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Academic Festival > Session V:  Panel Presentations and Poster Session 

3:00 – 4:30 p.m.

William Martin All-Science Poster Session    
(Johnson Bridge) 

Co-Curricular Learning Outcomes at Lake Forest College
Beth Tyler, Dean of Students, Chair
Bill Divane, Associate Dean of Students and Director of Health and Wellness
Rob Flot, Associate Dean of Students and Director of Intercultural Relations
Todd Harris, Associate Dean of Students and Director of Residence Life
Chris Waugh, Assistant Dean of Students and Director of the Gates Center for
   Leadership and Personal Growth
(Library, Second floor, Periodical Room)

Abstract:  The concept of “student development” as it relates to the work that student affairs administrators do with college students outside of the classroom has evolved significantly over time.  The first colleges were driven by a philosophy of in loco parentis, in which their role was expected to replicate that of parents.  During the social revolutions of the 1960s, student affairs practices in higher education underwent their own revolution in response to college students’ insistence that they be treated as adults, demanding independence from their parents.  Since then, colleges and universities all over the country have developed what we call “intentional” student development practices.  We are not here to fulfill the role played by our students’ parents, nor are we necessarily here to control our students as they experiment with their newfound freedoms.  Like our faculty colleagues, we are educators and, although the space in which we educate students is not the traditional classroom, we are teaching our students all the time.

 

Financing the American Dream:  Owning a Home Then and Now
Carolyn Tuttle, Professor of Economics, Chair
Jill Terzakis ’88, Lecturer in Business
Alan Adams, President of Baytree National Bank and Trust Company
Jeff VonDruska ’08
Trevor Thomas ’08
(Library, Lower level, Reading Room)

Abstract:  Remember when you could get a 30 year fixed rate mortgage at 3% to buy a home?  Today, you are able to buy a home with no down payment, no points, and no closing fee.  How is this possible?  Much has changed in the world of finance, especially as it relates to home mortgages.  The “good old days” of fixed rate loans at low interest rates have become faded memories.  Families chasing the American Dream of owning a single family home in the 21st century face many more options, not all of them favorable.  Banks have succeeded in transferring the risk to the home buyer and keeping their assets liquid by selling mortgage pools in the secondary market.  This panel discusses how the changes in buying and financing a home impact the contemporary home buyer. 

 

Embracing the Arts in Chicago:  Music, Theater, and the Visual Arts
Richard Pettengill, Assistant Professor of English and Theater, Chair
Karen Lebergott, Associate Professor of Art
David Amrein, Instructor in Music
Lydia Swift, ’05
Sara Woodbury, ’08
Ashley Hall, ’10
(Library, Lower level, Spadafora stacks)

Abstract:  Chicago is internationally acclaimed for its vibrant arts scene, and the faculty and students of Lake Forest College are fortunate to be situated just thirty miles away.   Professors at the college take advantage of this proximity by including Chicago in their courses.  On this panel, faculty members from the Theater, Music, and Art departments, along with current students and alumni, discuss specific examples of the ways in which the arts in Chicago enrich the Lake Forest experience.  What are some of the richest Chicago arts experiences available at the college?  What are some of the specific ways that faculty members prepare students to experience the arts?  What kinds of follow-up activities are assigned, and what kinds of insights do they yield?  How does Lake Forest’s connection with the arts in Chicago make it distinctive among liberal arts colleges nationwide?  How does this connection further the college’s liberal arts mission, and enhance the overall educational experience of Lake Forest College students?

 

Women in the Academy:  Then and Now
Ann Roberts, Professor of Art, Chair
Kathryn Dohrmann, Senior Lecturer and Supervisor of Internships in Psychology
Linda Horwitz, Assistant Professor of Communications
Heather Brown ’95, Director of Grants and Scholarships
Audia Reggie ’08
(Library, Second floor, Room 221)

Abstract:  Women have been important members of the Lake Forest College community since its inception.  This panel will bring together faculty, students and staff to consider the institutional and cultural constraints that women have faced in the past and continue to face today in the academic community and beyond.  We will look at the status of women as students, professors, administrators, and contributors to the College over the course of its history.

 

A Musical History Lesson
Dennis Mae, Resident Designer and Technical Director in Theater, Chair
Eli Robb, Assistant Professor of Art
Student author/directors:  Caitlin Fergus ’08, Mario Mazzetti ’10, Lauren Scheuer ’08, Hannah Schlotterbeck ’08 and Alex Seabrook ’10
(Various locations on campus)

Abstract:  Songs from famous musicals are performed at locations across north and middle campus offering creative views on college life and history.  The tour begins…
1. Outside Durand Hall where Jacklyn Knutson ’10 and Mark Vinson ’10 sing:  “Someone to Watch Over Me” from Oh, Kay and “S Wonderful” from Funny Face.  They will be thanking Mr. William Matthews Lewis for founding the Garrick Players in 1903.
2.  From The Sound of Music (1959) “Climb Every Mountain” will be sung outside Lois Hall, by Olivia Gray ’10, in a commentary on women’s activism at the college.  Next…
3.  Julianna Hincks ’10 and Karen Larson ’11 will perform “America” from West Side Story outside Cleveland-Young Hall celebrating the college’s multiculturalism.  Moving to middle campus we find…
4. Tori Jeans ’09 who sings “Only in New York” from Thoroughly Modern Millie outside McCormick Auditorium extolling students’ theater aspirations after college.
5. Sarah Lowery ’08 sings “Notice Me, Theordore” from Seussical, outside Young Hall at the Dr. Seuss rock.  It will be a recollection of a student watching Dr. Suess give his commencement speech in 1977 at Lake Forest College.  Next we walk to Commons where…
6. From Little Shop of Horrors (1982) Evan Bell ’10 will sing “Suppertime” outside the cafeteria (which was renovated in 1982 and again in 2006).
Each performance will be repeated throughout the session and audience members are invited to stroll from location to location in whatever order they like to sample each musical lesson of college history.

 

Public Service as a Calling for Alumni of Lake Forest College
Carol Gayle, Associate Professor of History, Chair
Robert Kiely, Jr. ’79, City Manager of Lake Forest
Susan Garrett ’94, State Senator of Illinois
Michael Belsky ’92, Mayor of Highland Park
Joseph Ferguson ’81, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Illinois
(Library, Main floor, Reference Reading Room)

Abstract:  Lake Forest College alumni work in many fields, but one of the most important is public service.  Over the years, many graduates of the College have followed this road, making significant contributions at the local, state, and national levels of government and the justice system.  They are legislators, leaders in state or city government, local administrators, judges, commissioners, and all sorts of other public servants.  This panel will bring together outstanding graduates of the College who serve the Illinois community in various capacities.  They will discuss the way that local and state government and the courts can influence key issues such as education, environmental protection, improving justice, increasing opportunities for fair and affordable housing, traffic issues and public transportation, and public health.  These panelists will also share the reasons that they were drawn to public service and the role that their education at Lake Forest College played in their preparation for their careers.

 

Chance of Showers
Bridget Kies ’02, Chair
Elizabeth Czekner
Liz Wuerffel
(Meyer Auditorium)

Abstract:  Initially based loosely on the movie 9 to 5, performance group “Chance of Showers” has expanded to incorporate video and other media, fictional documentary, and audience participation into their performances in order to explore gender politics and the culture of the American corporate workplace.  For this program, training staff from the fictional corporation COS will conduct a diversity awareness seminar.  Audience members will be invited to engage with this performance as student interns undergoing orientation for their new positions at the company.

Coffee House Happy Hour and President Schutt’s Announcement of the 150th Anniversary Capital Campaign - Begins at 4:30 p.m. in the Mohr Student Center