A total of 19 Honors students will present their final capstone projects Tuesday-Thursday, April 24-26, in Herbster Chapel. Through the Honors 455 course, students have worked with a faculty mentor to deepen their understanding of a topic of compelling interest in their major. Their presentations, which also included a written component, are the culmination of their research and study.
SCHEDULE OF PRESENTATIONS
Tuesday, April 24
3:30 p.m.: Tyler Moore – Small Scale Information Distribution
3:45 p.m.: Jack Onderisin – Money for Nothing: Ethical Issues in the American Financial Services Industry
4:00 p.m.: Katie Peck – An Analysis of the Styles Used in Fairy Tales to Teach Children Lessons
4:30 p.m.: Jessica Barnes – The Impacts of Triclosan and Nutrients on the Common Lake Erie Algae Microcystis
4:45 p.m.: Enya Granados – The Experiences and Proposed Supports for Student of Color at Heidelberg
5:00 p.m.: Abbey McKee – Does Music Tempo Affect Male Athletic Performance?
Wednesday, April 25
3:30 p.m.: James Hanley – Offshore Accounting: The Driving Force Behind Wealth Inequality
3:45 p.m.: Nicole Tennison – Health, Healings and Jesus: Health-Related Topics in the Gospels
4:00 p.m.: Kory Wise – Ideological State Apparatuses in Dystopian Novels
4:30 p.m.: Kate Rose – Widow: An Exploration in Neo-Noir
4:45 p.m.: Emma Penrose – Education: The Tip of the Diversity Iceberg
5:00 p.m.: Kimberly Keenan – Survival and Behavior of Caenorhabditis elegans: A Microscopic Model for the Human Immune System
Thursday, April 26
3:30 p.m.: Nicholas Gillenwater – The Politics of Trade
3:45 p.m.: Tyler Stagani – How Music Affects Division III Athletes During Exercise
4:00 p.m.: Justin Mourguet – The Utilization of Existentialism as a Catalyst for the Elucidation of Christian Theology
4:30 p.m.: Katie Mullins – Boom! Bam! Pow!: Persuasive Techniques Used in World War II-Era Comic Books
4:45 p.m: Melodie Harnett -- The Roots of Incan Culture in Contemporary Peru
5:00 p.m.: Darby Moloney – The Loss: A Modern Art Compilation
5:15 p.m.: Payge Smith – Bracketology: A Science or a Gamble?