CSULB
students earn top marks in competition
By Lei-Wei Yang
Summer Online Forty-Niner
Two
Cal State Long Beach students captured a
first-place finish at the 17th annual CSU
Student Research Competition.
Eugene Shin, a senior finance major, and
Joanne Lee achieved the top honor in the
business, economics and public administration
category. Their presentation, “Market Volatility
and Trading Volume around Different Types
of Earnings Announcements,” involves three
years worth of data that explains the volatility
of company stock prices when pre-announcements
of company earnings are made.
“We were able to present our research at
[two business conferences in the fall],
and we got some pretty good feedback. So,
I think that really helped us a lot going
into this statewide competition,” Shin stated
in a press release.
The research competition took place at Cal
State Stanislaus, and involved both undergraduate
and graduate students of the CSU system
statewide. Contestants made presentation
orally to an array of juries that included
professionals and experts from big corporations,
public agencies and educational institutes
in California.
“Overall it was a very good experience for
everybody,” said Kip Polokoff, associated
vice president for Academic Affairs and
campus coordinator of the Student Research
Competition. “The prevailing quality of
our student presentations was very high.
It is not easy to stand before an audience
knowing you are being judged not only on
the quality of your research or creative
activity, but also on your skill as a presenter
and your poise in answering questions. Our
students performed with grace and good humor
and did all they could to support each other,”
stated Polokoff in a press release.
Two other students finished second in the
research competition. Sue Hogan, in the
creative arts and design category, won the
second-place honor for her dance performance
titled “Menuett #3: A Choreographic Exploration
of Surrealism and Freudian Theory.”
Moreover, Tiffany Potter, a senior majoring
in biochemistry, obtained second place in
the biological and agricultural sciences
category. Her project, “Localization of
the Translocation Breakpoint in Ts65n, a
Mouse Model for Down Syndrome,” explored
Down Syndrome in the early developmental
stage.
Students such as Daniel Edson Antezana,
George Gomez-Wheeler, Stanley Baksi, Sarah
Jaffray, Roger L. York and Justin Goss also
participated in the research competition.
Each school is allowed 10 students to participate.
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