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Concurrent Sessions III

Concurrent Sessions III: 2:50–3:50 P.M.


Session IIIA — Clack, Theatre; Moderator: Trista Geier

  1. Millennials in Transition: Improving Collegiate Academic and Career Planning; Shannon Dier (SOA — Fobes)
  2. Disordered Eating in Alma College’s Females; Valerie Nebbeling (SOA — Fobes)
  3. A Case Study of the EXPLORE After-School Program; Katie Seagraves (SOA — Fobes)

Session IIIB — Dow L-1; Moderator: Peter Martin

  1. Using Animation to Study Anole Behavior; Nanette Beckmann (BIO — Clark)
  2. Detection Distance and Selection Pressures by a Predator on Courtship Display and Secondary Sexual Characteristics in Male Wolf Spiders (Schizocosa oreata); Corinna Kizer (BIO — Clark)
  3. Irradiance Profiles, Habitat Variation and Reflectance Patterns of the Eastern Painted Turtle, Chrysemys picta; Brett Seymoure (BIO — Clark/Rowe)

Session IIIC — Dow L-4; Moderator: Amy Rockafellow

  1. Analysis of the Nannoplankton Communities of a Bog Dystrophic Lake; Jessica Neumann (BIO — Oemke)
  2. Summer Zooplankton Population Dynamics in a Small Bog Lake; Brad Baughman (BIO — Oemke)
  3. The Effects of Vitamin B3 on the Learning Abilities of Rats; Stephanie Proudfoot and Kelly Stephens (BIO — Oemke)

Session IIID — SAC 109; Moderator: Colleen O’Toole

  1. Finding a Formula That Works: Issues Surrounding a Proposed All-Girls’ School in Juarez, Mexico; William Allen (PAF — Lorenz)
  2. Framing Comprehensive Immigration Reform in 2007; Rachel Dotson (POL — Lorenz)
  3. Mexico: Combating Poverty, Drug Trafficking and Crime with Education; Kathryn Rice (PAF — Lorenz)

Session IIIE — SAC 113; Moderator: Evan Finley

  1. The Effects of Static Stretching on Muscular Fatigue; Nathan McDonald (EHS — Anderson)
  2. Exercise Recovery in the Cold; Chris Nobach (EHS — Davis)
  3. The Effects of Different Types of Music on Muscle Strength and Range of Motion; Angie Szatkowski (EHS — Ball)

Session IIIF — SAC 215; Moderator: Katie Koechling

  1. The Morality and Laws of Prostitution; Maureen O’Connell (PHL —Dixon)
  2. The Immorality of Prostitution; Shimea Purchase (PHL — Dixon)
  3. Abortion: The Downfall of Feminism; Marti Showalter (REL — Blanchard)

Session IIIG — Smith Room, Library; Moderator: Jane MacDonald

  1. Looking for a Hero: Folklore and the Action Hero; Jessica Drefke (AMS — von Wallmenich)
  2. The Inside Room: A Collection of Poetry and Prose; Elizabeth Podufaly (ENG — Palmer)
  3. Woman, Herself: The Body and Notions of Womanhood in Harriet Jacobs’ Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl; Faina Polt (ENG — von Wallmenich)

 

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Melissa Boguslawski

Melissa Boguslawski
Graduation: 2008
Major: Exercise Health Science, Chemistry
From: Madison Heights, Michigan
Interests: Sports, Heritage

Alma students are good stewards of the world around them. Whether cleaning a long-neglected Jewish cemetery in Poland or the Pine River in our backyard, you can be involved in service projects through classroom work or volunteer activities. Your education is personalized to your talents and interests to prepare you for service, leadership and stewardship.

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