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chadron state college

december 3-5, 2013

a student symposium of scholarly and creative works

Meeting of Minds Program:Layout 1 11/25/13 10:32 AM


chadron state college | december 3-5, 20132

POSTER & PORTFOLIO SESSIONSDECEMBER 3-5, 1-7 p.m. DAILY

GLOBALIZATION AND THE NATION STATECourse: FYI 169C Nation and the Globe Instructors: Dr. Robert Knight, Dr. Thomas Smith

Collaborative student research about the effects of globalization on the nation-state. Each student teamfocused on one of four specific themes and how nation-states are responding to, and shaping, globalization.

� Globalization, Governance and the Nation-StateLogan Zeiler, Cheyenne Gould, Broc Anderson, Delaney Adam and Jordan May – 1-3 p.m. Dec. 5

� Globalization, Human Migration, and the Nation-StateYuxuan Zhang, Amber Yarger, Nolan Adrian and Jahnn Casimiro – 3-5 p.m. Dec. 5

� Globalization, Separatist Movements, and the Nation-StateJerrick Bowers, Dillon Eklund, William Wacker and Draper Sullivan – 5-7 p.m. Dec. 5

� Globalization, Transnational Crime, and the Nation-StateGarret Dockweiler, Jayden Gubbels, Coy Clark and Kyle Tarbutton – 5-7 p.m. Dec. 5

PHYSICAL SCIENCES CAPSTONE POSTER PRESENTATIONCourses: CHEM GEOS PHYS 310/410 Capstone Instructor: Dr. Michael Leite

� Physical Sciences students in chemistry, geoscience and physics will present results of their senior-thesis research.Brady Baker, Bacillus Licheniformis and Its Antibiotic PropertiesDavid Draper, Fossil Inventory on the Oglala National GrasslandsNeisha Ginn, Water Quality at Mirage FlatsNathan Pindell, Meteorite Science

SURVIVAL SKILLS 101 & LITERACY IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATIONCourses: FYI 169X Survival Skills 101 Instructors: Dr. Kim Madsen, Dr. Yvonne Moody, Ms. Teri Albertazzi

EDUC 233 Literature and Language Arts Program for Early Childhood� Culminating projects for the FYI course and portfolio and class projects for the EDUC course

CHANGING OF MEDIA: PRODUCTION, DELIVERY AND USESCourse: CA 238 Introduction to Mass Media Instructor: Dr. Shafiq Rahman

Infusion of social media into mass media has reconfigured the roles of audiences, making them active participants andcontent generators of media, a task traditionally left to professionals.

� Students examined several major changes in contemporary media, content, and audiences.Jayden Copeland, Le'Chere Campbell and Bethany Kroetch, Professional Networking in Social MediaKyle Chrastek, Brittany Province and Teri Robinson, From Vinyl to Buds, the Evolution of Music DistributionElysha Stahla and Justy Bullington, The Reality of Reality TVCaitlin Ridley, Ashley Swanson and William McLaughlin, From Boob-Tube to Net Streaming: TV Then and NowCheyenne Deering, Apolonia Calleja and Kathryn Sullivan, Children and Technology: How Young is Too Young?Angie Webb, Megan O'Leary and Jordyn Hulinsky, Violence in Video GamesCeleste Lee, Collin Brook and Clint Johnson, Technology: Too Connected to Live Life?

ACCLAIM MAGAZINECourse: CA 434 Editing & Design Instructor: Mr. Michael D. Kennedy

Acclaim magazine is a slick, four-color, 48-page “Year in Pictures” review of the news, sports and feature storiescovered by The Eagle from January-December 2013.

� Cover and sample pages of the January-December 2013 edition of ACCLAIM magazine.Justy Bullington, Ashley Swanson, Samuel Parker and Bethany Buskirk

CONSTITUTION DAY CELEBRATIONCourse: CJ/LS/PS 333 The Judiciary and Constitutional Law Instructor: Ms. Lisette Leesch

Students in the Judiciary and Constitutional Law course created posters featuring the current U.S. Supreme Court Justicesand the top-10 cases issued during the 2012 term. Students presented the posters to the campus community and the localhigh school government class during the campus Constitution Day Celebration, Sept. 17.

� Selection of posters from Sept. 17, 2013, Constitution Day.




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PANEL SESSIONSTUESDAY, DEC. 3

COMPOSING VOICES I – 1 p.m.Courses: ENG 135 Composition I Instructor: Dr. Elisabeth Ellington

ENG 136 Composition II Instructor: Dr. Lee Miller� Students will read selections from the semester’s writing projects

Jack Dobyns, Nathan Wojciechowski, James Broylan, Sara Latka, Gerald Wilmoth and Nick Enos

NOVEL MATTERS, PART I: NEW TAKES ON LITERATURE – 3-6 p.m.Course: ENG 440 Theory and Practice of Literary Criticism Instructor: Dr. Deane Tucker

� Louise Erdrich’s Tracks – 3 p.m.Jeffrey McFarland, “Fleur: The Feminist Fatale”Kelsey Empfield, “Tracking a Lost Family”Sarah Hammer, “Tracking Erdrich”

� F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby – 4 p.m.Nikki Highfill, “A Patriarchal World in The Great Gatsby”Christina Ferrero, “American Birthright: Self-Entitlement and Class Consciousness in The Great Gatsby”Maggie Darnell, “The Deconstructed Woman in The Great Gatsby”Conor Casey, “The Great Gatsby: Under a Freudian Scope”

� Paul Bowels’ The Sheltering Sky – 5 p.m.Mariah Busch, “Discovery Disguised as Deception: Seeking Fulfillment of the ‘Self’ through the ‘Other’”Reba Jackson, “Thirst for Belonging: A Postcolonial Look at Identity in Bowles’s The Sheltering Sky”Hannah Clark, “What Lies Beneath The Sheltering Sky?”

COMPOSING VOICES II – 6 p.m.Courses: ENG 135 Composition I Instructor: Dr. Elisabeth Ellington


Elisabeth Lichti, Jacob Kasselder, Yadira Gurrola, Michael Hill and Tess Grebner

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 4

COMPOSING VOICES III – 1 p.m.Course: ENG 135 Composition II Instructor: Dr. Lee Miller

� Students will read selections from the semester’s writing projectsAlyssa Bauer, Collin Brook, Sarah Lecher and Trelan Taylor

COMPOSING VOICES IV – 2 p.m.Courses: ENG 135 Composition I Instructor: Dr. Elisabeth Ellington


Wacey Gallegos, John McClain, Ali Munk, Kaitlin Pederson and Kate Simonton

COMPOSING VOICES V – 3 p.m.Courses: ENG 135 Composition I Instructor: Dr. Elisabeth Ellington


Jorge Flores, Nicole Helm, Miranda Loveless, Gregory Summers and Ashley Appelt

PRESENTING PUBLIC RELATIONS – 4 p.m.Courses: CA 250 Introduction to Public Relations Instructor: Ms. Shaunda French

CA 450 Public Relations Case Studies� Assimilating New Staff Within The Big Event – Paper

Justy Bullington, Samuel Parker, Jocelyn Romey and Tiffany Valandra� The Big Event – Press Kit

Bethany Buskirk, Cheyenne Deering, Bethany Kroetch, Megan O’Leary, Samuel Parker and Casey Sigrist� The Nest – Press Kit

Arielle Boone, William McLaughlin, Chris Smith, Elysha Stahla and Angie Webb� Trunk Butte Christian School – Press Kit

Mouhamed Diop, Jennifer Monroe, Brittany Province, Christiane Roth, Kathryn Sullivan and Danielle Toberman




PANEL SESSIONSWEDNESDAY, DEC. 4 (continued)

COMPOSING VOICES VI – 5 p.m.Courses: ENG 135 Composition I Instructor: Dr. Elisabeth Ellington

� Students will read selections from the semester’s writing projectsBraydon Kopejtka, Samantha Long and Brad VanWinkle

COMPOSING VOICES VII – 6 p.m.Courses: ENG 136 Composition II Instructor: Dr. Lee Miller

� Students will read selections from the semester’s writing projectsHank Strauss and Ty Werdel

NATIVE AMERICAN TRADITIONS – 6 p.m.Courses: FYI 169N Virtue and the Warrior Spirit Instructors: Dr. Kathy Bahr and Dr. Brad Wilburn

� The Oral Tradition and Process of the Navajo Warrior Way CeremonyByron MacLaughlin

THURSDAY, DEC. 5

COMPOSING VOICES VIII – 1 p.m.Courses: ENG 135 Composition I Instructor: Dr. Elisabeth Ellington


Laurin Bronson, Russell Hipke, Nick Buckendahl, Mackenzie Swanson and Jen Kallunki

NOVEL MATTERS, PART 2: NEW TAKES ON LITERATURE – 3-6 p.m.Course: ENG 440 Theory and Practice of Literary Criticism Instructor: Dr. Deane Tucker

� Illuminating To the Lighthouse – 3 p.m.Brittany Schommer, “To the Lighthouse: A Marxist Criticism”Tristan Hust, “Focusing a Critical Lens on To the Lighthouse”Caitlin Kurtz, “New Light on Virginia Woolf”

� Flaubert’s Parrotheads – 4 p.m.Alan Maltbie, “Discovering Historicity Through the Quest for Flaubert”Rian Miamula, “Speaking of Flaubert: Julian Barnes’ Voice in Flaubert’s Parrot”Lindsey Ferguson, “Exploring Flaubert’s Parrot”

� On Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things – 5 p.m.John Noonan, “Postcolonial Influence in The God of Small Things”Kali Blevins, “Modernistic and Postmodern Influences Found in The God of Small Things”Heather Collen, “Divining The God of Small Things”

COMPOSING VOICES IX – 6 p.m.Courses: ENG 135 Composition I Instructor: Dr. Elisabeth Ellington


Treston DeCoud, Scott Henderson, Olufemi Aaron, Jesse Larralde and SaDee Olson

The Meeting of the Minds student symposium is produced by the faculty, staff and administration of Chadron State College under the directionof the Student Symposium Committee. Members are: Mr. Frank Bright, Marketing & College Liaison, School of Liberal Arts; Dr. Mary Jo Carnot,Director, Teaching & Learning Center; Dr. Jo Forstrom, Dean, School of Liberal Arts; Ms. Shawn Hartman, Outreach Services Librarian;Dr. Robert Knight, Associate Professor and Chair, Communication and Social Sciences; Ms. Lisette Leesch, Associate Professor and Chair, JusticeStudies; Lara Madison, Assistant Professor, Applied Sciences; Ms. Laure Sinn, Coordinator of Student Activities.

Special thanks to the Campus Activities Board for providing greeters and refreshments.

Cover art by Dewayne Gimeson, Specialist-Publications, College RelationsProgram designed by Michael D. Kennedy, Instructor, Journalism | Adviser, The Eagle


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