Forrest Kohl, a senior chemistry student who won the Stanislaus State Student Research Competition in March, earned 2nd Place in the Physical and Mathematical Sciences Undergraduate category of the 30th Annual CSU Statewide Student Research Competition at Cal State Bakersfield.

Kohl’s presentation, “Spectroelectrochemical Characterization of Free Base Triphenylcorrole,” was from a research project for which he was serving as a research assistant under the direction of Dr. Elvin Alemán, assistant professor of chemistry.

Stanislaus State student Kathleen Giles won the Flachman Award for the best paper at the 13th Annual CSU Honors Student Conference at Sacramento State on Saturday. Her paper, on intrafamilial violence in Santa Clara la Laguna, Guatemala, aims to better understand the history and development of gender-based violence in Guatemala, to explore the relationship between the current rise in violence and the past civil war, and to investigate what factors are impeding women’s access to services.

Professor Edward H. Hernandez and students Jessica Garcia and Alejandra Delgadillo will continue Stanislaus State’s 11-year run of awards at the annual HR Symposium, which will be held Tuesday, April 26, in Santa Clara.

Hernandez will be awarded the 2016 Human Resource Excellence Award after being nominated by a large group of Bay Area-based Stan State alumni who have used their Stan State educations to gain employment as human resource professionals.

Take Back the Night, a week-long series of educational events to combat violence of all types, including sexual violence, will be featured at Stanislaus State April 25-29.

According to Meg Lewis, training manager and deputy Title IX coordinator, the events cap off what has been a busy year of training and awareness efforts for Stanislaus State, as colleges across the country are following the congressional mandate to address sexual violence on campuses.

Stanislaus State women’s soccer coach Gabriel Bolton was looking for a new way for his team to improve in the off-season, and what he has added to the regimen has more to do with working between the ears than between the goal lines.