Last Day of College Essay Work Time

Starter: Justice!!!!

1. What is your definition of "justice"? 
2. What one of the biggest issues of injustice facing the world today?
3. What is one thing "we", as a society, could do today to make the world more just?

Class Biz

• Let's review college essay deadlines/agenda for today
• Homework for tonight-- to prep for Senior Project Orientation, Day 2 (tomorrow!)

College Essay Final Touches and Conferences with Ashley
If you need more time to complete your final revisions, now is the time!  You can revise, refine, proofread, conference with me, or do whatever else you need to do to finish up your essay.

WHEN YOU  ARE FINISHED, do the following:
FIRST: Email me a colored photo of you for the display board so I can print them on the color printer.

SECOND: Complete this College Essay Boot Camp Feedback Survey

THIRD: Exhibit Your Work (by no later than THURSDAY, start of class!)

1. Create your COLLEGE ESSAY DISPLAY BOARD!  See the document linked here, and the example on my board.
2. When your display board is put together, and give them to our student exhibition set-up volunteer(s). 

 
Begin tonight's homework
Read one of the example Senior Theses linked on my Senior Project page and found below:

1. Tucker Leavitt- Water Arc Explosions (Physics)
2. Bekah Kuster- Energy Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gases  (Energy)
3. Lyle Bryson- Trends and Youth Culture  (Marketing/Psychology)
4. Philip Wiley- What makes good science fiction?  (Literary Analysis)
5. Allee McKown- Theories of Global Inequality (International Studies)​
6. Oli Sakadinsky- Special Interest Groups in US Politics (Political Science)
7. Izzy Bonecutter- Mindfulness and the Brain (Neuroscience)
8. Isabel Krull- Culture of Ballet (Sociology)
9. Claire Larson- Brain Trauma and EMDR Therapy (Neuroscience)
10. Anne Chase- Social Media and Perceptions of Nature (Media Studies)
11. Grace Frideger- Ecofeminism and the environmental movement. (Philosophy and Environmental Studies)
12. Corry Arcomano- Dry needling vs. Acupuncture (Medicine)

These are two stand-outs from class of 2019

1. Sarah Von Tersch: What is the most effective way to reduce drug cartel power and minimize their negative effects?
   
2. Caeley McClain:  What are the most effective methods to get uninvolved people to take initial action on climate change in the United States?​

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These are all the finalists from the class of 2018- the best thesis award went to Claire Leffler, but it was a close call!

1. Lily Bisantz- To what extent does the sexualization of young girls and women in Western culture perpetuate sexual violence?  (Sociology)
2. Dylan King- What in the past 50 years has led to the economic recession of Puerto Rico and how has hurricane Maria impacted the island?​​  (History and Economics)
3. Quinn Luthy- How do confessional poets use form to create meaning?  (Literary Analysis)
4. Ben Malone- What are the potential future roles of blockchain-based cryptocurrencies in the economy?  (Economics)
5. Izzy Simpson- How can the fundamental structure of the stock market be utilized to predict market price fluctuations?  (Economics)
6. Claire Leffler- How can recurring patterns and forms found in nature be explained mathematically and why are humans visually drawn to recreating these patterns?  (Art and Mathematics) ​​​​