Holy Cross Holds Student Academic Conference

WORCESTER, Mass. – Holy Cross will host Academic Conference 2001 from April 20 to 22. This conference is designed to provide students from a broad spectrum of academic disciplines with an opportunity to present programs, projects, posters and performances that are the results of their work this academic year under the guidance of faculty members.

The conference represents a fraction of the independent and group-project opportunities of which Holy Cross students have taken advantage, and includes works from the performing and visual arts, social sciences, humanities and sciences. This year, over 160 students will participate.

According to Mary E. Morton, associate dean of the College and organizer of the conference, "The greatest significance of this event is the opportunity for our community to appreciate the independence, creativity and intellectual discipline our students have developed while at Holy Cross, and the role our faculty have played as mentors and model teacher-scholars."

Sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College, and the Office of Academic Services and Learning Resources, this event is free and open to the public. The schedule of events is as follows:

Friday, April 20

8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.: College Honors Students will present their honors theses in Rooms 407 & 408 of the Hogan Campus Center.

9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. & 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.: Women’s Studies Students will present their concentration theses in Suite A of the Hogan Campus Center.

12 p.m.: Theatre Chair/Pillow Dance Students will perform a short dance piece on the first floor of the Hogan Campus Center.

All weekend: Digital Imaging Note to Self This digital imaging art piece will be set up between Healy Residence Hall and Hogan Campus Center.

8 p.m.: Music and Theatre Gamelan Gita Sari World-renowned artist Desak Made Suarti Laksmi, Luce Professor of Balinese theatre, dance and music, will direct a gamelan “Gita Sari” concert of Balinese music and dance in the Brooks Concert Hall.

Saturday, April 21

8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.: College Honors Students will present their honors theses in Rooms 407 & 408 of the Hogan Campus Center.

10 a.m. - 12 p.m.: African-American Studies Students will present their concentration theses in Room 401 of the Hogan Campus Center.

12 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.: English Honors Students will present their honors theses in Suite A of the Hogan Campus Center.

12 p.m. - 2 p.m.: Theatre Ballet Tutorial Visitors are invited to observe a ballet tutorial in the Dance Studio, Room B28 of O’Kane Hall.

12:30 p.m. - 1 p.m.: Theatre Short Dance Pieces Students from the Theatre Department’s Improvisation/Composition dance course will perform two short dance pieces in the Cantor Art Gallery in O’Kane Hall prior to the highlight of works from the visual arts department.

1 p.m. - 2 p.m.: Visual Arts Works and Tour Students from the visual arts department will highlight their work in the Cantor Art Gallery in O’Kane Hall.

1 p.m. - 5 p.m.: Peace and Conflict Studies Students will present their concentration theses in Room 402 of the Hogan Campus Center.

2 p.m. - 3 p.m.: Music Senior Vocal Recital Students from the music department will give their senior vocal recital in the Brooks Concert Hall.

Sunday, April 22

11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.: Theatre Obituaries Theatre students will perform a student-written one act play (Note—mature theme) in The Pit, Room B28 of O’Kane Hall.

1 p.m. - 3 p.m.: Poster Session A sample of student work from the following departments and programs will be presented in the Atrium of Swords Hall: Anthropology, Biochemistry, Biological Psychology, Chemistry, Classics, Psychology and Sociology.

1 p.m. - 3 p.m.: French Honors French honors students will be inducted in Room 314 of Stein Hall.