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Honors Program Conference
The Saint Xavier Community is invited to the Annual Honors Senior Conference showcasing senior projects of the Honors Program Class of 2008.
Date, Time, Place
Saturday, April 26, 2008
9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Butler Reception Room
We are delighted to invite you to the sixth annual Honors Conference. The conference will showcase projects by the graduating class of 2008.
Conference Schedule
Session I: 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Panel One
Moderator: Stanley Boyer, Ph.D., Room: S-101
Biological Inquiry: Research in Endocrinology, Chronobiology, Pharmacology and Oral Health
| Jonathan Ostrowski | “Investigation of the Possible Colocalization of Nitric Oxide Synthase and the Aromatase Enzyme in the Spinal Cord of Time-Mated Female Red-Sided Garter Snakes” |
| Craig Sonneveld | “Chronobiology: The Heart of the Clock” |
| Colleen Vandewalle | “Surviving Cancer: A Survey of Chemotherapy” |
| Christopher Green | “Periodontal Disease: A Silent Threat to our Well-Being?” |
Panel Two
Moderator: Cathlin Poronsky, MS, APRN, BC, Room: S-113
Interrogating the Issues of our Time: Bilingualism, Obesity and Diabetes, Magazines and Body Image, The Government of Iran
| Grisel Alvarez | “Bilingualism: Issue in Dual Language Acquisition” |
| Edward Ruebe & Erica Stercic |
“Diabesity: America’s Black Plague” |
| Christopher Lonergan | “Men have feelings, too: A content analysis of male Objectification in male-oriented magazines” |
| Lindsey Featherstone | “Can Democracy Exist in an Islamic State?: A Case Study of the Islamic Republic of Iran and its Clash with ‘Freedom’” |
Session II: 10:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Panel Three
Moderator: Angelo Bonadonna, Ph.D., Room: S-101
Odyssey Across the Humanities: Musical Performance, Young Adult Literature, Plato’s Republic, Wrigleyville
| Mary Naegele | “Rockappella: The Art of Vocal Percussion” |
| Carina Spendel | “From Score to Stage: Preparing an Art Song Recital” |
| Rebecca Rosenthal | “Freedom and the Individual in Plato’s Republic” |
| Sara Hughes | “Young Adult Literature in the Fight For Literacy: Finding the Adolescent Niche in Reading” |
| Angelo Bonadonna | “Beyond Wrigleyville: An Exploration of Chicago’s Lakeview Neighborhood” |
Luncheon and Awards: 12:45 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Butler Reception Room
Host: Dr. Judith Hiltner
Speaker: Laurence Musgrove, Ph.D., “Metaphors We Read By: Movement, Freedom, and Faith”
Contact Us
Judith Hiltner, Associate Dean, College of Arts & Sciences
Warde Academic Center, Room N227
Phone: (773) 298-3230
Email: hiltner@sxu.edu
Fax: (773) 779-9061
