Wartburg Scholars Senior Defense Schedule

All Defences in Luther Hall 329

Adam Kucera               1:00 PM                                          

Data Analysis and Visualization of All-Pay Auctions

Dr. John Zelle

Caitlyn Reynolds          1:30 PM                                          

The co-localization of p53 and Prohibitin after induction of apoptosis

Dr. Keith McClung

Christina Jellema          1:30 PM                                          

The co-localization of p53 and Prohibitin after induction of apoptosis

Dr. Keith McClung

Derek Norton                2:00 PM                                          

Effect of opposite-sex pheromones on immediate early gene expression in castrated and intact male Golden hamsters.

Dr. Larimer Bousquet

Allison Milner               3:00 PM                                          

A Memoir of Sorts.

Dr. Amy L. Nolan

Abbigail Mueller           3:30 PM                                          

The Musical Moment: An analysis of Paul Hindemith's Bassoon Sonate

Gregory Morton

Serena Ugoretz             4:00 PM                                          

The Young Latino American Dream

Zak Montgomery

Andra Peeler                 4:30 PM                                          

Poetic Foundations

Carita Pfaltzgraff

10th Anniversary Celebration

This is our tenth class of Wartburg Scholars and we are celebrating our Anniversary.  We would love to invite some alumni back to campus for our research day.  The Banquet is April 9 and the Senior Project Defenses are on RICE day, April 10.  Please contact us at scholars@wartburg.edu if you live close enough for an invitation.

2013 Amazing Scholarship Convocation

Yesterday, as part of RICE Day, the college had a convocation to celebrate the scholarship from the past year.  The following Scholars students were mentioned:

Outstanding Senior in Accounting	Hanson-Pollock, Hollis
Outstanding Senior in Biochemistry	Marsh, Sydney
Outstanding Senior in Writing	Jochims, Torie
Outstanding Senior in Computer Science	Juett, Jon
Outstanding Senior in Mathematics Education	Peterson, Jamie
Outstanding Senior in Music	Reisner, Chelsea
Dean's Honor Cord	Ciota, Alex
	Hanson-Pollock, Hollis
	Jochims, Torie
	Juett, Jon
	Kruger, Shea
	Marsh, Sydney
	Reisner, Chelsea
	Roedel, Gordon
Goldwater Scholarship Applicant	Kucera, Adam
	Patel, Aditi
Leadership Certificate	Benning, Kaylee
	Kruger, Shea
	Marsh, Sydney
	Roedel, Gordon
	Seymour, Erin
	Wedeking, David
Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates	Kucera, Adam
	White, Sarah
Presented at the University of Northern Iowa Sustainability Conference	Bonthius, Daniel
Presented at the Broadcast Education Association Convention	Jochims, Torie
Presented at the Iowa Academy of Science Annual Meeting	Baldrige, Kaitlyn
Presented at the 23rd North American Prairie Conference	O'Loughlin, Mary
Presented at the Midwest Undergraduate Conference in the Humanities	Tanner, Dani
Presented at the Iowa Writing Center Consortium Annual Meeting	Ugoretz, Serena
Presented at the Psi Chi Program of the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference	Wedeking, David
Beta Beta Beta Honor Society	Ciota, Alex
	Clark, Justin
	Daubenberger, Jena
	Horrigan, Katie
	Reicks, Amy
	Reynolds, Caitlyn
Delta Mu Delta Honor Society	Huedepohl, Allison
Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society	Freese, Ashley
Kappa Mu Epsilon Honor Society	Bergman, Jalen
	King, Robert
	Reist, Hailee
	Wessels, Phillip
	White, Sarah
Lambda Pi Eta Honor Society	Arnold, Kristine
	Jochims, Torie
Phi Alpha Theta Honor Society	Geibert, Courtney
	Reynolds, Brittany
Psi Chi Honor Society	McGinnis, Jenna
	Sterenberg, Alycia
Sigma Delta Pi	Jellema, Christina
	Knepper, Chantal
	Tanner, Dani
	Ugoretz, Serena

Culture Points since the Ides of March

Congratulations to Merry Gillaspie and Alexia Brewster for reporting the most culture points since the Ides of March.  You too can earn up to two culture points on Thursday.  One for going to an hour of Scholars Senior Defenses and another for going to a different hour of RICE Day events.

RICE Schedule -- April 11,2013

Whitehouse Business Center 217

1:00 PM                                                  Chelsea Reisner
New Music at Wartburg: Composers' Recital
Under the supervision of Geoffrey Wilson

1:30 PM                                                   Jamie Peterson
A More Modern Teaching Portfolio
Under the supervision of Jennifer Pothast

2:00 PM                                                   Jon Juett
John Deere Driving Simulation
Under the supervision of John Zelle

2:30 PM                                                   Jordan Achilles
Wartburg Carbon Footprint
Under the supervision of Anne Duncan


3:00 PM                                                   Gordon Roedel
Preliminary Analysis of Saccharomyces and Brettanomyces in Farmhouse Ales
Under the supervision of Roy Ventullo

Do Not Panic - Call for Assistance

1. We need two student moderators for the Scholars Senior Project Defenses next Thursday.  The job of the moderator is to keep the defenses flowing smoothly.  You will:
• Help the speaker get set up
• Introduce the speaker and the topic
• Keep the speaker on time by giving notice
• Run the question and answer session
• Earn Scholars Culture Points 
• If you are interested - send Dr. Birgen an email or comment on this post.
2. Next year, the Scholars Program would like to hire a Scholars student for five hours a week to run activities specifically for the first-year Scholars students.  These would be activities in and around the Scholars housing, but the person would not need to be someone living with the students.  If you are interested - send Dr. Birgen an email.  If you have a great name for this job, respond with a comment.