c r o s s r o a d s mid-east honors association april 5-7, 2019 ball state university The and present: C R O S S R O A D S april 5-7, 2019 ball state university muncie, indiana A Special Thanks to Our Sponsors: Visit us on the web at mideasthonors.org and follow us at: /mideasthonors @mideasthonors @mideasthonors 2 Our Mission MEHA represents honors programs in universities and colleges across the Mid-East region through an annual conference, regular newsletters, and email communication, and two business meetings, one held in the spring at the annual conference and one held at the NCHC annual conference. Through sharing information about honors programs and best honors practices region-wide, MEHA hopes to create an intellectual, programmatic, and administrative network of resources aimed at helping the region’s honors programs grow and thrive. The 2019 MEHA Executive Committee • Rebecca Mobley, President, Columbus State Community College • John Emert, President-Elect, Ball State University • Irene Petten, Secretary + Treasurer, Columbus State Community College • Elizabeth Dalton, Faculty Representative, Ball State University • Jacob Buaful, Jr., Student Representative, Columbus State Community College • Jamie Brimbury, Student Representative, Ball State University • Lydia Kotowski, Student Representative, Ball State University • Devon Popson, Student Representative, Ball State University Additional recognition to Zach Johnson, Coralee Young, Tanner Prewitt, and the Ball State University Student Honors Council for their efforts in planning Crossroads. A Word from the Designer From Tanner Prewitt, Ball State University Crossroads are defined as intersections, often found within the context of railways or roadways. They allow vehicular traffic to change route at seamless angles. Crossroads are more than a utilitarian connection, though they can represent the intersection of ideas, cultures, lifestyles, and people. The thin, white lines seen in the design serve as a destination and a direction. Shafer Tower begins to dissolve and peel away, burning red as it races toward the intersection of academic truths, enlightenment, and curiosity. It is at these crossroads, the intersection of our individuality and unique mindsets, that we can direct ourselves into a better and brighter future. 3 Table of Contents Cover General Information 3 Table of Contents 4 Conference-at-a-Glance 5 The Ball State Showcase 7 Poster + Visual Arts Abstracts Ball State University 9 Central Michigan University 12 Columbus State Community College 13 Cuyahoga Community College 15 Grand Valley State University 16 Indiana State University 16 Indiana University - Southeast 17 Indiana University - East 17 Kent State University 18 Lander University 19 Marshall University 19 Miami University 19 Southwestern Michigan University 20 Walsh University 20 West Virginia State University 21 Session Abstracts Session One 22 Session Two 24 Session Three 26 Session Four 29 Session Five 30 MEHA Member Institutions 33 4 Conference-at-a-Glance Friday, April 5 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Registration, Student Center Terrace Lounge 6:00 pm - 6:15 pm Welcome, Student Center Cardinal Hall 6:15 pm - 7:30 pm Dinner + Music, Student Center Cardinal Hall Pasta Buffet 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm Return to Marriott 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm Student Mixer (Marriott) + Faculty Mixer (Three Wise Men) Saturday, April 6 8:00 am - 9:00 am Poster Session Set-Up, Student Center Ballroom 8:00 am - 10:00 am Continental Breakfast, Student Center Cardinal Hall 8:00 am - 10:00 am Ball State Showcase, Student Center Cardinal Hall 9:00 am - 10:00 am Poster + Visual Arts Session, Student Center Ballroom 10:00 am - 10:50 am Session 1, see Session Abstracts 11:00 am - 11:50 am Session 2, see Session Abstracts 12:00 pm - 12:50 pm Session 3, see Session Abstracts 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Lunch + Cultural Excursions (see next page) 6:00 pm - 6:45 pm MEHA 2019: Crossroads Reception, Alumni Center 6:45 pm - 7:00 pm Welcome and Keynote Address, Alumni Center Assembly Hall Keynote Speaker, BSU President Geoffrey Mearns 7:00 pm - 7:45 pm Dinner, Alumni Center Assembly Hall Chicken Dinner 7:40 pm - 8:00 pm Entertainment - Unexpected Resolution a cappella group led by BSU Honors College student, Andy Reel 8:00 pm - 8:30 pm Awards Ceremony 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm Dance, Alumni Center Foyer Note: Ballots for the executive committee for MEHA 2020 are due by 1:00 pm, Saturday, April 6, to the registration desk! Schedule 5 Sunday, April 7 7:15 am - 9:15 am Continental Breakfast, Student Center Cardinal Hall 7:45 am - 8:45 am MEHA 2020 Executive Board Meeting 9:00 - 9:50 am Session 4, see Session Abstracts 10:00 - 10:50 am Session 5, see Session Abstracts 11:00 am Departure Lunch + Cultural Excursions Please dress comfortably and for the weather David Owsley Museum of Art Walking Tour of Downtown Muncie Charles W. Brown Planetarium https://www.bsu.edu/web/museumofart http://www.cityofmuncie.com https://www.bsu.edu/web/planetarium Please note that lunch will be on your own. We have provided a list of the following: On Campus: The Village (east of Student Center): Downtown Muncie: • Student Center Tally (Starbucks, • Subway • Three Wise Men (pizza + pub) Taco Bell, grill, salad bar) • Jimmy Johns • Casa Del Sol (Mexican) • Woodworth Complex (salad bar, • Brothers Bar and Grill • Tuppee Tong (Thai) grill, deli, sushi, noodles) • Greek’s Pizzeria • The Caffeinery (coffeeshop) • and more! • and more! All conference sessions will be held at: L.A. Pittenger Student Center, Ball State University 2000 W. University Ave, Muncie, IN 47306 6 Schedule The Ball State Showcase Fine Focus Dr. John McKillip + Gabriella DeValeria This immersive learning class is comprised of a group of interdisciplinary students working to manage the first digital and print journal for undergraduate microbiology research. The only requirement for participation is that students have an interest and passion in helping us creatively market/communicate our main product - the journal. We work over the semester as two teams to learn about scientific publishing, manuscript management, and peer review, along with marketing and promoting our journal to the international research community. We also have partnerships with the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), University of Detroit Mercy, and the Unity Center in the local Muncie Community, all of which are part of our STEM outreach priorities. Beyond the Honors Classroom: Implementing Music History, Holocaust Studies, and Performing Arts into the Honors Colloquium Dr. Galit Gertsenzon This showcase features selected themes and activities from an Honors colloquium titled: “Forbidden Sounds, The Music of the Holocaust.” The course examines different aspects of music relating to the historical era of the Holocaust. Throughout the course, students focus on learning and discussing the music and musicians that performed and composed various works mainly during the Holocaust in concentration camps, but also before the Second World War and in response to the Holocaust. This course aims to involve students who are mainly non-music majors in a class that discusses music history in the context of Holocaust studies. By the end of the semester, students collaborate to produce a public performance that includes the musical works that were banned by the Nazis, composed prior to, and during the Second World War. In this showcase we will present excerpts from our 2018 performance and various artifacts from current and previous classes: program notes, slideshow, and posters all designed by the students who took the class. This showcase explores the various ways in which students can create lifelong learning while immersing themselves in different learning activities and styles: lecture, discussion, public performance, concert production, and immersing their different talents and learning outcomes to benefit our community. Abstracts 7 Ball State University African American Oral History Project Dr. Michael Doyle, Marquice Gee, + Mitchell Kissick This immersive-learning course included 10 Honors College students who began by learning about the history of Ball State University from its 1918 inception as Indiana State Normal School Eastern Division up through the turn of the 21st century. Next, the team looked at the experience of Muncie’s black community during the second half of the 20th century. Town-and-gown research informed the oral history interviews that team members conducted with members of the Ball State Black Alumni Constituent Society, who were students at the University as far back as the 1960s. The interviews were professionally recorded on campus using high-definition digital video technology. Afterward, students transcribed their interviews for publishing on Bracken Library’s Digital Media Repository, where the corresponding videos will also be available for web streaming. The team’s process and progress was documented in a short film that also features highlights from the interviews and can be streamed from the DMR to provide an overview of the project. Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry: Beneficence Family Scholars Dr. Jason Powell, Liz Reith, Mae Baczynski, + Bobbie Burton Beneficence Family Scholars’ mission is to overcome the cycle of poverty in our community by empowering families to achieve long-term growth and stability through education and comprehensive support. We offer single parent families the chance to create a new narrative for their lives and future generations. Our scholars work toward a higher education while gaining transferable life skills. Our programs encompass the needs of the entire family by providing services tailored to every aspect of their lives. In short, our vision is a thriving community rooted in family, education, and beneficence. 8 Abstracts Poster+ Visual Arts Abstracts Ball State University Either a Caesar, or Nothing: Reimagining the Borgias’ Vatican Tanner Prewitt Power was exercised through art, warfare, theology, and academics during the Renaissance. This project examines landscape architecture as an exercise of power over the natural world through the Borgia papacy.