An autonomous robot demonstration and the results of a study on Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump’s viewpoints will be among the approximately 500 projects showcased during Wartburg College’s fifth annual Research, Internship and Creative Endeavor Day Thursday, April 7.
About 350 students will present research, exhibit projects, display art and air documentaries as part of the day, which celebrates academic excellence, innovation and enterprise.
Presentations begin at 8:30 a.m. at sites across campus. The public is invited to attend the events, including the Excellence in Teaching and Scholarship Convocation in Neumann Auditorium at 10 a.m., which honors outstanding students, professors and advisers.
“We are happy to see so many of our students from so many of the college’s departments participating in this day,” said Roy Ventullo, director of undergraduate research and Dr. Myrle Burk and Vera Burk Will Endowed Chair in Biology. “Our students do great work; it’s exciting to be part of an event that enables them to share what they’ve learned.”
Participating departments include: Business Administration, Accounting & Economics; Education; English & Modern Languages; Music; Social Work; Art; Sociology & Criminology; History; Religion & Philosophy; Journalism & Communication; Social Sciences; Sociology & Criminology; Biology; Biochemistry, Chemistry & Engineering Science; and Mathematics, Computer Science & Physics.
Students representing peace and justice studies, Inquiry Studies and Independent Studies courses, the Scholars Program and the Institute for Leadership Education also will present. Student-created artwork will be on display in the Waldemar A. Schmidt Art Gallery and Room 114 in Bachman Fine Arts Center.
The Castle Singers and Wartburg Choir will hold open rehearsals in Wartburg Chapel at 3:50 p.m. and 4:50 p.m., respectively. The Wind Ensemble will rehearse at 4:50 p.m. in Bachman Fine Arts Center Room 100. The baseball, golf, lacrosse, softball, tennis and track and field teams will hold open practices between 4 and 6 p.m.
A full program, listing projects and sites, will be available at https://www.wartburg.edu/rice/.
