The Experience of a Lifetime — Presentation Detail — Celebration of Scholars

Instructions

Student presentations must have a faculty sponsor.

Abstracts must include a title and a description of the research, scholarship, or creative work. The description should be 150-225 words in length and constructed in a format or style appropriate for the presenter’s discipline.

The following points should be addressed within the selected format or style for the abstract:

A clear statement of the problem or question you pursued, or the scholarly goal or creative theme achieved in your work.
A brief comment about the significance or uniqueness of the work.
A clear description of the methods used to achieve the purpose or goals for the work.
A statement of the conclusions, results, outcomes, or recommendations, or if the work is still in progress, the results you expect to report at the event.

Presenter photographs should be head and shoulder shots comparable to passport photos.

Additional Information

More information is available at carthage.edu/celebration-scholars/. The following are members of the Research, Scholarship, and Creativity Committee who are eager to listen to ideas and answer questions:

Jun Wang
Kim Instenes
John Kirk
Nora Nickels
Andrew Pustina
James Ripley

The Experience of a Lifetime

Name: Haley Meents
Major: Screen Media Studies
Hometown: Bourbonnais, IL
Faculty Sponsor:
Other Sponsors: Matthew Borden, Kari Duffy
Type of research: Course project

Abstract

In January of 2014, my Explorations Beyond Tourism class went to the Dominican Republic to document and explore the culture through the lens of a camera. Professors Kari Duffy and Matt Borden accompanied our class and Professor Paul Chilsen assisted from home to make sure that we had adequate support. Because the Dominican Republic has a high tourism rate, the idea of the trip was to document the real culture and to interview the natives to try and see beyond what tourists see. We filmed our journey and each of my classmates produced a film to explain some aspect of the culture. My film explores the enormous change I underwent upon encountering the Dominican people; from the differences in our culture to experiencing the kindness and enthusiasm that Dominicans have for life, and lack of materialism. Through this J-Term trip, I was able to learn a lot about a foreign culture but even more about myself and as I said in the film, “…I will be reminded of my newfound humility and gratitude every time I turn on the sink, wash my clothes, boot up my laptop or walk into a classroom. So maybe instead of thinking this as an ending, I could like at this like a new journey.” Please view my entire film at this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2NW-x_cTcY&feature=youtu.be

Poster file