The Celebration of Academic First-Year Engagement Symposium provides faculty-nominated first-year students with the opportunity to showcase their best work from their respective seminars. The eighth annual CAFE Symposium took place on Wednesday, February 8, 2023.
This collection represents just some of the posters presented at CAFE 2023. Students were not required to deposit their work in The Cupola in order to participate in the Symposium.
2023
Creatively Making Through Failure, Spencer W. Ashnault
How Did the Tamagotchi Become a Worldwide Phenomenon, Gianna V. Bona
Analysis of “A Forest Under The Sea”- Studying Giant Kelp’s Benefits to Ecosystems, and Evaluating Kelp Restoration, Natalie V. Boyd
Botticelli's Marvelous Mystery: Idealized Portrait of a Lady, Alessia M. Buoso
The Use of Probability in Quantum Mechanics to Calculate Measurement Outcomes, Hannah E. Collins
The Successful Student Accommodations Letter, Marisa Conners
Increasing Substance Safety Concentrating on the Fentanyl Epidemic, Rachael A. Geesaman
Early Nutritional Education: The Key to Success, Riley A. Gerbereux
Looking for Life, Conor C. Grubb
Gettysburg College Life in Fall 1963, Mary Huegel
Post-Traumatic Growth and Comfort Characters in Japanese Media, Brandon S. Ireland
War on Humor: Killing Laughter in Times of Strife, Maria Christina Kardash
Making a Menorah, Maya Knoller
Learning Through Failure, Lily A. Mader
Rock Climbers, Public Outrage, and Deliberate Fires: An Expedition to Public Lands on the East Coast, Kat Manchester
Magical Girls: Queer Identity in Japan, Keira McDevitt
Cultural and Philosophical Beliefs in Tea Poetry, Julia M. Minor
Botticelli’s Pallas and the Centaur: Virtue Triumphant, Alice N. Nguyen
Botticelli's Adoration of the Magi: The Power and Beauty of Individual, Trang B. Nguyen
Expedition to Washington State: The Pacific Crest Trail, Mt. Rainier, Okanogan-Wenatchee, and Lake Chelan, Riley J. Nolan
An Expedition to Public Lands, Matthew B. Olsen
Implementing a Definition of Street Harassment at Gettysburg College, Ella A. Prieto
The Probability of Miracles, Lewis A. Pummell
Theater & Identity at Gettysburg College, Spring 1971, Jamie A. Riches
Leonardo’s Ancient Inspiration, Willem N. Roelandts
Utilization of Propaganda Throughout the Great War: A Revolutionary Experience, Andrew R. Thibaudeau
The Concepts Of Law And Morality In Castle In The Sky, Kiet T. Tran
The Development of Uniforms and Equipment in Trench Warfare From 1914-1918, Katherine M. Tyson
An Expedition to the Public Lands: Public Lands of the Mid-Atlantic Region, Madeleine G. Ulman
Tea as a Motivator for British Imperialism in China, Grayden R. Varisco
2022
Houseless not Homeless, Alfredo Roman Jordan