Hundreds of students showcased their research, scholarship and creative pursuits Friday as part of the 20th annual Steinmetz Symposium.
Classes were canceled as parents, faculty, staff and students fanned out across campus to sample a diverse mix of projects that has become a staple of the Union experience.
A highlight of Friday’s activities was the Steinmetz dance recital in the Nott Memorial, featuring 60 students. They performed scenes from the Winter Dance Concert, “Red Roja,” as well as new student choreography and music. Bhangra Union, the Ballroom Club, the Union College Dance Team and other groups also presented.
The 2010 Edward Villella Fellowship, announced at the end of the show, was awarded to Krystle Gallo ’12 and Alyssa Simeone ’11. The Hedda Hainebach Memorial Prize in Music and Theatre went to Bart Tomaszewski ’12.
Steinmetz Symposium coincided with Prize Day in Memorial Chapel on Saturday, where students were honored for achievement in academics, research, service, governance and athletics. The top two prizes are the Josephine Daggett Prize, awarded to a senior for conduct and character, without respect to scholarship; and the Frank Bailey (1885) Prize, awarded to the senior who has rendered the greatest service to the College in any field. The winner of the Daggett Prize was Lativa Holder, while Jillian Falchi was honored with the Bailey Prize.
For a complete list of Prize Day winners, click here.
For a complete list of student research projects, click here.
For more pictures from the symposium, check out our photo gallery.
Other highlights from the weekend included students from the Minerva course who gathered in Beuth and Golub houses to present posters about African, Spanish, French, Japanese, Thai and Greek cuisine and serve samples. Returning Minerva Fellows also shared tales and photos from abroad.
On Friday, a concert by the Union College Choir and the Union College and Community Orchestra, with Victor Klimash conducting and soloists Rachel Gray ’10 and Elana Korn ’12 performing, was heled in Memorial Chapel. And on Saturday, the Union College Jazz Ensemble performed in the Fred L. Emerson Foundation Auditorium in the Taylor Music Center.
The Steinmetz Symposium is named for Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1865-1923), who taught electrical engineering and applied physics at Union. Also chief consulting engineer for the General Electric Company, he was widely regarded as America’s leading electrical engineer.