The King's Connection Magazine Volume 23 Number 2//Fall 2012 | Page 15

Students present summer
research projects

year’s conference was Welsh singer-songwriter Martyn Joseph,
who was scheduled to perform and give an ‘artist talk’ ?

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Quiet on set!

n September 6, students who participated in summer
research projects at King’s had the opportunity to
showcase the work they had accomplished at the annual
Summer Research Symposium. Students are each given five
minutes to present their project to all students and faculty in the
Faculty of Natural Science. As well, they are required to produce
a poster.
“The symposium offers undergraduate research students the
opportunity to gain valuable academic presentation skills,”
says Dr. Kris Ooms, Associate Professor of Chemistry. “It
offers first-year students the opportunity to see the work of
senior students, meet them and learn more about research
opportunities at King’s.”

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his past June King’s drama production studio was
transformed with lights, cameras, sets and a film crew
as the Command Center location for Rock Paper Dice Enter.
Directed and produced by Edmonton-based filmmaker, Shreela
Chakrabartty, and Toronto based writer/producer/actor, Kash
Gauni, Rock Paper Dice Enter is a suspense thriller feature film
where three shift workers take down the security of a nation by
intercepting a diamond heist.

Students in computing science, biology and chemistry were
involved in a variety of projects, including research being
done in The King’s Centre for Visualization in Science (KCVS). 
Research projects were overseen by faculty members and
supported by faculty’s National Science Foundation (NSF) and
National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada
(NSERC) grants and NSERC Undergraduate Research Awards. 
In total 15 students participated in research that included
topics such as testing for web service software, studies in
the molecular diversity of peregrine falcons, and evaluating
the ideal growing conditions for algae, an alternative source of
bio-diesel. ?

What’s so Christian
about King’s?

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hat’s faith got to do with reading
Shakespeare or dissecting frogs, or
learning about business management? Is ‘Christian’ scholarship
different from other varieties of learning and researching, and
if so, how? The King’s University College examined these
questions on September 19 & 20 for this fall’s Interdisciplinary
Studies conference, “Love that MINDS that Love: What’s so
Christian About King’s?” The conference probed the most
basic of all questions for students at a Christian liberal arts
university. Scheduled lecturer Professor David Naugle, of Dallas
Baptist University, delivered a provocative keynote lecture
each morning. Several of our own faculty offered their most
compelling reason for doing what they do, for loving what they
love, and for minding what they mind. The special feature at this

King’s was more than just a location for this film. Associate
Drama Professor Daniel Van Heyst and sessional motion
picture production instructor Gil Allan participated in the
film - Daniel as a cast member, and Gil as associate producer
and cast member. King’s students were also involved - Mark
Muilwijk assisted on set with continuity, and Theo
Keeler created on screen computer display graphics.
The film is currently raising funds through the crowd source
fundraising platform: Indiegogo to help complete the film.
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