Spring Symposium 2011
The Spring Symposium is an annual event for students from throughout campus to showcase and present their projects in the areas of arts, philosophy, innovation, and leadership.
Foundations of the American Experience Finale
11 a.m. – 3 p.m., April 29
Science Building (S100)
Buell Management Building (M218)
Lunch served
Make Your Mark Competition Presentations
11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., April 29
Buell Management Building (M336)
Blue Devil Showcase
11 a.m. – 2 p.m., April 30
Buell Management Building (Atrium)
Architecture Building (A210)
University Technology and Learning Center (T210)
Session Descriptions
Foundations Finale
In a two-course sequence—Foundations of the American Experience and Development of the American Experience—students read exclusively from primary sources: works by authors such as Plato, Aristotle, Niccolò Machiavelli, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Adam Smith, James Madison and Karl Marx. They read these works in their totality or near totality. The emphasis is as much on honing the students’ skills in analysis, argument, and written and oral presentation, as it is on acquainting them with the history of Western culture.
Several instructors conclude the Foundations sequence with the “Foundations Finale.” At this event, students have to think on their feet. This year, students from Dr. Gonzalo Munevar and Dr. Phil Vogt’s classes will participate. They have to apply what they’ve learned to unfamiliar questions posed by a panel of instructors and students. Audience members are invited to join in the ensuing debate.
Make Your Mark Competition Presentations
The Make Your Mark with a Ten Spot competition is a social entrepreneurship challenge in which teams of 3-6 students take just $10 of startup cash and implement an idea that creates positive and sustainable change in the community. Students have approximately two months to develop and implement their projects. This concept is closely tied to the Legacy Projects that students undertake in the Leadership Models and Practices course.
In addition to engaging in social entrepreneurship and having an impact, members of the winning team receive scholarships for a free 3-credit course at Lawrence Tech.
Blue Devil Showcase
Projects on display include Architecture and Design models, presentations, and artwork; entrepreneurial projects and products; Arts and Sciences Quest projects; Formula-style Racecar, Formula Zero Race Cart, Concrete Canoe, and others.
If your department or office would like to participate in the next Spring Symposium, send an email of request to leadership@ltu.edu by the end of the fall semester.