Concurrent Sessions I

Honors Day 2013

Concurrent Sessions I: 9–10 a.m.

Session IA—SAC 109 Moderator: Doug Beckman

  1. Role of Exercise as a Potential Treatment in the Development of Primary Raynaud’s Disease; Zahra Hussain (IPH—Davis)
  2. Effects of Aerobic and Anaerobic Training of Aerobic Capacity and Blood Hematology at 3400 Meters; *Sean Clancy, Lance Jongekrijg and *Jake Murawske (IPH—Davis)
  3. Effects of Inspiratory Muscle Training and Moderate Altitude Acclimatization on Pulmonary Function; Jillian Thompson and *Hannah Stone (IPH—Davis)

Session IB—SAC 110 Moderators: Emily Reverman and Crystal Snow

  1. The Unspoken: The Necessity of Language in Sister Carrie, The House of Mirth and The Awakening; Rachel Giza (ENG—von Wallmenich)
  2. ‘Call Me Tess’: An Examination of How Names Affect Identity in Tess of the D’Urbervilles; Jacqueline Kolb (ENG—Aspinall)
  3. Falling Into Faith: John Updike’s Take on Marriage and Faith in Gesturing; Jessica McLeod (ENG—Aspinall)

Session IC—SAC 113 Moderator: Katelyn Gentner

  1. Integration by Busing in Pontiac, MI: A History of Segregated Schools and Analysis of Integration Efforts; Alaina Dague (HST—Olbertson)
  2. Montgomery’s 1944 Fiasco: Market Garden Revisited; Lindsey R. Miller (HST—Furlong)
  3. The Cuban Missile Crisis: A Turning Point in the Cold War; Neil Youngdahl (HST—Bu)

Session ID—DOW L-1 Moderator: Anna Weber

  1. Construction of Hydrous Meteorites from Ordinary Fragments; Angela N. Clayton (CHM—Strait)
  2. A Generalization of the Pythagorean Theorem; Katherine Krauss (MTH—Sipka)
  3. Extra Dimensions and T-duality in String Theory; Emma B. Patmore (PHY—Jensen)

Session IE—DOW L-4 Moderator: Aaron Bender

  1. Acknowledging Alma College Students’ Drinking Water Preference; Joaquin Alarcon and Cristina Naranjo (ENV—Borrello)
  2. Global Feminization and Increased Birth Sex Ratio in Sierra Leone; Tanis Rozeveld (ENV—Borrello)
  3. The Effects of Alcohol Consumption on Eye-Hand Coordination and Eye Movement in College Students; *Sarah Bauer, *Jennifer Hill, *Amanda Jackson, Lauren Wagner and Katherine Zaborowicz (IPH—Luetkemeier)

Session IF—Clack Theatre Moderator: Rebecca Blasius

  1. Representations of Women in the Aegean Bronze Age; Maggie Heeschen (ART—Connolly)
  2. Chinese Landscape Paintings as Virtual Pilgrimage; Amy E. Merriman (ART—Connolly)
  3. The Narrative Theory of Eros, God of Love; Mallory E. C. Montgomery (ART—Connolly)

*An asterisk denotes a student who is a co-author but not presenting.

 

Spring Term at Alma is a one-month immersion on a single academic topic that offers learning experiences not typically available during the more traditional 15-week fall and winter terms. For example, during Spring Term 2012, students observed lizards in Bermuda, studied modern economic development in India, performed dance in Taiwan, examined renewable energy in Europe and investigated medicinal plants in the Amazon rainforest.

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Graduate Profile

Katie Umbarger

Katie Umbarger
Graduation: 2011
Major: Elementary Education

When Katie Umbarger ’11 walked through the door to higher education as a first-generation college student, she was supported every step of the way.

“Alma took me under its wing and guided me through the process of entering college,” she says. “The concept of college seemed pretty surreal, but I was blessed with an amazing admissions counselor who helped me through everything. Alma was like finding a second family.”

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