Owen Doster ’20 talks to NAWM members about his work with the Montgomery County Health Department at today's Celebration of Student Research, Scholarship, and Creative Work.
Sam Stewart ’19 holds the puppet he carved in Czechoslavakia during an immersion trip to study the art of puppetry last fall.
Miguel Aguirre ’19 earned one of three Celebration Research, Scholarship, and Creativity Awards with his work in biology.
Senior Brandon Arbuckle's political science research looked at the constraints on land management caused by parcelization of the Northwoods of the Midwest.
Sophomore Eric Lakomek's research for the Global Health Initiative found some of the obstacles encountered by those trying to get mental health care.
Fabian House ’16 checks the Celebration schedule of talks and posters.
Junior Aaron Boyd's puppet steps out to meet her public.
Senior Griffin Hall's presentation—'World Building: The Process of Creative Writing'—included a lot of audience participation.
'Like Paris, in the 1920s, in a country ruled by a queen, in which blood is currency'—Hall asked the audience to come up with details about an alternate world in which a particular story would take place, and was delighted with some of their answers.
The audience enjoyed building Hall's world.
Hall's presentation on creative writing was inspired by his love of games and was sponsored by chemistry Professor Lon Porter.
Nicholas Etter ’19 and Benjamin Grubbs ’20 talk with Communications staffers Adam Phipps ’11 and Ryan Horner ’15 about what it's like to present research at the Celebration.
Robert Reed ’19 explains the physics behind the Time Globe he modeled after one built by Henry Reich of the MinutePhysics YouTube Channel.
Reed shows mathematics Professor Esteban Pollard the Time Globe he built using the College's 3D printers and laser cutter.
NAWM member Joe Trebley ’01 says hello to the puppet carved by Paul Haesemeyer ’21.
Senior Corey Leuters earned a Wedgeworth Research, Scholarship, and Creativity Award for his poster: 'The Cisterhood: Masculinity, Its Investment in Cisgender Men, and the Effects on Single-Sex Institutions.'
Wesley Slaughter's friends take a congratulatory photo of the sophomore in front of his chemistry poster.
Senior Christian Wirtz's research in rhetoric explored the significance of the Lew Wallace Museum and what its presence tells us about the city of Crawfordsville.
NAWM Class Agent Representative Jesse James ’08 catches up with Spanish Professor Gilberto Gomez.
NAWM Past President Rick Cavanaugh ’76 and Professor Emeritus David Hadley H’76 check out the Celebration programs.
Samuel Marksberry ’21 explains his work with the Montgomery County Health Department to his classmates.
Joseph Patacsil ’19 read from his short story 'How to Use a Handkerchief' and answered questions from the audience.
There aren’t a lot of places in the world where you can hear the topics of Andy Warhol, pirates, and second-harmonic generation microscopy being broached in the same conversation. On Friday at Wabash, there was one such place: Detchon Center’s International Hall, during the 19th annual Celebration of Student Research, Scholarship, and Creative Work. This year 87 students presented 39 talks and 28 posters.
Since 2001, the Wabash College community has gathered on the last Friday afternoon of January to share in the work of Wabash students at the Celebration. The participating students spend months completing their scholarly work and are then tasked—under the sponsorship of a faculty member—with condensing the information, writing an abstract, and presenting the work in front of their peers.
"Our students' focused dedication, work ethic, and infectious curiosity were on display in top form today," said Lon Porter, professor of chemistry and member of the Ides, Celebration, and Undergraduate Research Committee. "They should be proud of themselves because they have made the entire Wabash community proud. The 19th annual Celebration of Student Research, Scholarship, and Creative Work was an inspiring display of what Wabash is all about."
Every year, afternoon classes are canceled by faculty vote to encourage student’s attendance, but they are not the only ones learning from the oral presentations and poster exhibits; while student rhetoricians, chemists, and creative writers stand shoulder to shoulder explaining their work, faculty, staff, coaches, and members of the Board of Trustees can be found shoulder to shoulder listening and asking questions.
Prior to this year’s event, the Celebration Committee announced the winners of two awards associated with the Wabash tradition: The Celebration Research, Scholarship, and Creativity Award, and the Robert Wedgeworth Research, Scholarship, and Creativity Awards.
The Celebration Research, Scholarship and Creativity Awards are prizes awarded to the students who most effectively articulated their gains in professional development and personal growth as a result of their research, scholarship, or creative work. This year’s winners are Miguel Aguirre Morales ’19, Nicholas Budler ‘19, and Walker Hedgepath ‘19.
The Robert Wedgeworth Research, Scholarship and Creativity Awards are prizes that recognize a student’s effective use of library resources in the preparation of Celebration work. This year’s winners are Wade Haesemeyer ’22, Walker Hedgepath ’19, and Corey Leuters ’19.