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From left: Blake Hike, Colleen Hamilton,
Dean Glenn
Sharfman and Jonathan Dutrow.
Molière, an Indiana lake,
eminent domain take the prize
at 8th Annual Dean’s
Student
Scholarship Symposium
With presentations about the plagiarism of Molière, the ecosystems of
one of Indiana’s deepest natural lakes and a land-taking case that perpetuates a
trend in economic development – the Manchester College Dean’s Student
Scholarship Symposium showcased
phenomenal students on March 10.
The 8th annual symposium featured 21 presentations by 28
students, from senior to first-year student, from scientist to musician.
Three students emerged from the faculty-judged competition with The Jo
Young Switzer Award for Excellence in Writing and $100 each. Twenty-three were
honored for participating in the highly selective symposium and received
gift certificates to the Campus Store.
The top presenters:
Colleen Hamilton of Rockford,
Mich., “The Plagiarism and Consequent Brilliant Success of Molière”
Jonathan Dutrow of McPherson,
Kan., “A Descriptive Limnological Analysis of Phosphorus Loading and
Thermal Stratification in a Temperate Dimictic Northern Indiana Natural
Lake”
Blake
Hike of Syracuse, Ind., “Kelo v
City of New London: Radical Break or Reaffirmation?”
“The
symposium is a wonderful venue to showcase the many academic talents of
our students,” said Glenn R. Sharfman, vice president and dean for
academic affairs. “We have some phenomenal students who were stretched
by the event and the pride that the students, their faculty mentors and
their families took from the experience is priceless,”
Presentation topics also included an anabaptist poet, capitalism in Togo, the
Cuban Missile Crisis, baseball, an original Elizabethan farce, Kodaly
music education method, and the Christianity of Isaac Newton. Bonefish,
human rights protection, The Count of Monte Cristo, the religious
right, conflict resolution skills, salamander reproduction, stream water
quality, Josef Stalin and oppression also were discussed.
“Many of
the papers presented were at a graduate level and I cannot say enough
about the poise and sophistication of the students,” said Sharfman. “It
is a real treat to watch students display such great academic depth and
have so much fun doing it.”
First-year education major Colleen Hamilton, mentored by Professor
Janina P. Traxler, learned that “Molière
caricatured the French nobility, and they loved him for it.” Hamilton
explored Molière’s foundation in
classical and popular theatre as well as his resulting balance of humor
and intelligence, comedy and satire, classical and popular.
Senior
environmental studies major Jonathan Dutrow, mentored by Assistant
Professor Jerry E. Sweeten, collected data in five monitoring locations
in Crooked Lake, on the border of Noble and Whitley counties. Biologists
and lake residents are concerned about the long-term trophic status of
the lake, highlighting a need to constantly monitor changes of the
ecosystems, said Dutrow, adding “Such descriptive models provide
standards for effective sustainability and management programs.”
Senior
political science major Blake Hike, mentored by Professor Leonard
Williams, researched a U.S. Supreme Court land taking for economic
development. Hike studied eminent domain cases and related his research
to the intentions of the framers of the Constitution. He determined that
the case reaffirmed past legislation favoring private and public
interests, analyzed the consequences of the legislation, and offered
solutions.
Other presenters in the symposium: junior
Aimee Gerdes of Mishawaka, Ind.; senior Cameron Hollenberg of Elkhart,
Ind.; junior Kelly Picard of North Muskegon, Mich.; senior Rebecca
Miller of Arbela, Mo.; senior Benjamin Leiter of New Windsor, Md.;
sophomore Jared Mobley of North Manchester; junior Levi Haupert of Peru,
Ind.; senior Travis Poling of North Manchester; sophomore Megan Leese of
Kokomo; sophomore Fiona Mills-Groninger of Whiting, Ind.; sophomore
Amanda Patch of Otterbein, Ind.; senior Sarah Reed of Mishawaka; senior
Rachel Long of North Liberty, Ind.; senior Logan Condon of Naperville,
Ill.; senior Zachary Burton of Franklin, Ind.; senior Judith Nicci Small
of Algonquin, Ill.; senior Joe Lamplot of Newport, Ky.; first-year
student Laranda Collins of Atlanta, Ind.; first-year student Anna Grady
of Anderson, Ind.; first-year student Jahan Monirian of Fort Wayne;
first-year student Tyler Yeager of Fort Wayne; junior Kyle Coffman of
Heath, Ohio and senior Steve Boyer of Bourbon, Ind.
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