Saint Mary’s students show work at Private Scholars at the Capitol Day

Saint Mary’s University students, from left, Melissa Wolf, Carina Woodward and Sarah Windschitl participated in Private Scholars at the Capitol Day on Feb. 19.

WINONA, Minn. — Three Saint Mary’s University students participated in Private Scholars at the Capitol Day, a gathering of undergraduate scholars and their faculty research mentors, at the State Capitol Rotunda on Feb. 19. The event, sponsored by the Minnesota Private College Council, is a celebration of the scholarly excellence of undergraduate student researchers and their faculty mentors at Minnesota’s private colleges.

SMU students participating (along with their projects and advisors) were: Melissa Wolf (biology, Dr. Jeanne Minnerath), “A comparison of heat versus methanol fixation for gram staining bacteria”; Sarah M. Windschitl (psychology, Dr. Beth Seebach), “Role models and their influence on self-objectification in college women”; and Carina Woodward (biology, Dr. Jenny Shanahan), abstract of “Recreating reality in one hundred years of solitude.” They joined 26 undergraduate scholars from around the state.