Celebration of Excellence
The Celebration of Excellence is a week of applauding the academic and creative work by the Norwich community.
Message from the Program Director
Welcome to the 22nd annual Norwich University Celebration of Excellence! We are thrilled to see such a breadth of interests from our talented students, and we hope you learn from multiple disciplines and students at all levels of their academic careers. The research you see around you is part of a long process, and we take the opportunity this week to applaud not just the final result but each step made along the way.
I have come to appreciate most the dedication and range of these projects in my years working with undergraduate research. When I first attended my first poster session at Norwich, I was impressed. Such a mix of ideas tackling so many different kinds of problems! Of course, I understand now that these results do not just show up the night before. What you see in the posters and talks this week are the hours of brainstorming, discussing, and testing that have gone into each project. We thank all the mentors who guided this work, just as we thank all of the classmates and summer fellows who supported one another, offered feedback, and encouraged one another all along.
The Celebration of Excellence gives us the chance to see how this process continues and what it produces. Please, take the time to ask those questions and to learn from one another. Research is never a solitary activity – and this week is a chance to come together and admire how far you’ve come and how far you’ll go. Keep that curiosity alive, for your own work and for all the other research you’ll see this week!
Thank you for taking part in this celebration!
Kyle Pivetti, PhD
Research Program Director
Schedule of Events
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Monday
Solar Eclipse Viewing Party
2:00-3:30 Softball FieldCSI Experience Awards Ceremony
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Tuesday
Oral Presentations
2:00-2:50 Todd Multipurpose Room, Kreitzberg Library
Riley Horton, Understanding the Impact of Police Training and De-escalation Techniques on Use-of-Force
Jon Brintnall, How Swatting Impacts Law Enforcement Effectiveness
Eli Benjamin, Vermont Recidivism: National ComparisonOral Presentations
3:00-3:50 Todd Multipurpose Room, Kreitzberg Library
Spencer Rada, What Drives Split-Ticketing?
Hector Aponte, Political Participation: The Role of Ideology and Party Identification
Kristin Sanderson, Norwich Alumni and Ironclads in the US Civil WarPublic Debate
5:00-5:50 South Instruction Room, Kreitzberg Library
"Should Norwich's Corps of Cadets be able to use appropriate, on the spot, physical corrective training as a disciplinary measure?"
Student Participants: Emmett Allen, Jonathan Calzadillas, Austin Garcia, Joseph Herbert, Riley Jarvis, Ruby Kagaragwa, Javier Montanez, Thomas Sprague, and Jade Wimbish
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Wednesday
Oral Presentations
11:00-11:50 Todd Multipurpose Room, Kreitzberg Library
Keyshla Seda, Unmasking the Shadows: Exploring the Sinister Influence of Films on Copycat Crime
John Walsh, The Word Vs. The Deed: A Study on Military College Students' Ability to be Influenced by Propaganda
Ximena Bernhardt, Aggravating Factors of Exoneration Rates and LengthOral Presentations
3:00-5:30 Todd Multipurpose Room, Kreitzberg Library
Charles Tingle, Effectiveness of Firearm Registration Laws
Thaddeus Rodeheaver, Embedded Mental Health Programs in Policing and Receptions of these Programs
Jacob Turner, Plea Bargaining - The Dynamic of Both Sides
Ilyes Hassani, Wave Energy Capture
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Thursday
Senior Seminar Presentations
1:00-1:50 North Instruction Room, Kreitzberg Library
Prof. Gray's Senior Seminar Presentations: "Economic and Social History in Shakespeare’s Stratford"Poster Session and Awards Ceremony
4:30-6:30 Plumley Armory
