Senior Capstone 2021

Art & Design

Exhibition: May 3-16; Senior Reception: Friday, May 14 7-8:30 p.m.

Friendship Hall Gallery
Taylor Cunningham: Graphic Design Photography, Studio
Tevin Oller: Digital Media
Sheresa Layton: Graphic Design Photography
Arya Karmacharya: Graphic Design Marketing
Christina Hall: Digital Media
Summer Buckshaw: Graphic Design
Calvin Cassida: Auto Restoration Design
William Farkash: Auto Restoration Design
Tim Lauring: Auto Restoration Design

Hess Fine Arts Center
Mason Duffy: Auto Restoration

Auto Restoration

Project Teams
1970 Camaro Paint – Chandler Gehring, Colin Irvin & Andrew Vekteris
1931 Chevrolet Mechanicals – Austin Brown & Quinn Gordon
Kurtis Kraft Nose – Cole Hinton, Dakota Logan, & Matt Nutting
1963 Avanti – Dante Dellacroce & Shane Fazzino
1953 M-B 300S – Nate McLaughlin
1971 Corvette Seats – Alex Polakow
1961 Ranchero – Samuel McDannald & Tucker Schultz
Driving Logs – Garrett Carroll
1967 Imperial Seats – Luke Borton & Wally Behrens
1932 Packard Engine – Lance Lagasse & Dylan Riley

Behavioral Science

Senior Research Symposium
Thursday, April 29 from 1:00-5:00 pm, Melhorn Lecture Hall Watch on Livestream

Anthony Bernal: Who Am I? Who Are You?: Multiple Social Identities
Riley A Bradbury: Social Media and Well-Being
Marcus Brasley: Decisions Decisions
Shyanne Henkis: Cultural Attitudes Towards Mental Illness: Does Your Race Accept It?
Lameshio Hill: Athletes and Concussions
James Hodgson: Aggression and Sibling Relations
Kaylynn E Lyons: It Is Always “I’m Okay” But Is It the Truth?
Isabel Medina: Mental Health and Injured Athletes
Kristopher Perez: When The Numbers Don’t Favor The Dream
Maya A Rawlinson: Two-Parent Families vs. Single-Parent Families and The Effects On Delinquency
Brittany N Roberts: Humans’ Reasoning Behind Tipping
Christie Silber: Decision to Shoot Based on Race
Antonio A Snyder: How Do Parenting Styles Affect Future Happiness?
Susana Velasquez: Have Opinions Changed Over Time?

English

Cherie Bruce – The Disappearing Female Authors of Science Fiction: A Case Study Using Joan D. Vinge’s The Snow Queen.
Monday, April 26 at 4:00 pm, Mohler 231.

Health, Physical Education, and Recreation

Field Placements:

Destiny Bacon Exploring the Career of a Chiropractor in a Clinic Environment
Brittany Baroni Exploring the Career of a Physical Therapist in a Clinic Environment
Brian Cantu Exploring the Career of an Assistant Athletic Director in a College Environment
Marcos Chacon Exploring the Career of an Assistant Athletic Director in a College Environment
Jake Curtis Exploring the Career of a Physician Assistant in a Hospital Environment
Corey Davis Exploring the Career of an Athletic Trainer in a College Environment
Cullen Grabast Exploring the Career of a Physical Therapist in a Clinic Environment
Britney Jarvis Exploring the Career of a Physical Therapist in a Clinic Environment
Jordan Keanini Exploring the Career of Chiropractor in a Clinic Environment
Gonzalo Morales Vargas Exploring the Career of a Nurse in a Group Home Environment
Tevin Nash Exploring the Career of a Youth Director in a Community Center Environment
Gregory Neiger Exploring the Careers of an Athletic Director and Physical Education Teacher in a High School Environment
Noah Nelson Exploring the Career of an Athletic Director in a College Environment
Jake Pearson Exploring the Careers of a Physical Therapist and Physical Therapist Assistant in a Clinic Environment
Brock Richardson Exploring the Career of an Athletic Trainer in a College Environment
Justin Risdall Exploring the Careers of an Athletic Director and Physical Education Teacher in a High School Environment
Nathan Robl Exploring the Career of an Assistant Athletic Director in a College Environment
Jakob Shields Exploring the Career of an Athletic Director in a College Environment
Neola Spotted Tail Exploring the Career of a Business Owner and Personal Trainer in a Fitness Gym Environment
Adam Tabor Exploring the Career of an Assistant Athletic Director in a College Environment
Xavier Taylor Exploring the Careers of an Assistant Athletic Director in a College Environment and Sports Director and Child Care Director in a Community Center Environment
Dylan Williams Exploring the Career of a Senior Director in a Community Center Environment
Kaitlyn Wilson Exploring the Career of a Nurse in a County Health Department
Madyson Woog Exploring the Career of an Athletic Trainer in a College Environment

History & Politics

Senior Research Presentations
Thursday, April 29 at 7:00 pm, Mohler 212. Watch on Livestream
Tomi Simmons: A year in AmeriCorps VISTA
Courtney Weesner: The Partition of India

Thursday, May 11 at 5:00 pm, Melhorn 112. Watch on Livestream
Nico Wahl: Wernher von Braun Technocratic Amorality meets Space Passion

Math

Tuesday, May 4 at 2:00 pm, Melhorn 112. Watch on Livestream
Gracia Kasereka: Email Spam Filtering
Charles Munns: The Effectiveness of Spin Rate and Velocity
Theron Sanders: Bioengineering in the COVID-19 Vaccine
Logan Worswick: Analysis of Different Era’s Effects on Major League Baseball

Music

Senior Recitals
Myriah Webster – Wednesday, April 14 at 7:00 pm, Mingenback Theatre. Watch on Livestream
Amanda Hill – Friday, April 16 at 6:00 pm, Mingenback Theatre. Watch on Livestream

Natural Sciences

38^th Annual Research Forum
Friday, April 16 2021 from 1:00 to 4:45 pm, Mingenback Theatre. Watch on Livestream

Shelby Bonn:  DNA barcode sequences of the spiders in the genus Schizocosa
Sydney Burton: Prevalent comorbidities in hospitalized coronavirus (COVID 19) cases: evidence from a meta-analysis
Jenna Christensen: Quantitative analysis of Vitamin C content in three apple varieties using Tillman’s method
Maile Deutsch: Antibacterial effects of taro (Colocasia esculenta) leaf extract on E. coli, S. agalactiae, and S. aureus who thrive on wounds
Ashley Esquivel: Use of essential oils as a pest deterrent against the common house cricket (Acheta domestics)
Jessica James: Analysis of nitrite and nitrate concentrations present in locally produced ham labeled cured and uncured
Neville Kabangu: Does Lactobacillus acidophilus inhibit the growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa?
Thara Kalambayi: What is the effect of the cyanogen in cassava leaves on Drosophila melanogaster larvae?
Choucranie N. Kayembe: Determination of vitamin C content in peaches at different stages of maturity
Aaron Leck: A literature review of genetically altered yeast and its industrial uses
Allison Pamela Penalva Vanegas: A literature review on the effects of the ketogenic diet on the gut microbiota and weight-loss
Kristin Potter: Kawasaki disease: a review exploring the changes in etiology, epidemiology, and link to COVID-19
Claire Singleton: Comparison of the antibacterial activity of tea tree oil and tea seed oil with that of amoxicillin and ampicillin against E. coli
Kylecia Taylor: The effect of the essential oils: tea tree, thyme, and peppermint on Staphylococcus aureusgrowth
Morgan Abbott: Effects of drought conditions on water use efficiency, transpiration and photosynthesis in Silphium integrifolium

Philosophy & Religion

Aaron Leck – Christianity and Anarchism: A Reconciliation
Monday, May 3 at 6:00 pm, Mohler 212. Watch on Livestream

Spanish

Susana Velasquez – Identidad Bilingüe / Bilingual Identity
Friday, March 19 at 3:00 pm, Mohler 231

Theatre

J. Tanner Trigg – “The Christians” by Lucas Hnath, “Daddy Long Legs” music by Paul Gordon and book by John Caird

Daddy Long Legs

The Christians