CLU Festival of Scholars
The Festival of Scholars provides students in the College of Arts and Sciences with the opportunity to showcase their original research and projects. The weeklong celebration of student scholarship culminates with a reception honoring the students. Students whose work is chosen as the top selection from each of the four divisions (Humanities, Creative Arts, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences) receive an Outstanding Research/Project Award and are asked to present their work.
The First Annual First-Year Creative Reading and Writing Award
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Dr. Bryan B. Rasmussen introduces the Festival of Scholars presentations |
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First-year English students present their scholarly work |
CLU's 2009 Festival of Scholars
April 26th - April 30th
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Emily Piper presents her short story, "Never Mind" |
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Allison Wachtel presents her scholarly piece, "Size and Simulacra: Understanding Flesh and Agency in Don DeLillo's White Noise" |
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Shirley Wang presents her collection of poetry, "Innocent Infatuations with Coveted Obsessions" |
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Christa Youngern presents her short story, "Tagged" |
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Karen Emmert presents her poetry collection, "Potable Prophets: A Poetic Romp Through Faith" |
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Scott Bergemann presents his poetry collection, "Everywhere is War" |
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Sara Burgess presents her scholarly piece, "Vampire Obsession and Mormon Values in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Series" |
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Kaci Cooper presents her scholarly piece, "The Anxious Worlds of Hardy and Faulkner" |
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Tori Destocki presents her one-act play, "Caught" |
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2008 Festival of Scholars English Department Presentations
| Lauren Coss | Little Downfalls |
| David Watterson | “The Graduate: Reflections on Film & Life” |
| Jessica Porter | Aging and Duality: A Non-Modernist Interpretation of “Prufrock” |
| Amy Lever | Hollow Imagery and Imperialism in Heart of Darkness |
| Jaclyne Rodriguez | The Effects of War on Iraqi Children |
| Kristina M. Skiba | V, Vengeance, Villains, and Victims: A Butterfly Effect |
| Mario Piumetti Jr. | The Vatraviča |
| Amanda Setto | The Four Humours Throughout Medieval & Renaissance English Literature |
| Timothy Harker | Rising, Falling and Redemption in Fallen Angels |
| Nicole Walker | Check Your Blood |
| Blake Hunsicker | Daniel and Cyrus before the Idol Bel |
| Elizabeth Fox | Peter's Absent Mother |
| Crystal Lorraine Murguia | The Witches’ Manipulation of Macbeth through Foresight |
| Sylvia Naranjo | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Christian Imagery Expressed through Harry and His Supporting Characters |
2007 Festival of Scholars English Presentations
Jake Goodrich “Faith and Lack Thereof: Spiritual Attitudes in the Wake of the Holocaust”
Matt Johnson “The Journey Within: Exploring the Natural World in Heart of Darkness”
Danielle Martin “The Outlaw Kid”
Luci Masredjian “Calvinism Misguided in Faulkner’s Light in August”
Emily Moffett “Parallelism in the Modern Prometheus”
Erin Warrell “The Evolution of the Little Red Riding Hood Character as Reflective of Changing Socio- Cultural Perspectives"
Sam Farinacci EVAN
Amelia Norton “John Donne as Crypto-Catholic: Religious Imagery in Holy Sonnets XIII – XIX”
Patrick Jennett “Deuces Wild and Dime Novel”
Daniel Thomas “Reciprocity and Jungian Psychology in Ursula Le Guin’s Earthsea Trilogy”
Briana Williams “A Study of Inner and Outer Beauty in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast”
