Congratulations 2021 A&S First-Year Seminar Symposium Winners

Students in the College of Arts and Sciences presented their First-Year Seminar (FYS) projects for the Annual FYS Symposium in the Gengras Student Union on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021. A&S alumni and faculty judged the students’ collaborative presentations.

All first-year A&S students are required to take the FYS course to help develop and enhance writing, speaking, teamwork, and critical thinking skills. Students select an FYS course that interests them from a list of diverse topics; all FYS courses are led by engaged full-time faculty members. 

Here are this year’s winning presentations:                                                                         

Best Demonstration of Creative Thinking:

Becoming More Resilient, with Clinical Teaching Associate Professor of English Julie Sochacki.

Judged by Deepa Fadnis, Zee Onuf, Ines Rivera, and T. Stores.

 

Best Demonstration of Critical Thinking:

The Neuroscience of Black Mirror, with Assistant Professor of Biology Andrew Koob.

Judged by Kevin Beck, Rochelle DuFord, Beth Richards, and Adam Silver.

 

Best Interdisciplinary Presentation:

Every Witch Way: The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Intersectionality, and Critical Analysis, with Associate Professor of Communication Kristin Comeforo. Judged by Barb Haines, Judith Kelly, and Katharine Owens.

 

Most Professional Presentation:

Social Media: Boosting or Busting Society, with Clinical Associate Professor of Communication Adam Chiara.

Judged by Wendy Aarons-Corman, Eric Litsky, Janel MacDermott, and Lon Seidman.

 

Student Choice Award:

Beauty, Body Image, and Feminism, with Associate Professor of Psychology Mala Matacin.

Selected by the FYS students in attendance at the symposium.