SENIOR CAPSTONE PRESENTATIONS 2016

You are invited to the first ever

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Since last summer, the seniors of English 12
have been investigating questions and
problems and challenges of their
own choosing.​
Come see and hear the results.

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SPORTS & MEDICINE:

Moving Bodies, Healing Bodies

MONDAY | APRIL 25, 2016 | 11:55-12:30 pm | SRC

Nick Bissegger |​athletic training
Sammie Woodward | a​thletic training
Sarah Johnson | a​thletic training
Abby Polzin | ​elite athletes
Emily Lamberton | ​sports psychology
Sarah Johnson | s​ports physiology
Ben Wakefield |​genetic engineering
Maddy Koerner | b​rain surgery & medical ethics
Maggie Sullivan |​Doctors Without Borders

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SOCIAL/MEDIA:

LIVING IN A CHANGING WORLD

TUESDAY | APRIL 26, 2016 | 11:55-12:30 pm | SRC

 
Zach Owsley |​leadership
Derek Franklin | l​eadership
James Warren | e​ffective communication
Cody Jones | ​sound investments
Alex Rehorst | ​political​m​edia history
Norly Rueda | h​istory of the selfie
Ciera Siebers |​Internet culture
Christopher Tomes | ​cyber security

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY:

NEW FRONTIERS

WEDNESDAY | APRIL 27, 2016 | 11:55-12:30 pm | SRC

Everett Eaton |​quantum physics
Kurt Ringwalt | ​dark energy
Max Zogg | s​pace exploration
Maria Campos | s​pace exploration
Michael Andreucci | ​genetic engineering
Kyler Krenzke | f​uture technologies
Zach Higgs | e​lectromagnetic engineering
Cali Pfleger | ​sustainable energy

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SUSTAINABILITY & FOOD:

SAVING OURSELVES, SAVING OUR PLANET

THURSDAY | APRIL 28, 2016 | 11:55-12:30 pm | SRC

Brett Bocciardi | ​wilderness therapy
Joey Castaneda | o​utdoor education
Allison Mattox | ​environmental crisis
Michael McGuire | e​ndangered species
Bridger Banco | e​nvironmental activism
Rose Chilsen | t​he obesity crisis
Julia Jones | ​veganism
Carolyn Best | u​rban farming

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PSYCHOLOGY &
PHILOSOPHY​:

BODY, MIND, SPIRIT

FRIDAY | APRIL 29, 2016 | 11:55-12:30 pm | SRC

Matthew Sweetman | ​Psychology 101
Laia Aguilar | ​the teenage brain
Rohan Mhaskar | ​memory
Paige Basil | A​sperger’s Syndrome
Raney Merletti | ​Adverse Childhood Experiences
Kaitlin Compernolle | ​Alzheimer’s disease & dementia
Nathan Shimp | ​the philosophy of human totality
Sarah Ko | m​oral development

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EDUCATION & FAMILY:

LEARNING HOW TO GET IT RIGHT

TUESDAY | MAY 3, 2016 | 11:55-12:30 pm | U​-12

(note that the location has changed to the US)

Ina Bharat | ​adoption
Emilie Mettraux | S​wiss, American, & other educations
Juliette Elloy | F​rench, American, & other educations
David Reske | ​differentiated learning
Kylie Kamm | l​earning disabilities
Maddy Theama | ​foster care system
Gerald Davis | ​parenting techniques
Ashley Gelhaus | ​child abuse

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CULTURAL STUDIES:

HUMANS DO/THINK THE DARNEDEST THINGS

WEDNESDAY | MAY 4, 2016 | 11:55-12:30 pm |​U-12

(note that the location has changed to the US)

Ian Olsen | a​nthropology of race, class, & education
Andrea Andreeva | d​eath rituals around the world
Christina Seaks | ​witchcraft
Ali Kurhajec | B​uddhism for the 21st century
Grace Siler |​gunslingers of the Old West
Colton Mueller | ​hunting debate
Gavin Skorski | ​care & treatment of veterans
Trista Deuster | s​pecial effects vs. narrative in film
Stephanie Kaser | ​scripting the theater

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SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS:

DEUS EX MACHINA/NATURA

THURSDAY | MAY 5, 2016 | 11:55-12:30 pm | ​U-12

(note that the location has changed to the US)

Ben Sellers Gavin Lochtefeld

Ben starts with C.S. Lewis and ends Gavin starts with the gaming
up talking to Gavin Lochtefeld’s industry and the demise of creativity
grandfather about nature. Come and decides to actually create one as
listen to his circuitous, spiritual, a challenge to himself. It’s not his
personal journey. first, but it’ll be a first for you.

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SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS:

MATH MYSTERIES & CROWDFUNDING

FRIDAY | MAY 6, 2016 | 11:55-12:30 pm |​U-12

(note that the location has changed to the US)

Ellie Plachinski John Mark Goeke

Ellie tries to tackle some of the John Mark wasn’t content with just
world’s unsolvable math mysteries: learning the basics of crowdfunding.
the Millennium Prize Problems. He went through (almost) the entire
Whether you’re a fan of math or process. If you have an inventive or
mystery, prepare to have your mind entrepreneurial bone in your body,
blown (exponentially). come to see his result!