Video Presentations
Video Presentations 2014 Editions
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"MARKED"
This image-rich panel studies the visible and invisible ways we are marked by accidents, abuse, and even science.
Samantha Vitez, Korie Quint, Claudia Banuelos, "Scars: Along Our Bodies and Within Our Minds"
Ethan Plaehn, "The Evolution of Humanity’s Power to Evolve"
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"ETHICAL EATS"
These papers present the health and ethical considerations of our culture’s consumption habits.
Hannah Thomas, "Ethically Sourced Ingredients Ease the Food Conscience"
Rachel Rockenfeller, "Trick or Treat?"
Dakota Sorensen, "Eating More: Are We Supporting the Economy or Making it Worse?"
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Q & A Continued
"THE SCOPE OF ART"
This audio-visual panel considers art’s potential to transform and inspire.
Mikayla Klas, "Fitting the Princess Mold"
Sydney Holder, "The Road to Get Up and Go"
Lauren a. Smith, "The Knowledge Network: Peeling Back the Palimpsest"
"CONTESTED IDENTITIES"
These panelists examine the effects of marginalization and the struggle to self-define of various subcultures and minority groups in a series of broadsheets, a website, and an essay.
Rebecca Rivera, "American Indian Culture Assimilation & Activism"
Joseph Cardello, "Gypsy Culture in Modern America: A Look into the Extravagant Lifestyle of an American Co-Culture"
Natalia Aramovich, "Empowerment of Women"
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"VISUALIZING HISTORY"
Students from Toni Nicholas’s History class take us on a visual tour through important historical moments.
Kendryn Gates, "The Race to the Final Frontier"
Danielle Smith, "Second-Wave Feminism"
Lisa Casady, "Denmark Reacts 1940 - 1945: Non-Violent Resistance to Fight the Violent Nazi Invasion"
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"REACHING FOR HEALTH"
Physician Assistant students present their well-researched rural health outreach proposals.
Grant Nichols, Jasmine Wells and Craig Wood, "Characterization of Healthcare Need and Potential Solutions in a Population of Community-College Students in Southeastern Colorado"
"ISSUES ABROAD"
This audio-visual panel looks at the plight of various peoples—and animals—in foreign lands.
Tori Malek, "Disappearing Giants"
"FINANCIAL FUTURES"
In this audio-visual panel, scholars discuss personal and national economics.
Rita Erickson, "Driverless Cars: Does the Rapid Progression of Technology Threaten Our Economic Future?"
Josh Adams, "China"
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Video Presentations 2013 Editions
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“Choice & Consumption”
This panel explores the intersection of personal choice, consumption, and health.
Evelyn Palma, “Is Food Thy Medicine?”
Anthony Ortbals, “Marijuana in Moderation: Relaxing Responsibly”
Mishauna Lambuth, “Molly’s Journey to Living Smoke-Free”
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“People in Place”
These presentations, which include a photo essay and a radio essay, discuss people’s interaction with public space.
Tanner Marshall, “The Glorious Greenback”
Parry Matte, “Rooftops and Puddle Diving: Finding Medicine in the Middle of It”
Emily Johnson, “Thoughts on #Coffee, #Card Games, and Regaining #Community”
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“Family Matters”
This panel, consisting of two videos and a literary analysis, explores the nuclear family and the parent-child relationship from a number of angles.
Sarah Cash, “After”
Kim Gallegos, “My Warrior Princess in the Age of Zero Tolerance”
Kai Duby, “Binary Oppositions Shared and Overcome: A Deconstruction of Sexuality Along Family Fault Lines in Bechdel’s Fun Home”
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“In Conflict and in Crisis”
These multimedia presentations examine various United States conflicts or crises, and its reactions and potential for recovery from them, both historical and into the future.
Conner Walker, “The Cuban Missile Crisis”
George Niehouse, “Bullets and Baseball”
Rachel Anderson, “Destination Mars: Our First Step Toward the Stars”
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“Prevention and Treatment”
This panel discusses some traditional and non-traditional approaches to medicine.
Nicole Schlesinger, “A Plague on All Our Houses: The Necessity of Childhood Vaccines”
Monica Buelt, “Hepatitis B: Understanding Your Disease, Symptoms, and Lab Results”
Deborah Houk, “Aromatherapy for Posttraumatic Stress Sufferers and Their Caretakers”
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“Trauma & Healing: Art’s Role”
This multimedia panel, which includes visuals, a video, and a podcast, situates trauma in the context of art and representation.
Stephanie Hildebrandt, “Images of Suffering: Look Deeply and Think”
Amy Buchanan, “When the Violet Conquers the Wolf”
Hannah Baker, “Hypergraphia”
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“A Picture’s Worth: Image Analysis”
Students from Toni Nicholas’s history class present their work contextualizing famous historical images that, together, trace a history and potential future of human industry.
Sumner Evans, “Dreams of Flight”
Kyle Dymowski, “Lunch Atop a Skyscraper”
Zac Champion, “Little Boy”
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Students from the 2014 Physician Assistant class present their well-researched plans.
Candace Daugherty, Abbey Jordan, Rebecca Powell, and Janice Van Bockern “Implementation of a Prenatal Education Program in Grand County, CO”
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Video Presentations 2012 Editions
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The following sessions are sophisticated analyses of literature and music, conducted through formal academic lenses (including the Reader-Response and Formalist approaches).
Lauren Smith, “The Beauty of Sorrow: A Formalist Analysis of Angela Carter’s ‘Smile of Winter”
Patrick Welle, “Meeting Somebody That I Used to Know: A Reader-Response Analysis of Goyte’s Hit Song”
The following sessions explore the delight of music in live performance.
Liz Linton, “Elephant Revival: Secrets of Connection”
Joelle Waguespack, “Where Saxophone Meets Marimba”
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The following sessions explore how major social shifts have affected the way we farm and the way we live.
Shaun Hamlin, “The Fall of Farming”
Gantuya Yanjinsuren, “The Last Nomads”
The following sessions explore health and healing, and the implications of the tension between the “merely” human and the medical world.
Tina Kribbs, “The Puppet: An Exploration of the ‘Grievance Story’ & Forgiveness”
Stacey McElvaney, “Equine Assisted Therapy: Equine Talent or Magical Properties”
Sandra O’Brien, “Physicians’ Responsibility and Patient Autonomy: Must one come at the expense of the other?”
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