{"id":1959,"date":"2009-04-02T14:50:50","date_gmt":"2009-04-02T20:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/bsutoday\/?p=1959"},"modified":"2021-11-01T15:45:21","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T20:45:21","slug":"20090408-ssca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/2009\/04\/02\/20090408-ssca\/","title":{"rendered":"Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Student Scholarship and Creative Achievement Conference set for April 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

BEMIDJI, Minn.<\/strong> — The 10th annual Student Scholarship and Creative Achievement Conference at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ will showcase the varied works of more than 120 students during presentations, performances, exhibits and poster sessions on Wednesday, April 8.<\/p>\n

The conference begins with an 8:15 a.m. continental breakfast in room 100 of Memorial Hall, leading into an 8:40 a.m. opening ceremony featuring a keynote address by public artist Andrew Leicester entitled “What is public art – it’s not about saying ‘have a nice day!’”<\/p>\n

Leicester’s recent work addresses the issues of sustainability, most specifically, wind and solar power, and reclamation. Followiing the keynote address, he will present “Working Drawings to Public Art” from 10:30-11:50 a.m. in Hagg-Sauer 113.<\/p>\n

Following the address, student presentations and performances will be held from 10:30-11:50 a.m. and 1-2:20 p.m. in Bridgeman Hall and Hagg-Sauer Hall. These will see more than 70 students make more than 60 presentations on a vast array of topics, including: an examination of the increasingly offensive capabilities of Japan’s Self Defense Force; human activities and their impact on urban bird species; an ethnographic study of the impact of professional wrestling on children; and the catalytic activities of heteropoly acids.<\/p>\n

Poster sessions, which enable participants to explain their work in a display setting, will be held in Bridgeman Hall from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. with students at the posters from 11:55 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. A total of 21 displays will represent the work of 50 students on a diversity of topics ranging from an electomagnetic conductivity survey of the Eighty Acres Landfill to a display of original puppets.<\/p>\n

A variety of activities will be open from from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., including a video presentation entitled “Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵTube: It’s Our Mission” in Bridgeman 139; the 2009 Scholarship Show for the Department of Visual Arts in Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ’s Talley Gallery, located in the Education Arts Building; and an exhibition and sale by the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Ceramics Club in the Scandanavian Room of the Hobson Memorial Union.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the annual Beaver Film Festival will be held in the Hobson Memorial Union’s Beaux Arts Ballroom beginning at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

The conference’s closing celebration will begin at 2:30 p.m. in the American Indian Resource Center on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ campus.<\/p>\n

All components of the Student Scholarship and Creative Achievement Conference are open to the public at no charge.<\/p>\n

More information on the conference is available by contacting the Academic Affairs Office, located in Deputy Hall on the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ campus, at (218) 755-2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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