In her opening remarks at last week’s Capstone Festival, Doenges Scholar Emily Welty captured the essence of the experience for presenters and audience members alike when she noted that Capstone students “remind the rest of the world [of] the value of passionate curiosity.” Twenty-eight passionately curious people presented the Mary Baldwin University community with new perspectives and helped attendees to think more deeply about their work and community.
The following students were presented with Top Honors awards:
Delivered Papers: Reetu Sinha, for “Female Agency in Tennyson’s Idylls of the King: Stereotypes and Sexuality in the Victorian Age,” Katherine Turner, project advisor.
Multi-media Presentations, Section 1: Tassany Forero, “The Effects of an Invasive Grass (Microstegium vimineum) on Soil Chemistry, Decomposition, and Plant Growth in the Blue Ridge Mountains,” Mary Jane Epps, project advisor.
Multi-media Presentations, Section 2: Kayla Burgess, “Contributions of Women on the Supreme Court of the United States,” Laura van Assendelft, project advisor.
Posters: Wendy Deptula, “The Effect of Nest Height on Avian Malaria Parasite Prevalence in Migratory Songbirds,” Paul Callo, project advisor.
Visual or Audio-Visual Creation: Sami Langston, “Sunspot: Drawing Reality into Fantasy,” Theresa Rollison, project advisor.