Academic Creativity and Excellence Day
The semi-annual research colloquium at Bushnell founded by Dr. Tim Bergquist.
Language of Leaders
I will be presenting a poster comparing two speeches I wrote. I wrote a speech for current NCU President Joseph Womack and for former President of New Hope Christian College Guy Higashi. I will be comparing the differences in speeches based on the speaker’s cultural and ethnic background as well as the audience’s demographic.
COMM 311 Speechwriting
Doyle Srader
1:00 – 3:00 PM
Religion in School
When it comes to spending time in our public school system, either as a student or as a teacher, what is lawful when it comes to religion? As our educational system has progressed over the years to where it is now, there have been many issues that have created court cases to help us explore and understand the laws pertaining to religion in schos. In order to explore and understand these laws for both teachers and students, we will be looking at the First Amendment, several court cases, and the observation of religious holidays.
EDUC 380 School Law
Johnny Lake
PFB 003
10:30 – 11:00 AM
Bloom: A Short Story of Poverty and Identity
My name is Gabrielle, and I am a product of the so-called “American Dream.” I was born of an uneducated family, and I am first of that line to break the chain of teen pregnancy. More importantly, I am the first to attend college. My paternal grandfather passed away when my father was just seven. Being the oldest, my father was forced to drop out of the third grade and support his mother and siblings. And then, when he was fourteen, he left his ranch-house in Tamazula de Gordiano, Jalisco, Mexico, to “make something of himself” by migrating to America.
But it was not until recently that I began to wonder what my life would look like had my grandfather lived. These thoughts are futile, but I can’t help but wonder: would my own father still be illiterate? And if not, would he still have entered America under the same conditions, and would I have found reason to write this? Would my parents have met? It is through this story, my father’s story— a deeply rooted bloom of self discovery— that I hope to put these thoughts to rest.
ENG 211 Survey of American Literature
James Watson
PFB 114
1:00 – 2:00 PM