Tenth Grade Students Engage and Learn During through Research Symposium

Tenth grade students participated in a half-day research symposium on Monday, April 29, which celebrated the historical research students conducted over the last quarter. 

To kick off the symposium was a panel discussion led by Rutgers University – Camden graduate students, Mina Garic and Ysabella Golden, discussing their research and work on Haiti and resistance to Colonialism. Following the panel were keynote remarks from Rutgers University – Camden professor and historian, Dr. Emily Marker. Her areas of research include imperial and postcolonial Europe, francophone Africa, race, religion, youth, and global history. Her discussion combined historical archive research paired with familial interviews and real-life accounts from relatives on their experiences as Holocaust survivors and reparations her family eventually received from Germany. 

After keynote remarks, students were welcomed onto the Van Meter back lawn for refreshments where they could converse on their research projects and provide their “elevator pitch” to faculty/staff on their respective topics – answering questions and sharing insights on their findings.