Fourth Annual Falvey Scholars Program

Friday, May 5, 2006

First Floor Lounge, Falvey Memorial Library, Villanova University 

12 p.m. Reception in honor of Falvey Scholars 2006

12:30 p.m. Nicholas O'Donoughue, "An Intelligent Patient Monitoring System for Hospital ICUs." Faculty Advisor: Sarvesh Kulkarni, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. 

1 p.m. Lauren Ciancia, "Service Learning: Necessary but Not Sufficient in the Urban Quest for Systemic Change."  Faculty Advisor: Rick Eckstein, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology. Second Reader: Robert DeFina, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology

1:30 p.m. Diane Coffey, "A Freirian Analysis of Millennium Development Goal 2: Universal Primary Education."  Faculty Advisor: Catherine Hill, Ed.D., Assistant Professor of Education & Human Services.  Second Readers: Helen Lafferty, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Education & Human Services and Teresa Nance, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Communication.

2 p.m. Charles Girard, "Truth and the Other: Re-thinking Christian Hermeneutics."  Faculty Advisor:  D. C. Schindler, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Humanities.  Second Reader: Anthony J. Godzieba, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Theology & Religious Studies.

2:30 p.m. Scott Niglio, "Visualization of a Common Region of Integration for Mouse Mammary Tumor Virus by Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization."  Faculty Advisor: Janice Knepper, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology.  Second Reader: Mary Kay Francis, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology.

Master of Ceremonies: Joseph Lucia, Library Director / University Librarian 

Selection Committee: Dr. Edwin L. Goff, Director, Honors Program; Karima Bouchenafa, Associate Director, Honors Program; Jane Morris, Director, Office of Undergraduate Grants and Awards

These awards recognize graduating seniors who were selected based on the merit of their outstanding intellectual work on a senior thesis or a major project in their field that involved the use of library research to establish the background and context for their areas of inquiry.