Celebration of Excellence Day
Hastings College is celebrating excellence with Academic Showcase and Honors Convocation!
On Wednesday, April 26, 2023, classes are cancelled for the day so the entire campus community can participate.
Academic Showcase
Each spring, members of Alpha Chi, the collegiate all-discipline national honor society, coordinate Academic Showcase.
During Academic Showcase, students, faculty, staff, parents and community members enjoy and learn from fascinating student presentations about individual research projects, experiential learning, study abroad experiences and creative endeavors.
Academic Showcase is a chance for students to share their passions and to show off their impressive work. It also gives students a chance to engage in dialogue and discussion as they answer questions about their project.
Honors Convocation
Honors Convocation is at 3:30 p.m. in French Memorial Chapel.
The event will be livestreamed on our YouTube channel.
2023 Academic Showcase Schedule
The abstract book is available here.
9:00-9:25 a.m.
Morrison-Reeves 219
Detection of Exoplanet Candidate in TOI-1302 Star System via Transit Photometry
By Tyler Rath
Morrison-Reeves 148
Honor and Death – The Similar Practices of Honor Towards Fallen Samurai and American Soldiers
By Brandon Hamel
Morrison-Reeves 213
Exhume Their Stories: A Rhetorical Reclamation Autoethnography Case Study between AIDS and Monkeypox
By Brendan Kachnowski
Morrison-Reeves 131
Queer Faces and Safe Space: An Analysis of Hastings College’s Safe Spaces for LGBTQIA+ Students
By Natalie Watson
9:35-10:00 a.m.
Morrison-Reeves 219
Cynthia Lee Reese: I Love You To The Moon And Back- A Family Presentation
By Cici Velarde
Morrison-Reeves 148
‘How Far with Women’s Lib?’: The Catholic Church’s Response to Second-wave Feminism and the Reconciliation of Catholic and Feminist Identity in Ireland
By Hailey Moore
Morrison-Reeves 213
Pruned Fractal Trees: Properties of Space- Filling Canopies
By Samantha Worthington
Morrison-Reeves 131
From Tito’s Yugoslavia to Today’s Latvia: Shifting Power, Ethnocracy, and Minorities in Eastern Europe
By Elizabeth Miller
10:10-10:35 a.m.
Morrison-Reeves 219
The Fight For Female Veterans
By Savana Kascak
Morrison-Reeves 148
The Effect of Diet on Academic Focus and Motivation in College Students
By Riley Lanning
Morrison-Reeves 213
We are the World: Famine Aid in 20th Century Africa and the Creation of the ‘Humanitarian
Internationalist’
By Emma Downing
Morrison-Reeves 131
An Exploration of Campus Community and Student Success
By Claire Hubbard
10:45 -11:30 a.m.
Creative Thoughts in Action
Kiewit, Room 113
The Harm Black Women Face in Competitive Performance Spaces –service learning/demo
By Ally Banks
Morrison-Reeves 131 and 148
COMM333 – Intercultural
Communication and Building a Musical Tesla Coil and Visualizing Sound using a Rubens Tube – service learning/demo
By Tyler Seeley and Lance High
Kiewit, Room 116
A Tough Task: Fostering Constructive Dialogue & Seeking Understanding – service learning/demo
By Emma Downing, Jake Levinson and Michaela Fox
11:30 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Poster Session
Morrison-Reeves Science Center Atrium
Synthesis of the Novel Compound 1-Tert-Butyl-3-Propylimidazolium Iodide — Jordan Duffy
Herpes Zoster: Shingles — Hallee Mann
Coronary Artery Disease — Rilee Silvain
Electrochemical properties of gold nanoparticles induced in white tea — Justin Martin
Synthesis of Imidazolium-Based Ionic Low Melting Point Solids Containing an Isopropyl Branch — Morgan Wohl
Melting Points of DNA after affected with ionic liquids — Tristin Duff
Muscle firing patterns during prone hip extension — Carley Leners and Allison Bauer
The impact of dehydration an sprint and change of direction performance — Hayden Fells and Rodrigo Braga
The validity of the PACER test for predicting maximal oxygen consumption — Brian Clausen and Zachary Hole
Reaction times in Esport athletes and traditional athletes with and without an exhaustive anaerobic exercise intervention — Kourtney Stewart
Addison’s Disease — Claire Hubbard
Survey of health practitioners on the effects of varying squat depths — Brett Simonsen and Trenton Smith
Effect of rigorous lower body exercise on balance and coordination — Xhane Greenidge and Naomi Pedroza
Dehydration and its impacts on muscle soreness — Hali Hansen and Natasha Keen
Effects of Ionic Strength and Solution pH on Electrochemical Detection of Ascorbic Acid — Alyssa Remy
Determination of Heavy Metal Concentrations in Nebraskan Agricultural Water Sources
— Tyler Ohrman
Squatting barefoot versus shoe — Evan Kingston and Braden Kizer
QPCR to estimate copy number — Hayden Grint
Entomopathogenic Fungi’s Greater Role — Dawson Knode
The Effects of Small Class Sizes, in Rural Schools, on Students’ Behavior and Academic Performance: A comparison study — Nicole Halsey
Rheumatoid arthritis — Kelsie Kohl
Success of Brood Parasites Based on Generalist or specialist qualities — Paul Baker Rodriguez
Bacteriophage therapy in combating bacterial infection — Brianna King
Design and Physics of a Remote Control Airplane — Morgan McMeen
Thermophiles vs. Psychrophiles: Adaptations and Biotechnology — Rachel Hefta
Riparian restoration — Matt Urbanski
Connecting and Touching Hearts Around the World — Emily Struss, McKenzie Lloyd, Karly Varah and Lindsey Pratt
The Complete Natural, Social, and Cultural History of the Pet Rock — Emma Downing, Hailey Moore, Max Griffel, Kinser Rafert
The Pathophysiology and Etiology of Alzheimer’s Disease — Claire Larson
An Inquiry into the Experiences and Perceptions of Bilingual Students in Rural Nebraska — Riley Lanning and Nils Schafer
Plastic Degradation: Testing Ionic Liquids Ability to Degrade Plastic — Courtney Manahan
Captive Breeding of Fish May Reverse the Effects of Invasive Species
— Breanna Brennan
Converting a Bicycle into an Electric Bicycle to Reduce Toxic Emissions from Motor Vehicles — Garrett Clasen
The effects of mirrored self-reflection on implicit bias towards loneliness & well-being — Nils Schaefer
Design of a Blimp — Ryan Hunter
The Harmful Impact Zebra Mussels Have On Fish In The Great Lakes and the Correlation to Fish in Nebraska — Paxton Terry
Reduction of Benzophenone — Colby Grossart
Solar Panel Project — Ashton Valentine
Additional Protections for Green Sea Turtles Nesting in the United States Southeast Coastline — Lauren Gahn
Effects of Vertebrate Parental Investment on Future Reproductive Efforts — Mat Baird
Electric Motorcycle — Jarron Martinez
Interstitial Microorganisms in Honduras — Madyson Ludwig
The Art scene in and near Lahinch, Ireland — Savanah Ellis
Pathogeography: enhancing current disease surveillance models — Emma Enochs
Poverty and Obedience: the Usus Pauper Controversy — Max Griffel
AEGIS Analyzing Elements which Generate Illegal Servitude — Victoria Caplinger
Nazis in Nebraska?: A Deeper Dive into the Denazification Program in Midwestern POW camps — Courtney Manahan
2:10-2:35 p.m.
Morrison-Reeves 219
An Analysis of Gender and Marriage in An Experiment with An Air Pump
By Hailey Moore
Morrison-Reeves 148
Inside the Walls of Damascus: Muslim Histories of the Second Crusade
By Kinser Rafert
Morrison-Reeves 213
The (Security) Dangers of Polymetallic Nodule Mining
By Victoria Caplinger
Morrison-Reeves 131
The Decision to Disclose your Learning Disability to Peers
By Cassandra Pine
2:45-3:10 p.m.
Morrison-Reeves 219
Rosin the Bow: The Influence of Irish Folk Music on American Folk Music
By Jake Levinson
Morrison-Reeves 148
Patient Versus Provider: Effective Communication in Type 1 Diabetes
By Myah Brown
Morrison-Reeves 213
Untold Stories of Forensics Competitors: Is my mother tongue a curse?
By Citlaly Quiroz
Morrison-Reeves 131
Is Literary Studies Doing Its Job?: An Examination of the Application of Intersectionality
By Ally Banks
