Senior Scholars Day

April 20, 2010

Susquehanna University Senior Scholars Day provides an opportunity for students engaged in research, scholarly or creative projects to present the results of their work to the public. Students participate by sharing research findings in the form of poster displays and oral presentations. Senior music students present recitals as part of the program, and senior graphic design students display artwork in the Cunningham Center for Music and Art.

Senior Scholars Day is a celebrated tradition at Susquehanna. It allows students to honor the professors with whom they had worked over their academic careers at Susquehanna. Many of the students who participate present regularly at outside research forums including Pennsylvania Academy of Science, the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, and regional and national conferences of individual disciplines.

2010 Highlights:

• More than 60 students presented their research projects on poster displays in Mellon Lounge in Degenstein Campus Center.
• 16 music students performed music recitals. A wide variety of instruments were played including flute, piano, baritone, clarinet, cello, saxophone, organ, horn, mezzo soprano, trombone and viola.
• 10 graphic design students displayed their artwork in the first floor wing display cases in the Cunningham Center for Music and Art.
• More than 20 students gave oral presentations throughout the day in the Meeting Rooms and the Shearer Dining Rooms on various topics such as journalism, feminist epistemology and social media.

Presentations from the day included:

• The Feasibility of Alternative Energy Sources for Snyder County, Pa.
• The Faith Journey and Mentorship of Young Adults
• Generational Change through the Railroad in Sayre, Pa., 1900–40
• Are Pitbulls the New Black Men?
• Design and Implementation of a Cost-Effective Microscopy Setup for Use at the Undergraduate Level
• Personality, Perceived Susceptibility to Swine Flu, and Hand Washing Behaviors
• The Italian-American Mafia and Its Role in Industry and Labor in Northeastern Pennsylvania
• Airborne Plant Communication and Distance-Dependent Production of Extrafloral Nectaries in Lima Bean (Phaseolus lunatus)
• Marketing to the Inner-Workings of the Consumer's Mind