Elise Kendall participates in the Borlaug Student Poster Competition

2015 Nov 11

Elise Kendall, of Roseville, MN, was selected as one of thirteen undergraduate students to participate in the Borlaug Student Poster Competition, which highlights student projects focused on world food issues.

Kendall, a student in global resource systems at Iowa State University, was selected to share a poster titled "Improving Health and Sanitation Resources for Children in the Kamuli District, Uganda" with faculty, staff, students, and guests during a reception before the Norman Borlaug Lecture, named for the agronomist and Iowa native whose discoveries sparked the Green Revolution.

Kendall’s poster described a project to improve the sanitary resources at three primary schools in the Kamuli District to keep children healthy. Information provided by the school suggested tip-tap hand washing stations, a drying station for kitchen dishes, and re-usable sanitary pads for adolescent girls were the most needed. The work done to implement these practices will contribute to the healthy lifestyle of the students.

All students are invited to submit abstracts describing a project they have completed related to world food issues, with the top students invited to present a poster for the public. Judges at the reception used a rubric to score the projects a second time and winners were announced just prior to the lecture.

The Norman Borlaug lecture, given by the 2015 World Food Prize Laureate Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, kicks off the start of World Food Prize Week, full of discussions surrounding food issues around the world. ISU's Norman Borlaug Lecture Series is held annually in conjunction with the World Food Prize Symposium.