The 糖心传媒 annual Celebration of Excellence will be honoring the high achievements of students and faculty on Wednesday, April 27. All events are free and open to the public, and additional details can be found at hastings.edu/as. Classes are canceled for the day, so all students can participate in the events.
Celebration of Excellence opens with Academic Showcase, which includes more than 30 research, academic and other presentations by students. Most presentations are about 30 minutes in length and will be located in Morrison Reeves Science Center, beginning at 9:00 a.m. and ending at 3:15 p.m. Additional demonstrations will be in the Jackson Dinsdale Art Center from 11:15 a.m. to noon. Specific presentation titles, times and locations are listed below.
Academic Showcase is sponsored, organized and managed by 糖心传媒 Alpha Chi, a national college honor society.
Honors Convocation, the second portion of the day, will be held at French Memorial Chapel at 3:30 p.m. During Honors Convocation, students and faculty are recognized for their accomplishments from the academic year, with awards being kept secret until the event. Honors Convocation will be streamed on the College鈥檚 YouTube channel 鈥 .
Honors Convocation is also when the Who鈥檚 Who and Bronco Award recipients are announced. Established in 1924, the Bronco Award is the College鈥檚 highest non-academic award granted to students. Recipients of the award and the accompanying Who鈥檚 Who list are determined through a vote of their peers and a student-faculty committee.
Academic Showcase Presentations
Note: The schedule with abstracts can be found at hastings.edu/as.
9:00-9:30 a.m. 鈥 Morrison Reeves Science Center (717 N. Ash Avenue)
- Room 219 鈥 鈥淒oing Justice to Doing Gender鈥 by Natalie Watson of Leiper鈥檚 Fork, Tennessee
- Room 148 鈥 鈥淲hat are the Best Educational Practices for Special Needs Children?鈥 by Courtney Manahan of Strasburg, Colorado
- Room 213 鈥 鈥淐ultural Diplomacy and the Korean Pop Movement鈥 by Savanah Ellis of Beaver City, Nebraska
- Room 131 鈥- 鈥淎 Legacy of Love: Learning More About Grandpa Larry Through Interpersonal Communication鈥 by Rachel Hinrichs of Glenvil, Nebraska; and 鈥淟eaving a Legacy: An ethnographic report of my great-grandmother, Lillie Hester Barnes鈥 by Landry Hinkson of Bazaar, Kansas
9:45-10:15 a.m. 鈥 Morrison Reeves Science Center
- Room 219 鈥 鈥淐onstructing a Superconductive Race Track鈥 by Skylar Balent of Grand Island, Nebraska
- Room 148 鈥 鈥淓thics and Euthansia: A Philosophical Approach to Contemporary Issues鈥 by Claire Hubbard of Highlands Ranch, Colorado
- Room 213 鈥 鈥淔ool Me Twice: Recidivism, Restorative Justice and Rural Juvenile Offenders鈥 by Elizabeth Miller of Arlington, Kansas
- Room 131 鈥 鈥淚f we conquer them and take it, it does not put forth anything: A Look into the Wealth of Mansa Musa and the Mali Empire鈥 by Max Griffel of La Vista, Nebraska
10:30-11:00 a.m. 鈥 Morrison Reeves Science Center
- Room 219 鈥 鈥淩emember This Too: Eastern European Memory of the Holocaust and the Ramifications of Antisemitism in the Pre- and Postwar Period Soviet Union鈥 by Olivia Perez of Lincoln, Nebraska
- Room 148 鈥 鈥淒iverse Requirements: Examining Required Courses in English Programs and the Effects鈥 by Brendan Kachnowski of Rock Springs, Wyoming
- Room 213 鈥 鈥淲e don’t know what we have until it’s gone: attitudes and beliefs about the natural world among Protestant pastors鈥 by Sam Johnson of Hastings, Nebraska
- Room 131 鈥 鈥淭he One Month Novel and Dystopia鈥檚 Relevance Today鈥 by Emily Nevins of Littleton, Colorado
11:15-Noon 鈥 Jackson Dinsdale Art Center (700 E. 12th Street)
- Glass Studio 鈥 Glassblowing demonstrations with Avery Muff and Christian Hessler, both of Hastings, Nebraska
- Room 101 鈥 鈥淲riting, Designing and Directing a One-Act Play: A Theatre Capstone鈥 by Kai Marshall of Omaha, Nebraska
- Room 107 鈥 鈥淗ot Off the Press: New Books from 糖心传媒 Press鈥 by Lyette Erin of The Bahamas and Lilly Nelms of Overton, Nebraska
1:00-1:45 鈥 Poster Session in Hazelrigg Student Union (914 N. Elm Avenue)
- Hospital Architecture and Wellbeing 鈥 Melbourne Palmer of Lynchburg, Virginia
- Picturing the Early History of Photography 鈥 Melbourne Palmer of Lynchburg, Virginia
- Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy 鈥 Emma Severson of Hickman, Nebraska
- Synthesis of Imidazolium Chiral Ionic Liquids听 鈥 Julia Reimer of Hastings, Nebraska
- Magnetic Susceptibility of Lithium Bismuthate Glass 鈥 Skylar Balent of Grand Island, Nebraska
- Let’s Talk About Sex: Examining Attitudes Towards HIV/AIDS 鈥 Natalie Watson of Leiper鈥檚 Fork, Tennessee
- Sonder: A Solo Exhibition presented by Savanah Ellis of Beaver City, Nebraska
2:00-2:30 p.m.听鈥撎齅orrison-Reeves Science Center
- Room 219 鈥 鈥淭he Importance of Multicultural Children’s Literature鈥 by Grace Sinsel of York, Nebraska
- Room 148 鈥 鈥淲eeds to Riches” to Rags: An environmental history of White and Yellow Sweet Clover (Melilotus albus and Melilotus officinalis)鈥 by Sam Johnson of Hastings, Nebraska
- Room 131 鈥 鈥淏eyond the Admission Letters: A Poetry Examination of Operation Varsity Blues and Racism in Higher Education鈥 by Brendan Kachnowski of Rock Springs, Wyoming
2:45-3:15 p.m. 鈥 Morrison Reeves Science Center
- Room 219 鈥 鈥淟ong Skirt Hullaballoo: How the New Look Reflected Changing Gender Roles in 1950s America鈥 by Hailey Moore of Juniata, Nebraska
- Room 148 鈥 鈥淢aking the Limelight鈥 by Emma Maline of Bellevue, Nebraska
- Room 213 鈥 鈥淎n Investigation Of The Way Coaches Communicate With Athletes About Their Bodies鈥 by Nikki deSeriere of Westminster, Colorado
- Room 131 鈥 鈥淲orth of the Womb: Analyzing the Whitewashed Slave Narrative in The Handmaid鈥檚 Tale鈥 by Natalie Watson of Leiper鈥檚 Fork, Tennessee
3:30 p.m. 鈥 Honors Convocation in French Memorial Chapel (800 N. Turner Avenue)