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Submission due Monday, March 24th, 2025 @ 11:55 pm — Click here to submit

RECAP is an annual Symposium and Competition for students of West Liberty University with the goal of recognizing and rewarding outstanding achievement in scholarly Research, Creative Activity, and Performance.

RECAP is open to all West Liberty students both undergraduate and graduate.  Scholarly research, creative activities, and performances that were submitted to Mad Festival, Alpha Chi, Ampersand, etc., may also be submitted to RECAP.

RECAP Submissions available for the following areas — click below to view scoring rubrics, submission instructions, or to contact faculty members.

 
Submission AreasRubricsInstructionsFaculty Contact
Creative Work & Performance PresentationsCreative Works & PerformanceCreative Works & PerformanceDr. Ronald Hulewicz
ronald.hulewicz@westliberty.edu
Oral PresentationOral PresentationOral PresentationDr. Gayle Jesse gayle.jesse@westliberty.edu
Dr. Robert Kreisberg
rkreisberg@westliberty.edu
Research PaperResearch PaperResearch PaperDr. Melinda Kreisberg
mkreisberg@westliberty.edu
Poster (Display & Presentation)PosterPosterMr. Jared Thompson
jared.thompson@westliberty.edu

Note:  Creative Writing rubrics and instructions will be provided if submissions are received.


Awards Ceremony

Wednesday, April 16th, 2025 @ 3:00 — Boyle Conference Room

In-person & Recorded for later viewing @  https://topperstation.com/

Awards will be given to highest scoring participants at the awards ceremony.  The awards ceremony will take place both in-person with the option to pick-up awards at a later time if the award ceremony can not be attended in person.


Congratulations to the 2024 RECAP Winners

CategoryPlaceNameTitle of submissionGraduate/

Undergraduate

Research PaperWinnerHannah HolbertShelter Preference of Cambarus Robustus, A Surrogate Species For The Federally Threatened Cambarus CallainusUndergraduate
Research Paper1st Runner-upElio DelatoreUtilization of Double-Immunofluorescence Microscopy to determine the role of FTL_1199 in erythrocyte invasion by Francisella tularensisGraduate
Research Paper2nd Runner-upMackenzie HallTargeted Combination Therapy against Fatal Human Prion DiseasesUndergraduate
Oral PresentationWinnerReagan GrayChemical Purification of Natural Antimicrobial Compounds Derived from Rhus typhina and Piper hispidumUndergraduate
Research PosterWinnerJason AkeSpatial Distribution Analysis of Invasive Pheretimoid Earthworms in West Liberty University’s Campus WoodsGraduate
Research Poster1st Runner-upMackenzie HallScreening Resazurin Analogs for Enhanced Antimicrobial Activity Against Francisella tularensis and Neisseria gonorrhoeaeGraduate
Research PosterTie 2nd Runner-upKatherin PlateObservations of False Water Cobra (Hydrodynastes gigas) with Dorsal or Ventral Heat: A Behavioral StudyUndergraduate
Research PosterTie 2nd Runner-upRori SchreiberThe Recombinant Expression of the Human Erythrocyte Protein Band 3 in Francisella tularensis to Elucidate Host-Pathogen InteractionsGraduate
Creative WorkWinnerTiffany SitesEclipse: A music score composed on the idea of a solar eclipse and the alignment of the moon, Earth, and Sun.Undergraduate
Creative Work1st Runner-upClayton VargoMs. UniverseUndergraduate
Creative Work2nd Runner-upMattelyn LampReal Silent (film length 8:23)Undergraduate

2023 RECAP Winners

CategoryPlaceNameTitle of submissionGraduate/

Undergraduate

Research PaperWinnerLexie MullenThe Implementation of a New Screening Tool to Increase Early Intervention DetectionGraduate
Research Paper1st Runner-upAutumn DuckworthBibliotherapy in Secondary Classrooms: Educator’s Involvement in Student Mental HealthsUndergraduate
Research Paper2nd Runner-upJordan GibsonMulti-drug Efflux Pumps: The Most Rational Target to Combat Growing Antibiotic Resistance in Bacterial PathogensUndergraduate
Oral PresentationsWinnerTimothy MooreWeather Driven Movement Patterns of Semi-Aquatic Water Snakes, Regina septemvittata and Nerodia sipedon sipedonUndergraduate
Oral PresentationsRunner-upMegan StubbsEcology of the Lean Crayfish, Cambarus strigosusUndergraduate
Oral PresentationsRunner-upMackenzie HallThe Implementation of Puberty Education Programs for Children with Central Precocious PubertyUndergraduate
Graduate Research PosterWinnerEmily YoungRole of FTL_1504 in Francisella tularensis Susceptibility to ResazurinUndergraduate
Undergraduate Research PostersRunner-upJordan GibsonThe Effect of Efflux Pumps and Oxidative Stress on Neisseria gonorrhoeae Susceptibility to ResazurinUndergraduate
Undergraduate Research PostersRunner-upCassidy GebhardtMorphological Analyses of Spiny Scale Crayfish (Cambarus jezerinaci) Lineages and the Importance of Genetic Surveys in ConservatioUndergraduate
Creative WorksWinnerDaphney TannerGame TIme!Undergraduate
Creative WorksRunner-upLacey DeemLifeUndergraduate
Creative WorksRunner-upFrankie LanderRadio RecordUndergraduate

 

RECAP 2021 went Virtual for 2021, click to Watch the RECAP ceremony.

View a few of the winning submissions below from previous years

Best oral presentation: Kendall Souder, Determining the mechanism of action of resazomycins, a novel family of antibiotics

Best Graduate Poster:  Michele Williams, Target Training Juvenile False Water Cobras (Hydrodynastes gigas)

Best Undergraduate Research Poster: Haley Miller, Trophic Partitioning of Cambarus carinirostris, Cambarus robustus, and Faxonius obscurus in Kings Creek, WV by Stable Isotope Analysis

Best Creative Works:  Michelle Eisen, I Think I’ll Miss You

Best Paper: Kendall Souder, Resazomycins: A Family of Novel Antibiotics to Target Clinically Significant Gram-Negative Bacteria

RECAP 2021 Souder Research Paper – Kendall Souder

Congratulations to the 2021 RECAP Winners

 
CategoryPlaceNameTitle of submissionGraduate/

Undergraduate

Research PaperWinnerKendall SouderResazomycins: A Family of Novel Antibiotics to Target Clinically Significant Gram-Negative BacteriaUndergraduate
Research Paper1st

Runner-up

Christian (Luke) BeallPleistocene Rewilding: Fantasy or the Future? A critical literature reviewUndergraduate
Research Paper2nd

Runner-up

Jennifer WhitfieldAP English Composition and College Success: Appalachian Students’ PerspectiveUndergraduate
Oral PresentationsWinnerKendall SouderDetermining the mechanism of action of resazomycins, a novel family of antibioticsUndergraduate
Oral PresentationsRunner-upSusan Smith & Michelle YadrickCo-Teaching West Liberty’s Abnormal Psychology Course as Graduate Teaching AssistantsGraduate
Oral PresentationsRunner-upEmma McClellandAssessment of Snail Communities in Fragmented HabitatsGraduate
Graduate Research PostersWinnerMichelle WilliamsTarget Training Juvenile False Water Cobras (Hydrodynastes gigas)Graduate
Graduate Research PostersRunner-upSydney OzerskyTransfer of Cryptosporidium oocysts from feeder rodents to neonate snakes and its impact on parasite identification methods used by zoological institutionsGraduate
Graduate Research PostersRunner-upKatherine PhillipsThe Effect of Dillapiole on Acinetobacter baumannii, a Gram-Negative Opportunistic PathogenGraduate
Undergraduate Research PostersWinnerHaley MillerTrophic Partitioning of Cambarus carinirostris, Cambarus robustus, and Faxonius obscurus in Kings Creek, WV by Stable Isotope Analysis

 

Undergraduate
Undergraduate Research PostersRunner-upBrian RinghiserPreliminary Analysis of Morphometric Data for an Ongoing Autecological Study of the Northern Watersnake, Nerodia sipedon sipedon, in a West Virginia StreamUndergraduate
Undergraduate Research PostersRunner-upKaitlyn TaylorDNA Analysis of Chelodina mccordi from the Audubon Zoo, New OrleansUndergraduate
Undergraduate Research PostersRunner-upJustin SanclementeDNA Analysis of Chelodina mccordi from the Audubon Zoo, New OrleansUndergraduate
Art PostersWinnerMichelle EisenI Think I’ll Miss YouUndergraduate
Art PostersRunner-upAbigail BeckelhimerMayhemUndergraduate
Art PostersRunner-upC’ierra BuchananLife After DeathUndergraduate

 


Congratulations to the 2019 RECAP Winners

All RECAP Winners with Dr. Greiner
All RECAP Winners with Dr. Greiner
Top Category Winners
Top Category Winners

 

Poster Category

Best: Elliot Collins, “Immunostimulatory Activity of Dillapiole Isolated from Fennel Root.”

Best Poster Winner

Runners-up:

  • Emma McClelland, “Comparison of Microbial Respiration and Carbon Loss in the Upper Ohio River Watershed and Selected Tributaries in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia”
  • Carly Cunningham, “The Ability of VBNC F. tularensis to Replicate Within THP-1 Cells”
  • Patrick Allison Jr, “A Reassessment of the Crayfishes of Pennsylvania’s Lake Erie Basin with an Emphasis on Zoogeography, Taxonomy, and Conservation”

Presentation Category

Best: Nicole Sadecky, “Identifying Habitat Utilization and Movement of a Federally Endangered Crawfish Species, Cambarus veteranus (Guyandotte River crayfish) via Radio Telemetry.”

Runners-up:

  • Eric Tidmore, “Defining broad-scale habitat associates for an imperiled crayfish, Cambarus veteranus”
  • Tanya Khan, “Conservation and Distribution of Creaserinus fodiens (Digger Crayfish) in Pennsylvania”

Performance Category

Best: Emily McLean, animation video of the Nintendo Switch

Runner-up: Pat King

Paper Category

Best: Dylan Parsons, “Practice and Religious Tolerance of Homosexuality in Medieval Europe.”

Runners-up:

  • Eric Tidmore, “Predicting the distribution of a narrow range endemic species of crayfish, Cambarus taylori”
  • Michelle Russell, “Optimal costal cartilage graft selection according to shape and size: Anatomical consideration for Rhinoplasty”

2018 RECAP Winners

Best Paper:

  • Susan J. Smith – “Change-Maker, Home-Maker, or Booty-Shaker? An Analysis of Meghan Trainor and Her Contributions to Mass Media Content”

Runners-Up in the Paper Category:

  • Samaria Oiler – “Domestic Violence Against Women With Disabilities: The Issues of Funding, Fear, and a Dismissive Society”
  • Shane Powell – “Moro, lasso, al mio duolo: The Compositional Techniques of Carlo Gesualdo”
  • Miranda D. Snell – “Emergency Administration of n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids to Correct Fatal Arrhythmias”

Best Poster:

  • Aaron Nard – “Freshwater Ecosystem Studies…”

Runners-Up in the Poster Category:

  • Hannah Lynch – “Reconstructive Surgery…”
  • Jennifer Myers – “Aralia Spinosa Extract…”
  • Michelle Yadrick and Emily Fournier – “Excoriation (or Skin-Picking) Is A Self-Injurious Behavior…”

Best Presentation:

  • John Heiserman and Jessica Gulisek – “Early 20th Century Art Songs by Samuel Barber”

Runners-Up in the Presentation Category:

  • Tanya Khan – “Distribution of Crayfishes of the Upper Ohio River Basin in Western PA”
  • Anna Malone and Susan Smith – “Comprehensive Unit Plan for Early Childhood Education”
  • Eric Tidmore – “Using MaxEnt to determine suitable habitat locations for the Cutshin Crayfish”

For more information…

Dr. Gayle Jesse – gayle.jesse@westliberty.edu

Dr. Robert Kreisberg – rkreisberg@westliberty.edu

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