Welcome!

The multimodal compositions you’ll find on in the First-Year Student Showcase were nominated by faculty and students and represent the variety and depth of the work students create over the course of their semesters in LANG 120, HUM 124, and FYS 178. These creations include individual research, group efforts, and whole-class collaborations.

We celebrate not only the students this site recognizes, but also the first-year instructors who dedicate their time and energy to their students, every day, all semester. Thank you for joining us in our appreciation and celebration!

Congratulations to this semester’s showcase lineup!

• Macy Abramson, Riley Johnson, Jada Smith – The Cosmic Egg: Illustrated & Illuminated (Johnson)
• Jamie Allen – Queen Bee Stings Back (McGaha)
• Patrick Applegate – Chameleon Finds: A Video Game (Johnson)
• Patrick Applegate, Josh Buckner, Justin Honeycutt, Makenna Pallozzi, Cody Whitmire – Politics and Power in the Ancient World (Johnson)
• Kate Beisner – Evolution of Women’s Fashion (McGaha)
• Zoe Beltz – Riot Grrl 2.0 (McGaha)
• Lauren Boyle, Mason Bradley, Mia Pini, and Kin Simmons – The Binding Themes: Heroic Epics (Li)
• Noah Burnette – Giving You My Heart: Life Through Skating (Sykes)  
• Charlie Cannon, Mountain Bike Trail Journey (Johnson)
• Marissa Carson, Zack Drucker and Taylor Yonemura – Social Proof Podcast (Falter)
• Lilybet Cassidy – Memoir of Through Images (Criser)
• Claire Chut – How Bias in Writers and Writing Effect Our Perception of History (Pisano)
• Ashley Heredia-Cartagena – Fifth Ninth Ave. (McGaha)
• Daniel Hopkins – Writing in the CIA and Military (Pisano)
• Raina Jackson – Museum of Me (Criser)
• Chase Jenkins – Smokescreen: A Podcast (Shepherd)
• Evan Johnson – Weather and Stories: a portfolio website (Johnson)
• Laura Johnson, Amateur Hour–Voter Behavior (Shepherd)
• Matthew Kramer, Cory Moore and Jessie Nilsen – Reciprocity Podcast (Falter)  
• Madison Milligan – Museum of My Life (Criser)
• Cory Moore – Spellbook of Rhetorical Techniques (Falter)
• Gabbi Paluzzi – The Grimoire of Persuasion (Falter)
• Anna Peterson – The Secrets of the Darkest Art (Falter)
• Sophie Poels – Witchcraft Past & Present (Mills)
• Seven Pope – Why Should You Listen to Your Local Meteorologist (Pisano)
• Damen Riordan – The Museum of the Marvelous, Mysterious Mr. Roirdan (Criser)
• Nicolas Salazar – Silence=Death (McGaha)
• Danha Sanchez – Past, Present, Future: My Journey Here (Johnson)
• Keely Savage – Ableism and Climate Change (Shepherd)
• Aiden Souza – Curated Museum of Life (Criser)
• The Students of David Clarke’s HUM124 class – Ancient Terra Preta Gardening in Present Time (Clarke)
• Taylor Yonemura – An Idiot’s Guide to the Occult (Falter)