Friday May 23, 2025
Northen Auditorium:
- 11:15-12:30 pm – Psychology of Magic and Deception (CBSC 296E)
Jacob Gibson
Students will perform magic tricks followed by explanations of related psychological principles, demonstrating how magic techniques connect to fundamental aspects of perception and cognition.
Outside of Northen Auditorium
- 1:00-2:00 pm – The Politics of Flags (POL 295M)
Sheahan Virgin
Students will present their innovative redesigns of the Virginia flag, which they created in collaboration with W&L’s IQ Center. Visitors will see the physical, fabricated flags while learning about the class’s mock election, in which the campus community used ranked-based electoral systems to pick their favorites. Students, as political analysts, also will highlight interesting voting trends they observed in the data.
Harte Center Entrance:
- 10:00-2:00 pm – Disorder and Chaos (CHEM 106)
Steve Desjardins and Andrea Abry
Collaboration Gallery (Leyburn 128):
- 10:00-11:00 am – Images of Justice (PHI 296)
Rachel Levit Ades
An interactive exhibition where students present original artwork expressing philosophical concepts of justice, challenging traditional visual representations through creative interpretation. - 11:00-12:00 pm – Food Psychology (CBSC 296I)
Heather Macalister
Research poster presentations exploring psychological factors affecting eating behaviors, including how mood, beliefs, environment, and social context influence food choices, hunger, and enjoyment. - 1:00-2:00 pm – Belonging in College (SOAN 216)
Lynny Chin
Creative presentations under the theme “Making the Invisible Visible” through various media including performances, documentaries, podcasts, artwork, and models that explore aspects of collegiate belonging that often go unnoticed. - 2:00-3:00 pm – Indigenous Ethnogeography and Foodways (ENV 295I)
Catarina Passidomo
Group poster presentations examining Indigenous food systems, possibly including Eastern Siouan foodways, Indigenous food sovereignty, and connections between foodways, gender, and climate justice.
Teaching Hub (Leyburn 119):
- 10:00-11:00 am – Understanding Emerging Economies (BUS 362)
Pooja Thakur-Wernz
Group poster and slideshow presentations where teams of four analyze an assigned emerging economy, exploring each nation’s unique economic landscape, identifying the challenges local firms face and the opportunities for innovation and growth. - 11:00-12:00 pm – Archaeological Lab Methods (SOAN 211)
Sue Ann McCarty
Students will deliver PowerPoint “pitch” presentations for hypothetical grant applications focused on analyzing archaeological materials using specialized laboratory methodologies. - 1:00-2:00 pm – Field Methods in Archaeology (SOAN 210)
Don Gaylord
Group presentations proposing designs for a historic park at Liberty Hall, addressing the challenges of presenting archaeological findings to different stakeholders with varying claims to the past.
Innovation Classroom (Leyburn 109):
- 10:00-11:00 am – Environmental Biology: Forest Ecology of House Mountain (BIOL 101)
Charles Winder
Group posters highlight recent findings that contribute to local biodiversity awareness and support educational, research, and public outreach efforts. - 12:00-2:00 pm – CSI @ W&L (BIOL/CHEM 160)
Fred LaRiviere and Fiona Watson
Short digital films chronicling fictional crime investigations, analysis techniques, and case outcomes created by student teams using footage collected throughout the term, showcasing forensic science concepts in action.
Main Exhibit Space, Main Floor Leyburn
- 1:00-2:00 pm – Seminar in Museums Studies (ARTH 398)
Isra El-beshir
Students will present their “Leyburn Edition” of LONG TIME NO SEE (好久不見) by W&L inaugural Artist-in-Residence Stephanie Shih, exploring the intersections of Chinese export ceramics, food, and identity.
Dad’s Favorite, Mondays
2023, Altered archival pigment print on bamboo paper, mylar, tape, plexiglass, and ceramic mustard pot (1630–1644) from Museums at W&L collection. 40×30″ print/44×34″ framed.
Wilson Hall (in the grassy courtyard behind Wilson)
- 12:00-12:45 pm – Vertical Dance (DANC 252) and Aerial Adornment (THRT 290E)
Jenefer Davies, Elizabeth Wislar
W&L Dance presents “Aerial Dance”, a 45-minute show where students dance 50 feet in the air from the roof of Wilson Hall.
The culmination of two spring term classes, “Vertical Dance”, is a course that teaches aerial technique and composition, taught by professor of dance Jenefer Davies and “Aerial Adornment”, is a costume design class taught by Elizabeth Wislar. Bring a chair or blanket. This is a non-ticketed, free event.