coast Intercollegiate Consortium (GCIC) Academic Symposium on Friday, April 10. Featuring more than 140 students from local high schools and colleges, this year’s symposium was the largest to date.
The theme for this year’s symposium was “Embodied Knowledge: Decoding & Recoding the Self.” Held annually, the event helps students grow as scholars by enhancing communication skills, encouraging interdisciplinary networking and building confidence while fostering a sense of ownership in their work. COM faculty and staff served as judges and moderators throughout the day-long event.
Symposium winners were as follows:
First Place: “Socialist Cosmonauts and Robots: The Influence of Communism in Soviet Children’s Science Fiction Books,” Olivia Brooks, Lone Star College-CyFair; advisor Aurora Lugo
Second Place: “The Perceived Impact of Personality on the Academic Careers of Gifted Students,” Deepika Miryala, Clear Falls High School; advisor Alexis Allen
Third Place: “Nature, Nurture, and the Making of Extreme Behavior,” Alinna Garza, Houston City College – Eastside; advisor Toni Holland
Fourth Place: “The First Detective: How Edgar Allan Poe Trained America to Solve Crimes,” Lylah Martinez, Lone Star College-Kingwood; advisor Mari Nicholson-Preuss
Honorable Mention: “The Role of Culture in Peer-Initiated Sexual Abuse Perpetration Among Adolescents: A Cross-Cultural Analysis,” Favour Ogbonna, Lone Star College-CyFair; advisor Aurora Lugo
Honorable Mention: “Navigating Rising Costs of Tuition and Building Wealth to Create Financial Independence,” Geovanny Yanez, College of the Mainland; advisor Siromi Wijesinghe
The symposium’s keynote speaker, Dr. Christina C. Cedillo, presented “Composing One’s ‘Self’: Decoding and Recoding as Rhetorical Relationship.”
To learn more, visit www.com.edu/symposium/.
The theme for this year’s symposium was “Embodied Knowledge: Decoding & Recoding the Self.” Held annually, the event helps students grow as scholars by enhancing communication skills, encouraging interdisciplinary networking and building confidence while fostering a sense of ownership in their work. COM faculty and staff served as judges and moderators throughout the day-long event.
Symposium winners were as follows:
First Place: “Socialist Cosmonauts and Robots: The Influence of Communism in Soviet Children’s Science Fiction Books,” Olivia Brooks, Lone Star College-CyFair; advisor Aurora Lugo
Second Place: “The Perceived Impact of Personality on the Academic Careers of Gifted Students,” Deepika Miryala, Clear Falls High School; advisor Alexis Allen
Third Place: “Nature, Nurture, and the Making of Extreme Behavior,” Alinna Garza, Houston City College – Eastside; advisor Toni Holland
Fourth Place: “The First Detective: How Edgar Allan Poe Trained America to Solve Crimes,” Lylah Martinez, Lone Star College-Kingwood; advisor Mari Nicholson-Preuss
Honorable Mention: “The Role of Culture in Peer-Initiated Sexual Abuse Perpetration Among Adolescents: A Cross-Cultural Analysis,” Favour Ogbonna, Lone Star College-CyFair; advisor Aurora Lugo
Honorable Mention: “Navigating Rising Costs of Tuition and Building Wealth to Create Financial Independence,” Geovanny Yanez, College of the Mainland; advisor Siromi Wijesinghe
The symposium’s keynote speaker, Dr. Christina C. Cedillo, presented “Composing One’s ‘Self’: Decoding and Recoding as Rhetorical Relationship.”
To learn more, visit www.com.edu/symposium/.
Photo: Pictured from left to right are professor Dalel Serda, students Geovanny Yanez, Favour Ogbonna, Lylah Martinez, Alinna Garza, Deepika Miryala and professor Gwendolynn Barbee-Yow.
Contact: Jose Salazar, Senior Communications Specialist, (409) 933-8923 or jsalazar18@com.edu
College of the Mainland is a learning-centered, comprehensive community college dedicated to student success and the intellectual and economic prosperity of the diverse communities we serve. Taxing districts include the independent school districts of Dickinson, Hitchcock, Santa Fe and Texas City/La Marque. Its service area includes League City, Friendswood, Kemah, Bacliff and San Leon.
Contact: Jose Salazar, Senior Communications Specialist, (409) 933-8923 or jsalazar18@com.edu
College of the Mainland is a learning-centered, comprehensive community college dedicated to student success and the intellectual and economic prosperity of the diverse communities we serve. Taxing districts include the independent school districts of Dickinson, Hitchcock, Santa Fe and Texas City/La Marque. Its service area includes League City, Friendswood, Kemah, Bacliff and San Leon.