Keanan Alstatt and Patsy See pose with Keanan's poster at the Celebration of Student Research, Scholarship, and Creative Work. Keanan is the first recipient of the Martin R See Scholarship named after Patsy husband.
Chukwunalu Chukwuma talks about his research at the Celebration of Student Research, Scholarship, and Creative Work.
Maximilian Cobos shares findings with Dr. David Phillips at the Celebration of Student Research, Scholarship, and Creative Work.
James Eaton presented a poster on the role of cell proliferation during tissue regeneration in Nematostella Vectensis at the Celebration of Student Research, Scholarship, and Creative Work.
Nicholas Fox answers questions about his research at the Celebration of Student Research, Scholarship, and Creative Work.
Sopheara Koy talks with Dr. Jim Brown at the Celebration of Student Research, Scholarship, and Creative Work.
Theodore Lupinski presented research title 'Swarm Bots: Self-Converging Robots.'
Cameron Martin explains his research on Pristina Leidyi at the Celebration of Student Research, Scholarship, and Creative Work.
Chaz Rhodes researched color change and variation in eye color of box turtles.
Lucas Soliday answered questions about his research at the Celebration of Student Research, Scholarship, and Creative Work.
Rourke Tollar talked about his work on synthesis and testing of an acid phosphate substrate.
Taylor Starks and Deakon Doub shared their experiences of carving puppets in Prague.
Aaron Boyd demonstrates how his puppet moves.
Don't mess with this puppet!
Paul Haesemeyer's puppet presented at the Celebration of Student Research, Scholarship, and Creative Work.
Paul Haesemeyer and his puppet walked through the poster session at the Celebration of Student Research, Scholarship, and Creative Work.
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.