Northern Arizona University

   

7^th Annual Honors Symposium

Honors Week

Du Bois Center, April 25, 2009

11:00am to 5:00pm

 

A Celebration of Ideas (and More!)

        

Schedule of Events, Presentations, Displays, and Performances

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Welcome
Awards Ceremony: 11:00am to 12:00

Location:          Du Bois Ballroom

Performances:

1. Lauren Murphy (Northern Arizona University), clarinet. “Rhapsody,” by Willson Osborne
2. Deanna Clement (University of Arizona), vocalist. “I Will Sing of God’s Love Forever,” composed by Deanna Clement, with a 4-person U of A choir
3. Austen Eames (Northern Arizona University), vocalist. “Vergebliches Standchen,” by Johannes Brahms; and “Classical Aria”

 

Refreshments:  12:00 noon to 2:00pm

Location:          Fremont Room

 

Session 1:   12:00 noon to 1:00pm

Session Title:    Fine Arts and Media Arts

Location:          Lobby Area

1. Thomas O’Gara (Northern Arizona University). “Thinking, with Love,” a selection of paintings
2. Hesham Elnagar (Northern Arizona University). “Life through Landscape,” a photography display
3. Kelsey Mahnken (Northern Arizona University). “The Vietnam Experience,” a video and poster display

 

Session 2a: 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Session  Title:               In Theory and in Practice:  Secularism, Sexual Harassment, and Service Learning

Location:                      Meadows Room

1. Steven Wilson (Northern Arizona University), “The Damage of Secularism and Relativism on European Heritage”
2. Amber Enriquez (Northern Arizona University), “The Importance of Sexual Harassment Education on College Campuses”
3. Hesham Elnagar (Northern Arizona University), “Proposing Service-Learning in Higher Education."

 

Session 2b: 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Session Title:    Themes and Issues in Medieval, Renaissance, and Victorian Literature

Location:          Agassiz Room

1. Miranda Browne (Northern Arizona University), “The Conflict between Paganism and Christianity in Beowulf, Le Morte D’Arthur, and Jane Eyre”
2. Bryan Kimoto (Northern Arizona University), “Analysis of Le Morte D’Arthur and Pride and Prejudice”
3. Ruth Quinn (Cochise College), “The Use of Comedy within Shakespearean Tragedy”
4. Kristen Hughes (Northern Arizona University);  (title to be provided)

 

Session 3a: 2:00pm to 3:00pm

Session Title: Arizona:  Environmental Problems and Solutions

Location:                      Meadows Room

1. Brandie Lambdin (Northern Arizona University), “Impacts of Human Recreation on Fecal Coliform Counts and Microbial Community Composition in Fossil Creek, Arizona”
2. Cleofus Nelson (Northern Arizona University), “The ‘Just Transition Coalition’ and its impact on Navajo and Hopi Renewable Energy Projects”

 

Session 3b: 2:00pm to 3:00pm

Session Title:    Author, Biography, Novel: The Intersection between Life and Fiction in the works of Flannery O’Connor, Charles Dickens, Emile Zola, and Others

Location:          Agassiz Room

1. Heather Augenstein (Cochise College), “An Analysis of Flannery O’Connor’s Life and Novels”
2. Ashley Forbes  (Cochise College), “Biographical, Historical, and Sociological/Anthropological Perspectives of English and French Novels”

 

Session 4a: 3:00pm to 4:00pm

Session Title:    Creative Writing I: Poetry, Fiction

Location:          Meadows Room

1.      Sarah Pickering (Northern Arizona University), “ Unreliable Third,” short story

2.      Lucas Wildner (Northern Arizona University), “Selection of Poetry”

3.      Elizabeth Thorpe (Northern Arizona University), “Samantha Blackwood,” short story excerpt

 

Session 4b: 3:00pm to 4:00pm

Session Title:    Literature and Film: Cross-Disciplinary and Cross-Cultural Perspectives

Location:          Agassiz Room

1. Morgan Klarich (Cochise College), “Orientalism in Selected Works from Africa, India, and Ireland”
2. Austen Eames (Northern Arizona University), “The Story of ‘Aladdin’ as Seen Through History and Various Cultures”
3. Elizabeth Stokes (Cochise College), “"Society, Sexuality, and Spirituality in 20th Century Dystopian Literature"

 

Session 5a:   4:00pm to 5:00pm

Session Title:    Creative Writing II: Satire, Short Story

Location:          Meadows Room

1. Rebecca Hubbard (Northern Arizona University), “Satire on Gay Marriage”
2. Amanda Jaeger (Northern Arizona University), “The Working Man’s Burden” 
3. Rebecca  Hubbard (Northern Arizona University), “Emily Jones (37) with Patient Ericka Smith (16)”

 

Session 5b:   4:00pm to 5:00pm

Session Title:    Karl Marx: Then and Now

Location:          Agassiz Room

Kaitlin Bundock, Molly Schiffer, Carly Regina, Samantha Stauffer, and William Moran (Northern Arizona University), “Perceptions and Applications of Marxist Theory within the United States,” panel presentation