Global Resource Lounge Symposium: Celebrating Lafayette’s Bicentennial
Celebrating Lafayette’s Bicentennial
As part of Lafayette College’s Bicentennial Celebration, the Global Resource Lounge Symposium was held on Thursday, February 19, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Jenks Hall.
This event showcased the long history and richness of our international community and global engagement at Lafayette through students, faculty, and staff poster presentations, artworks, and multimedia displays.
Projects
This year, 28 groups of talented students, professors, and administrators participated in the symposium, showcasing the rich multicultural facet of the college.
A full list of the featured presentations can be found here.
Winners
A selection of faculty and administrators nominated student work they find particularly powerful. The winner of this year’s faculty/administrator-nominated student project is “A Look into Vietnamese Approach to Mathematics,” a poster presentation by Trung Thanh Nguyen!
During the event, attendees also selected their favorite project. The winner of the most popular project is “The Effect of Radio Dramas on Willingness to Report Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Rural Tanzania,” a poster presentation by Kate SantaMaria!
“Cur Non” Board
This event also featured a collaborative translation project of “Cur Non” into multiple languages.
On Display
Check out the “Cur Non” board and the posters now on display in Jenks Hall!
Questions?
Please contact eap@lafayette.edu, English for Academic Purposes Center
Planning Committee:
Dr. Tingting Kang, Office of Advising & Co-Curricular Programs; Prof. Xu Ma, Religious Studies Department; Prof. Mikael Olsson Berggren, Languages & Literary Studies Department; Prof. Akiva Zamcheck, Music Department
Judges:
Prof. Mikael Olsson Berggren, Languages & Literary Studies; Prof. Caleb Gallemore, International Affairs; Prof. Xu Ma, Religious Studies; Chris Ruebeck, Economics; Prof. Courtney Ryan, Theater; Prof. Anukriti Shrestha, Chemical Engineering; Prof. Akiva Zamcheck, Music
Campus Partners:
- Africana Studies Program
- Art Department
- Asian Studies Program
- First-Year Seminar Program
- Government and Law Department
- International Affairs Program
- International and Off-Campus Education
- International Student Advising & Support
- Languages & Literary Studies Department
- Library
- Music Department
- Religious and Spiritual Life
- Religious Studies Department
Sponsored by:
Bicentennial Academic Fund, Office of Advising & Co- Curricular Programs, Religious Studies Department, International and Off-Campus Education, Languages & Literary Studies Department, International Affairs Program, and Music Department