Every year, Celebrations of Scholarship is a great day for students to share their creativity, scholarship, investigations, explorations and discoveries. Many of the projects you will hear about today are the result of months, even years, of hard work in collaboration with faculty and peers. The students are proud and ready to present the fruits of their labor.
Faculty in the College of Arts & Sciences expect students in all our academic programs to discover, create and use newly acquired knowledge. This is true of students in University Studies classes, AND this is true of ALL our students at every stage of their academic growth in their disciplines. ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½ students are here to be THE makers, THE innovators, THE discoverers, THE research collaborators and THE creative users of new knowledge.
For several students, these presentations will be the first time they are sharing their work with audiences beyond their classrooms and laboratories. But many students have presented research at national and regional conferences this year, and for them, Celebrations of Scholarship is an opportunity to share their nationally recognized work here, on their home campus. Several of our students have competed as teams at regional or national academic competitions such as Moot Court, Model Illinois Government, Model United Nations and the Ethics Bowl. Our journalist students have received national awards for outstanding journalism. At Celebrations of Scholarship Day, you can see samples of these competitions and award-winning work.
Today is your chance to enjoy these presentations. I invite you to join in the 2024 Celebrations of Scholarship presentations and exhibits sponsored by the College of Arts & Sciences. Join us as we recognize the outstanding achievements of our students and engage in the excitement and fun of performance learning.
Dr. Nancy J. Curtin
Dean, College of Arts & Sciences