Research journal makes itself known
The Corinthian is a research journal sponsored by the Office of Academic Engagement and is currently seeking submissions for Volume 10. The editor of The Corinthian, Elyssa Sanner, feels that the journal is a great opportunity that many students are missing out on.
“Many GCSU students don’t know about this amazing opportunity to get their work published while they’re still in school,” Sanner said.
The goal of the journal is to do exactly that, to allow students another opportunity to get their work published before they finish their undergraduate or graduate degree at GCSU. The advisor for the journal, John Bowen, agrees that the journal is a good opportunity that students should consider taking during their time at GCSU.
“Not very many students are aware of The Corinthian,” Bowen said. “It’s such a good opportunity for scholarly achievement.”
Not much is known about the history of The Corinthian because the records and its beginnings have been difficult to find.
“The Corinthian has been through several transition periods in its history,” Sanner said, “(This) has made it difficult to track the activity of the journal.”
What had been compiled, however, shows that the student research journal has been around long enough for Flannery O’Connor to have been its editor when she attended what was then known as Georgia State College for Women.
In 1905, Dr. Marvin Parks became the president of Georgia State College for Women and greatly expanded the opportunities given to students. Not only did the degree program and four year program begin during his term as president, but The Colonnade and The Corinthian were both initiated by him as well. After many trying years for the school, The Corinthian was mostly put on hold until it could be commenced at a later time.
“The Corinthian is a publication unique to GCSU; no other school in Georgia or in the COPLAC (Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges) system has a student research journal that resembles (it),” Sanner said.
As of this year, the tenth volume of The Corinthian is being compiled.
The GCSU Office of Academic Engagement is known to support many research efforts by students. The department’s mission is to “enrich student learning through distinctive and integrative opportunities, connecting classroom knowledge with action and experience.” The Corinthian is one way to achieve this.
The students that work on this journal do so diligently, as the submission process is difficult. All of the articles submitted are read and critiqued.
“Each article submitted is anonymously peer reviewed by a professor in the specific subject area of the submission; the professors ultimately decide which articles are accepted for publication,” Sanner said. “The acceptance rate is about 75 percent.”
This journal provides many opportunities for students to take advantage of at GCSU. The journal will be published Spring 2009 so the due date for articles is coming up soon. All submissions to The Corinthian are due by Friday, Oct. 31.
When applying for The Corinthian, students must include a hard copy of their article, the document on a CD and the other required forms found online. The completed forms can be turned in to John Bowen at Campus Box 101 or to the Office of Academic Engagement in Beeson Hall. For more information on The Corinthian as well as the required submission forms go to http://www.gcsu.edu/engagement/studentresearch.html or contact the student editor Elyssa Sanner at elyssa_sanner@ecats.gcsu.edu.
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on Oct 24 2008. Filed under News.
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