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SIGMA GAMMA EPSILON STUDENT RESEARCH POSTER SESSION, GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA MEETING 2017, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, USA
Get PDFThe Sigma Gamma Epsilon, an academic honor society for students of the Earth Sciences, is an important tradition at GSA annual meetings. Sigma Gamma Epsilon\u27s goal in sponsoring this session is to provide a student-friendly forum for young researchers to present on undergraduate research; this session has seen increasing interest and participation over the years. The session is open to students (regardless of membership in Sigma Gamma Epsilon) and faculty co-authors working in any area of the geosciences. Those posters authored by student members in good standing of active chapters of Sigma Gamma Epsilon will be judged for two (2) best-poster awards given annually by the Society
John Coy and Gaylord Schanilec
No full textJohn Coy is the author of young adult novels, the 4 for 4 middle-grade series, and fiction and nonfiction picture books. He has received numerous awards for his work including a Marion Vannett Ridgway Award for best debut picture book, a Charlotte Zolotow Honor, Bank Street College Best Book of the Year, Notable Book for a Global Society, the Burr/Warzalla Award for Distinguished Achievement in Children’s Literature and the the Kerlan Award in recognition of singular attainments in the creation of children’s literature. John lives in Minneapolis and visits schools around the world.
Gaylord Schanilec is an American wood engraver, printer, designer and illustrator. He is the proprietor of the press Midnight Paper Sales, located in Stockholm, Wisconsin.
Wood engraver Gaylord Schanilec and author John Coy discuss their book project My Mighty Journey
Kinship
Get PDFKinship is a term used broadly in the social sciences, particularly in anthropology, to mean the web of social relationships that make up families. It is a useful framework for thinking about changes over the life span because people’s roles within their families and social networks change as they age and as the social, political, and economic contexts in which they live shift. There are three main concepts that help to explain the importance of kinship across the life span: Kinship is created through practice, kinship is processual, and kinship is inherently flexible. This entry provides a brief history of kinship studies, explores each of these three concepts, explains how they are relevant to understanding the life-span perspective, and provides illustrative examples
Et Promissionem
Get PDFDavina Schaetz is a CSB 2012 alumna and a Business Systems Consultant in the Enterprise Information Technology division at Wells Fargo, who is enthralled with capturing the aesthetics of nature in its grandeur. She utilizes her proficiency in creating innovative technological solutions for the transferability of dynamizing the imagination. For instance, repurposing known landscapes by capturing vantage points through new, visionary perspectives for all to enjoy. Davina resides in the Minneapolis, Minnesota area driven by her resolution to translate dreams fostered by her lifetime collection of books into tangible, real life adventures
The Algorithmic Composition of Classical Music through Data Mining
Get PDFThe desire to teach a computer how to algorithmically compose music has been a topic in the world of computer science since the 1950’s, with roots of computer-less algorithmic composition dating back to Mozart himself. One limitation of algorithmically composing music has been the difficulty of eliminating the human intervention required to achieve a musically homogeneous composition. We attempt to remedy this issue by teaching a computer how the rules of composition differ between the six distinct eras of classical music by having it examine a dataset of musical scores, rather than explicitly telling the computer the formal rules of composition. To pursue this automated composition process, we examined the intersectionality of algorithmic composition with the machine learning concept of classification. Using a Naïve Bayes classifier, the computer classifies pieces of classical music into their respective era based upon a number of attributes. It then attempts to recreate each of the six classical styles using a technique inspired by cellular automata. The success of this process is twofold determined by feeding composition samples into a number of classifiers, as well as analysis by studied musicians. We concluded that there is potential for further hybridization of classification and composition techniques
Improvisation and the Liberal Arts
No full textSixty-two students from the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John\u27s University were inducted into the Theta of Minnesota Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at CSB and SJU at 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, 2018, at Pellegrene Auditorium, SJU. This event was followed by an invitation-only banquet for Phi Beta Kappa members and their guests in the Great Hall, SJU.
SJU President Michael Hemesath gave welcoming remarks, and Fr. Bob Koopmann, OSB, ’68, president emeritus of SJU and professor of music at CSB and SJU, delivered the keynote address, “Improvisation and the Liberal Arts,” which starts at 31:20 in the induction ceremony video recording provided here.
In 2010, Koopmann was named a Foundation member of the chapter. Foundation members are persons affiliated with a new chapter’s sheltering institution who have distinguished themselves by their past support of the liberal arts and who become patrons of the new chapter at its inception.
Jon McGee ’84, vice president of planning and strategy at CSB and SJU, was inducted this year into the Theta of Minnesota Chapter as an SJU alumnus member.
A total of 50 seniors and 12 juniors were selected by faculty members at CSB and SJU who are members of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation\u27s oldest academic honor society (founded in 1776 at the College of William and Mary in Virginia). There are 38 students from CSB and 24 from SJU in this year\u27s group.
Students are chosen based on their grade-point average (3.85 for juniors, 3.65 for seniors) and must be a liberal arts and/or sciences major. The selection committee also looked at the breadth and depth of the student\u27s program and other achievements, such as a thesis or other research; interest in other cultures or languages; extracurricular activities; and academic performance.
This is the ninth cohort of students who have been inducted into the chapter. Delegates from more than 200 chapters and associations of Phi Beta Kappa voted to establish the chapter at CSB and SJU Oct. 2, 2009, during their Triennial Council in Austin, Texas.
The CSB and SJU chapter was the eighth Phi Beta Kappa chapter established in Minnesota and was named \u27Theta\u27 after the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet
The Craftsman Mirroring the Creator: Explorations in Theatrical Theology
Get PDFThis will be my presentation given to theology faculty on Scholarship and Creativity Day required for the Theology Capstone course. I will be discussing the idea that when doing theology in a theatrical mode, it becomes a way to focus on God working in the world and our call as the audience to take part in the performance. Because God does not just exist in the abstract, but makes Godself known through the senses, theatre, as a sensual art, becomes the perfect mode to explore and make relevant God’s divine revelation
