The OracleHonors Newsletter

Volume 6, Issue 1 Spring 2016

In this issue:

Message from the chair ...... 1

Honors Students ................ 2

New Student Spotlight ....... 2

Featured Honors Project .... 3

Featured Honors Student .. 4

Faculty Spotlight ................ 5

All Arizona .......................6-8

List of Honors classes ......... 8

Faculty Spotlight.................9

Honors Information....10-12

We proudly launched our new Hon-ors Program this year and will award the fi rst Honors Distinc-tions to our graduates who have completed sixteen or

more credits of honors work. These students will receive a com-memorative medallion at Honors Reception, an Honors Distinction notation on their transcripts, recog-nition on the commencement pro-gram, and a seal on their diplomas. Responding to the call for greater transferability, our new Honors Pro-gram is designed to better meet the needs of today’s students. The centerpiece of our program remains the academic relationships between honors faculty and students out of which true creative schol-arship is born. This will continue as students complete most of their honors coursework within estab-lished general education classes that transfer directly as part of the AGEC rather than primarily through sepa-rate HON classes. Instead of receiving an external Honors Certifi cate, students pursu-ing the new Honors Distinction will

also complete two “bookend” cours-es. The fi rst is a one credit Moodle course (HON 101 Introduction to Honors) which may be completed entirely online at one’s own pace, and the second is a three credit cap-stone class (HON 260 The Human Quest for Utopia), an interdisciplin-ary course which also satisfi es the Humanities and Critical Inquiry/Intensive Writing requirements for our students. Thus, our program requirements have become more fl exible while simultaneously becom-ing more transferable—a win-win for our students! In addition, we have revamped our website, added six new honors faculty and eight new courses, and developed a new streamlined system of program administration. The Honors Program is now overseen by a chair and an Honors Advisory Board under the direction of the Vice President for Instruction/Provost. The Honors Advisory Board has worked diligently to create the HON 101 curriculum and will be working on an Honors Faculty Cer-tifi cation during the next academic year. Thank you to the whole Honors team and the Friends of the program for fostering the continued growth of our exceptional Honors Program!

A message from the chair

Mary B. Coyle

Miller Enthusiastically Joins Honors Program Angela Miller, a biology major, is new to the Honors Program. This is her fi rst semester taking honor class-es, and she is beginning by taking three: Psychology 101, Calcu-lus 2 and British Literature 2. Miller shares, “What I like about the Honors Program is that it is challenging. I believe it will be good to graduate with Honors and that it will open up opportunities for me.” She likes Cochise College; she especially likes the instructors and the people. “I like college in general more than high school because I have more free-dom,” says Miller. Miller really enjoys being a tutor in the Writing Lab. She is also Literary Guild presi-dent. The Literary Guild meets one a month to discuss a pre-chosen book. One of her goals is to become a

neurosurgeon. She plans to transfer to NAU or U of A for her bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience and Cog-nitive Sciences degree.

Right after high school, Miller went to a National Youth Leader-ship Forum in Medi-cine that took place in Boston, Massachusetts. The camp allowed her to experience what it would be like to be a medical student. The participants were to review cases and go through the pro-cesses that medical students use to

diagnose what is wrong with their patients. She is passionate about helping people and did volunteer work at the hospital over the summer. In her spare time she likes to read, to play video games or get in some cardio exercise, and to listen to rock music. Choose to join her in a Honors class soon!

Honors StudentsHonors Students Fall 2015-Spring 2016

Rakeen Abdali Sean Cluff Angela Miller Courtney Acosta Kaitlin Diemer Robert MyersHannah Adams Thy Dinh Marcella Quiñones Erika Andres Terese Ellis Nichole ReidDawn Bolduc Ciara Garcia Stephanie SheleyKendra Bristow Jonathon Jones Tristin SolorzanoSarah Chadbourn Alexandra Linhart Olivia Sturgeon Kya Teskey Candle Yarbrough

New Honors Student

Angela Miller

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Alexandria Linhart is a fulltime honors student at Cochise Col-lege. Linhart is fascinated with the Basque region and loves its culture, so she chose the Basque people as the subject as one of her Honors projects. Guillermo Retana has been her advisor on the project in SPA 201. The Basque region borders Spain and France. Only Spain recognizes the Basque lan-guage at the mo-ment. Linhart excitedly said, “I got interested in the Basque project when in SPA 101. I started researching the culture and his-tory of the Basque people and I realized not a lot of people know how they got there. Their language is unlike any language in Europe, and it is a completely different culture. They are actually fi ghting for inde-pendence to be recognized as a new country.” Linhart says that the hardest thing about her project was fi nding accurate and usable sources. She had to dig through a lot of touristy material. She will be presenting her project at the Honors Colloquium on April 28th and will also present it in her Spanish class, speaking ful-ly in Spanish. In her presentation, Linhart will cover the language and cultural aspects, the history of the region and current events, as well as how the Basque countries are perceived today. The Basque country is separat-ed by mountains and rivers from

Spain. Travelers entering the Basque area are greeted by signs notifying them they are entering a different region. The most interesting thing is the language, as it doesn’t come from any European language. One unique aspect that Linhart found about the culture is that the men are generally the cooks. The men go to the pubs to cook and

hang out and talk, leaving the women at home. They also have a different ver-sion of Santa Claus. He is called Olentzero and he comes from the moun-tain region; different versions have him as a coal miner and he has fairies to help him. The kids leave wine

out for him (The parents like this). They have many different stories and traditions for other holidays. “They are a strong people fi ght-ing for what they believe is right. They believe that they should have their own country and be able make decisions for themselves. The Basque language was suppressed for an extensive period of time, and they were not allowed to speak the language. They now have brought it back and have started teaching their children,” says Linhart. “I had loads of fun on this proj-ect. I have always been a lover of history and this project has allowed me to go in depth on a subject mat-ter I found interesting,” says Lin-hart. She has never been to Spain, or to the Basque region, but would love to go.

Featured Honors Project

Basque People

Alexandria Linhart

Discovering the Basque People

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Graduating Honors Student

Dawn Bolduc is the fi rst in her immediate family to go to college. Bolduc grew up here in Sierra Vista, and her family is from Mexico. Nei-ther of her parents went to college, and her mother did not graduate from high school. Bolduc’s parents didn’t know much about college, including how to apply for scholar-ships, so Bolduc worked to pay for her own schooling. She started the summer after she graduated from high school in 2009; “I’m going to get it done” was her plan, but in reality it took about seven years. Bolduc is working on her Associate’s in English and will grad-uate in May 2016. She has already received an Associate’s in Biology from Cochise College last summer. She is transferring in the fall to the Univer-sity of Arizona to obtain a Bachelor’s in Physiology. Bolduc likes the Honors Program and says, “The Honors Program is re-ally cool because it will make it easier for me to get scholarships to go to the U of A. I’ve registered for fall at U of A, and I’m already an Honors student because it transferred over. That was really good; I didn’t expect that to happen.” She was excited because she also gets an Honors Distinction with graduation. She also believes that “Ms. Coyle is the best part of Honors Program.” She has taken all of her Honors

credits with Ms. Coyle. She took English composition (102H), Irish Literature (260H), British Literature (220H & 221H), Intro to Shakespeare (222H) and the Human Quest for Utopia (260H). Her next goal is to go medical school and become a surgeon. “I would love to cut someone open,” she

jokes. She also likes or-ganic chemistry. Bolduc enjoys other fi elds as well, such as economics, public affairs, and con-servation. Bolduc is a bartender at Chili’s and likes to cook; she is vegan. She has been married for 3 years to her best friend, Valerian. Her advice to other students: “Find out what the

credit cap is on the num-ber of credits your transfer college accepts for transfer. I would be far-ther along if I had been more aware of that.” Bolduc is living proof that perseverance pays off.

Honors Student

Dawn Bolduc

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Munger Loves Honors Program

Stacie Munger is a Spanish In-structor at the Cochise College Sierra Vista Campus. She is also a member of the Honors Advisory Board and an Honors mentor. Munger has been teaching at the college for 17 years. She teaches Spanish 101 & 102 classes; both class-es can be taken for Honors credit. When asked about what she likes about Cochise College she says, “The fi rst word that comes up is family for me…. it has changed a lot during 17 years but it mostly still feels like a family, and I could really see myself here a lot longer.” She has been working with the Honors Program for 3 years. Munger enjoys the Honors Program because “I like that it kicks up the rigor for the students. It gives students a chance to show what they can do, an opportunity to explore topics of particular interest to them, and an

opportunity to express themselves in writing on those topics.” Munger has worked with several Honors students over the years; they generally do projects that compare and contrast an ele-ment of American culture with a similar element as manifested in the Spanish-speaking world. Some of the projects they have researched in the past include

Christmas traditions, Day of the Dead vs. Halloween, and Santería vs. Catholicism. Munger is originally from Mich-igan, and has been married for 13 years to her husband James, and she is passionate about her 7 year old daughter Elizabeth. One of their fa-vorite things to do is to go to Disney-

land annually as a family. She also experienced 5 months in Spain in 1996. “ I got to see a lot of things; it was a really phenomenal experience.” Along with being passionate about her family, Munger is also interested in politics. She says, “I am a political junkie.’ She is also passionate about education and Jesus. One of her hobbies is reading. She enjoys reading history, politics or fi ction such as Richard Paul Evans books. “I do believe in God and the Constitution. I believe that there are some documents that are God inspired,” she shared. One way Munger puts her faith into action is by being a dedi-cated instructor Munger is an asset to Cochise College. As an active member of the Honors Advisory Board, Munger has been integral in developing the new HON 101 curriculum. Sign up for Spanish, learn a new language, and get some honors credit.

Faculty Spotlight

Stacie Munger

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All-Arizona Scholars Sierra Vista, AZ – Cochise Community College honored 4 high-achieving students who have been named to the All-Arizona Aca-demic Team. Jasmin Diaz, Brandon Butterfield, Jason Cota and Jesus Atondo were among seventy-five community college scholars from across the state who participated in a ceremony on March 3, which celebrated their out-standing academic achievements and distinguished leadership skills. The All-Arizona Academic Pro-gram awards full-ride scholarships toward enrollment at Arizona State University, Northern Arizona Uni-versity or the University of Arizona. Students nominated to the All-Ari-zona Academic Team are evaluated for academic performance and ser-vice to the college and the commu-nity. The nominations are reviewed first by business, civic, education and government leaders. The finalists are then forwarded to Washington, D.C. for second and third rounds of judging by representatives from various federal agencies and national education associations. Students are ranked in first, second or third state teams. In addition to tuition waivers, each of Cochise College’s All-Arizona scholars receive a cash scholarship from the Cochise College Founda-tion in the amount of $1,000 for First Team placement and $750 for Second Team. Jasmin Diaz and Brandon Butter-field were selected to the All-Arizona First Team. First Team students go on to compete for placement on the All-USA Academic Team, announced later in the spring in USA Today, co-sponsored by Phi Theta Kappa,

the American Association of Com-munity Colleges and USA Today. Jason Cota was named to the All-Ar-izona Second Team and Jesus Atondo was named to the All-Arizona Third Team.

Jasmin Diaz is finishing up an Associate’s degree in Biology. After she graduates from Cochise College this spring, she plans to transfer to the University of Ari-zona where she will study physiology and pursue a career in medicine. Since Jasmin has attended Coch-ise College she has been an active member of her community. She is a member of Phi Theta Kappa and the Honors in Action project, which is a program that aims to give over-achieving students the op-portunities to develop and practice real-world problem solving skills. “A community college may be small but it makes a person grow more than one could ever imagine,” Jasmin said. “Cochise College has given me the leadership skills, knowl-edge and experiences that I will never forget. Everything that I have learned at Cochise College, every experience, I will take with me in my journey to success.”

All Arizona

Students

All-Arizona ScholarsJasmin Diaz

By Amanda Helt

Jasmin Diaz

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Brandon Butterfield is finishing his Associate’s degree in General Studies at the Cochise College Sierra Vista campus and will transfer to the University of Arizona, where he is planning to major in busi-ness to com-plete his bach-elor’s degree at the Eller College of Management.

Brandon was homeschooled and after completion of his high school education and en-rolling at Cochise College, Brandon was involved with several student ac-tivities on campus. He served as Vice President and Secretary for the Sierra Vista Student Government Associa-tion; Brandon was also President of the Literary Guild for readers and lovers of books.

“Cochise College gave me the opportunity to get comfortable with college-level work, as well as the classroom environment, after being homeschooled,” Brandon said. “In addition, the faculty and staff pushed me to excel and I cannot thank them enough for the influence they’ve had on me. Because of the experiences I’ve had in my years at Cochise, I feel prepared for any challenges life will throw my way” Brandon attributes his success to God, his parents and his friends.

Jason Cota is majoring in biolo-gy at the Cochise College Douglas campus and plans to transfer to the University of Arizona. He will con-tinue majoring in biological sciences, at the same time minoring in physi-ology. He has also been accepted into the University of Arizona Honors College.

After graduating from Douglas High School and enrolling into

Cochise College, Jason became a member of Trio and Phi Theta Kappa – Alpha Beta Zeta chapter. “Cochise College has given me the opportu-nity to be the best that I could be academical-ly and as a leader to others,” Jason said. “I

know I am making my parents proud and I will continuing doing just that. I can go through difficult challenges every day, but I know I can overcome those challeng-es. I am ready to see what this world has for

me.” Jason has been awarded the All-Ar-izona Scholarship because of his individual honors project. If there is anything he likes doing, whether it is academically or physically, it’s help-ing others better themselves.

All-Arizona Scholars

Brandon ButterfieldJason Cota

Brandon Butterfield

Jason Cota

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Jesus Atondo graduated in Decem-ber 2015 from the Cochise College Santa Cruz Center with an Associate’s of Arts in Psychology. While he was attending Cochise College, he served as president of student government and helped promote Cochise College to potential students. “Cochise College has given me the opportunity to get involved with community service as well as school extra-curricular activities,” Jesus said, “It has given me the opportunity to make valuable connections with people.” Jesus paid for his Associates degree with scholarships for outstanding performance in academics and has been recognized as an honor student. Jesus plans on attending the Uni-versity of Arizona and graduating with his bachelor’s in psychology.

General Education Classes available for

HonorsAJS 275ASL 202BIO 100BIO 156BIO 156BIO 181BIO 182BIO 201BIO 202BIO 205

BUS 219/MAT 167COM 102COM 110COM 204DMA 211DMA 260DMA 261ENG 102

ENG 102H (all honors)ENG 220ENG 221ENG 222ENG 224ENG 228ENG 260HIS 110HIS 111HIS 241HIS 242

HUM 101HUM 110HUM 205HUM 206JRN 101MAT 151MAT 182MAT 220MAT 231PHI 101PHI 111SPA 101SPA 102SPA 201

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All-Arizona Scholars

All-Arizona ScholarsJesus Atondo

Jesus Atondo

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Honors-Animation Mentor

Ron Hyde is not only an instructor at Cochise College, but he is also an alumnus. He started taking classes in 1999, and according to Hyde the college was much smaller then. He received his Associate’s in Computer Information Systems with a track in Digital Media and continued on to get a Bachelor’s in Education and Education Technology. Hyde teaches the following courses: Intro to Animation (DMA 111) , Advanced Animation (DMA 211), Creating Multimedia Presen-tations ( DMA 214), Intro to Photo Shop (DMA 110) and Advanced Photo Shop (DMA 210). Advanced Animation can be taken for honors credit (DMA 211). “We are very lucky to have a really robust Honors Program,” says Hyde. Hyde expressed that quite a few peo-ple are involved in the Honors Pro-gram at Cochise College; and that long time faculty and staff members involved have a lot of institutional knowledge in addition to their reg-ular body of knowledge. He praised Mary Coyle and Michele Helm for their involvement. Hyde said “We are very blessed to have them and for the program to be so ‘well oiled’.” This is his fi rst year as a mentor helping an honors student on a project, which is an animated video project to be presented at Colloqui-um on April 28th. He is helping this student through all the stages of an

animation project. The project begins with the preliminary sketching, story boards and screen shots, then cul-minates with the animated fi nished project. He is very familiar with these processes because he worked for

Disney Feature Animation as a professional intern. If you enroll in one of his anima-tion classes, you will proba-bly hear him share some of his experiences at Disney.Hyde loves teaching and helping students. “I love mentoring students and seeing when students fi nally have the ‘ah ha’ moment and under-stand; that is the best

part of teaching,” Hyde says. In his free time he is cultivating an orchard; he has approximately 20 fruit trees. What is unique about him is that he has a large fossil collection. As a 5 year old boy he started collect-ing fossils after his cousin gave him 2 fossils as a gift. “I went crazy for dinosaurs, so I started learning about dinosaurs and started collecting more” said Hyde. His collection was an exhibit in the library last summer. So jump in and take Advanced Animation (DMA 211) for honors credit with Mr. Hyde.

Alumnus Faculty

SpotlightRon Hyde

General Education Classes available for

HonorsAJS 275ASL 202BIO 100BIO 156BIO 156BIO 181BIO 182BIO 201BIO 202BIO 205

BUS 219/MAT 167COM 102COM 110COM 204DMA 211DMA 260DMA 261ENG 102

ENG 102H (all honors)ENG 220ENG 221ENG 222ENG 224ENG 228ENG 260HIS 110HIS 111HIS 241HIS 242

HUM 101HUM 110HUM 205HUM 206JRN 101MAT 151MAT 182MAT 220MAT 231PHI 101PHI 111SPA 101SPA 102SPA 201

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A prime purpose of the Cochise College Honors Programis to foster the lifelong love of scholarly inquiry, open-mindedness, and independent thinking. Students whomeet the challenges afforded by the program gain confi-dence in their intellectual abilities and enhanced aca-demic potential. The goal of the program is to enrichthe collegiate experience, providing intellectual chal-lenge and stimulation for motivated, creative, and aca-demically talented students and faculty. Go to the hon-ors website http://www.cochise.edu/honors/ for moreinformation about the honors program and to accesscourse listings, registration forms, and other pertinentinformation.

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTSFull Admission:General Eligibility: Students may join the HonorsProgram after completing 12 transfer-level credits withat least a 3.5 GPA.

Preliminary Admission: Prior to meeting the General Eligibility requirements list-ed above, students may be admitted to the program on apreliminary basis by successfully completing one ormore of the Exploratory Courses listed below. Anyrequired or recommended honors credits earned duringthis preliminary stage will count toward the 16 creditHonors Program Distinction after full admission to theprogram.

Exploratory Courses: These courses are available for students interested injoining the program, for those in their beginning semes-ters of honors study, and/or for those who have not yetcompleted 12 credits.

HON 101 INTRODUCTION TO HONORS(1 credit) (Required)No prerequisite. Tuition scholarship granted to all stu-dents upon enrollment. This course provides an intro-duction to the philosophy of honors with emphasis onelements of creative scholarship.

ENG 102H COMPOSITION (3 credits) (Recommended)Prerequisite: Recommendation of ENG 101 instructorrequired. Regular registration and payment methodsapply. This course is designed as a General Educationgateway into the Honors Program for students whodemonstrate academic excellence early on in their stud-ies. May be taken in conjunction with HON 101.

HOW TO EARN HONORS CREDITS:Required Introductory Course: HON 101(see Exploratory Courses)

General Education Courses Taken for Honors:Students complete existing transfer-level GeneralEducation courses for honors credit. Our list ofapproved honors courses is available on the honorswebsite and updates regularly. Contact the instructorfor specific information. Regular registration and pay-ment methods apply.

Required Capstone Course:

HON 260 - THE HUMAN QUEST FOR UTOPIA (3 credits)An interdisciplinary exploration of the history, literature,culture, art, philosophy, technology, sciences, andeconomies of utopian communities. Students createtheir own utopias. This course also meets theHumanities and Critical Inquiry/Intensive Writingrequirements for the AGEC and may be taken to satisfythese requirements and the Honors Program require-ments simultaneously. HON 250 may be substituted withapproval of the Honors Program.

HON 250 INDIVIDUAL PROJECT (1-4 credits) Requires a contract with the faculty mentor (available on honors website).

Tuition Scholarships: All enrollees in the HON 101 Introduction to Honorscourse are automatically granted a tuition scholarship.

A special registration form (found on the honors web-site) is required for HON 260 and HON 250. Studentswho meet the General Eligibility requirements for theHonors Program are awarded a tuition scholarship forHON 260 or HON 250; otherwise, regular payment meth-ods apply. Regular registration and payment methodsapply to all General Education classes taken for honorscredit (including ENG 102H).

What is the Honors

Program?

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TO FIND OUT HOWVisit www.cochise.edu/honorsor contact the Honorschair, Mary B. Coyle atcoylem@cochise.edu or(520) 515-5499.

cochise.edu

Earn your degree with an

Honors Distinction

Transfer with Honors

COCHISE COLLEGEHONORS PROGRAM

SIERRA VISTA CAMPUS901 N. Colombo Ave • Sierra Vista, AZ 85635-2317

(520) 515-0500

Go to http://www.cochise.edu/honors/for more information.

Send an email to coylem@cochise.edu to contact theHonors Program chair,

Mary B. Coyle, or call (520) 515-5499.

cochise.edu

C O C H I S E C O L L E G E

Earn your degree with

anHonorsdistinction

Honors Distinction: Students completing 16 credits of honors earn anHonors Program Distinction seal on their CochiseCollege diploma and a medallion, as well as a notationon their transcripts and on the commencement program.

Transfer to University Honors Programs:Students earning the Cochise College Honors ProgramDistinction are often invited to join university-level hon-ors programs upon transfer. Scholarship opportunitiesare also available to honors students.

Presentation Opportunities: Honors students may be given opportunities to presentat the Cochise College Honors Colloquium, at universityhonors events, or at regional and national honors con-ferences such as those sponsored by the WesternRegional Honors Council and the National CollegiateHonors Council.

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Honors Program ChairMary B. Coyle

Honors Advisory Board:Kari Durham

Dr. Shaun McGuire Stacie MungerKevin O’Brien

Dr. Kristen Welch

Active Honors Faculty (Offered classes

for Honors 2015-2016)

Tanya BiamiRoman Briggs Mary B. CoyleKari Durham

Ron HydeStacie MungerKevin O’Brien

Rebecca OrozcoGuillermo Retana

Kim RogalskiVeronica Squyres

Rick Whipple

The Oracle is a Cochise College Honors PublicationThis edition’s staff:

Terese Ellis, writerDr. Kristen Welch, advisor

Mary B. Coyle & Kevin O’Brien, editorsRick Whipple & Terese Ellis, designers

Special thanks to Stacie Munger, Ron Hyde, Alexandria Linhart & Dawn Bolduc for providing photos or graphics.

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HONORS COLLOQUIUM Thursday, April 28, 2016

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Horace Steele Room, Sierra Vista Campus, Cochise College

SCHEDULE OF PRESENTATIONS 10:00 am - 11:00 am

Multi-Genre Culture for International Communications Student Presenter: Erika Andres

Mentor: Tanya Biami (COM 204)

NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Poster Project Student Presenter: Erika Andres

Mentor: Rick Whipple (DMA 260)

The Voices Within: Treatment of Mental Illness Through the Ages Student Presenter: Erika Andres

Mentor: Roman Briggs (HUM 206)

Fashion in the Renaissance Era Student Presenter: Alexandria Linhart

Mentor: Becky Orozco (HIS 241)

History, Culture and Language of Pais Vasco (The Basque Country) Student Presenter: Alexandria Linhart

Mentor: Guillermo Retana (SPA 201)

Café Shenanigans: An Animated Short Student Presenter: Hannah Adams

Mentor: Ron Hyde (DMA 211)

Antibacterial Activity of Honey Student Presenter: Marcella Quiñones

Mentor: Kari Durham (BIO 205)

How Brain Trauma Influences Sociopathic Behavior Student Presenters: Kaitlin Diemer and Angela Miller

Mentor: Veronica Squyres (PSY 101)

Literary Roots of Movie Monsters: Frankenstein, Dracula, and Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Student Presenters: Dawn Bolduc, Kaitlin Diemer, and Angela Miller

Mentor: Mary B. Coyle (ENG 221)

Was Antigone a Feminist? Student Presenter: Courtney Acosta

Mentor: Kevin O’Brien (ENG 102)

Noon — 1:00 pm