The Library Advisory Board of Booth Library at Eastern Illinois University honored three students as winners of the 2015 Awards for Excellence in Student Research and Creativity.
Award winners were Nusrat Farah of Dhaka, Bangladesh, a graduate student in economics, for her paper, “Impact of Household and Demographic Characteristics on Poverty in Bangladesh: A Logistic Regression Analysis”; Anita Ihuwan of Everett, Wash., a senior majoring in health studies, for her paper, “Knowledge and Attitudes of College Students Covering HIV/AIDS”; and Helen Plevka of Morton, a senior majoring in English, for her paper, “Discordant Desire: Morley’s Polyphony in Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Night.’”
The Booth Library Awards for Excellence in Student Research and Creativity program promotes and recognizes excellence in student research. The program encourages students to enhance their studies by utilizing the wealth of information available at Booth Library and other research venues.
All entries were original works completed by Eastern students within the last 12 months. The award recipients were selected on the basis of excellence, creativity and the use of research resources.
Submissions from 2015
Impact of Household and Demographic Characteristics on Poverty in Bangladesh: A Logistic Regression Analysis, Nusrat Farah
Knowledge and Attitudes of College Students Concerning HIV/AIDS, Anita Ihuwan
Discordant Desire: Morley’s Polyphony in Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, Helen Plevka
