2017, College of the Holy Cross Conference

Welcome to the HOLY CROSS ACADEMIC CONFERENCE 2017 sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College. This annual event is a celebration of over 350 Holy Cross students and their independent work in the performing and visual arts, social sciences, humanities, and physical sciences. The programs, projects, posters, and performances to be presented are the result of student work over one or two semesters under the guidance of faculty members. The students presenting this year represent but a fraction of the independent and group-project work of our students and in recognizing these projects we celebrate the independence, creativity, intellectual discipline, and deeper understanding of self and subject that all our students have developed while at Holy Cross and the role members of the faculty have played as mentors and model teacher-scholars. Every presentation in the conference is the result of its author’s and faculty advisor’s creativity, hard work, and collaboration, and together they provide a fitting conclusion to our academic year.

Without the interest, enthusiasm, follow-through, flexibility, and guidance of the faculty and administrative sponsors of the academic programs, this event would not have been possible. Thanks are due to Professors Susan Elizabeth Sweeney (Scholar Programs) and Susan Cunningham (CIS), the concentration directors, department chairs, academic program coordinators, conductors of musical groups and directors of Department Honors programs, as well as the many individual faculty who have supervised these student projects. Thanks are also extended to the academic administrative assistants, Tom Parsons and Robin Drew (Graphic Arts), Chip O’Connor, Suzanne Sousa and Elizabeth Rice (Conference Services), Kevin O’Loughlin and Jennifer Parks (Hogan Dining Services), and Jesse Anderson and Paul Rayne (Audio-Visual) for their long hours, attention to detail, and technical support in putting together this event. A special thanks to Professors Helen Freear-Papio and Ellen Lokos for making a reality the Uni2Act performance on Tuesday evening. Finally deep gratitude is extended to our office coordinator, Molly Heidemann, for her creativity, imagination, organizational skills and tireless work in making the conference a success.

Of course, the real protagonists of the conference are the Holy Cross students and faculty who have worked together in the classroom, laboratory, studio, and stage to prepare for these presentations. Congratulations to all!

Enjoy!

Ronald M. Jarret
Associate Dean of the College

Francisco Gago-Jover
Assistant Dean