News Release

February 6, 2025
For more information, contact:
Laura Brelsford | hcnews@hawks.huntingdon.edu | 334-833-4563

Annual Academic Showcase Set for February 14

Montgomery, AL – On February 14, students at Huntingdon College, in all disciplines, will be presenting poster displays, mini concerts, and oral presentations. The program will take place in several campus locations from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The full schedule of events and presenters are listed below:

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. – Gathering and Refreshments, Sybil Smith Hall Foyer

9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. – Center for Career and Vocation presents a Career Experience Showcase, Delchamps Recital Hall in Sybil Smith Hall

• Savannah Smith & Katie Wade – “College of the Church Launches Students into Ministry Careers”
• Hannah Kross Emfinger – “Municipal Court Magistrate Internship”
• Mollie Furr – “Career Pathway Shadowing Professionals”
• Abigail Garrett – “Department of Human Resources”
• Isaiah Matthews – “Business in Real Estate”
• Callie Shiver – “My Externship at the University of Montevallo”
• Lane Young – “Ministry in Medicine”

9:30 a.m. – 11:05 a.m. – Oral Presentations, Flowers Hall Room 217

Communication Studies

• Katie Wade – “Love Out of Order: The Unconventional Timelines of Romantic Comedy Relationships “

Criminal Justice

• Hannah Kross Emfinger – “Do a Large Group of Victims Know Their Offenders?”
• Sarabeth Sansbury – “Crime Rates: Decline or Deception”

English

• Paige Rhody – “Happy Place, a Screenplay Adaptation”

History

• Laney Bishop – “Harry Potter, the Political and Social Reformer”
• Montanna Mitchell – “Exploring The Order: 1886 Through History and Modern Romanticization”
• Emma Grace Samples – “So You Think You Know AI “
• Madison Hill & Kendall Taylor – “Games in the History Classroom “

Religion

• Daniel Dicus – “Black and White but Theologically Grey: The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964) “

11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. – Huntingdon College Concert Choir Performance, Ligon Chapel in Flowers Hall

12:00 p.m. – 12:15 p.m. – Faculty Spotlight Presentations, Ligon Chapel in Flowers Hall

• Melissa Pangelinan and Dr. Claire Bridges – “Motor Behavior and Cerebral Palsy” in Disability and Motor Behavior
• Stephen B. Sours – The Offering of Christ and His Church in Catholic and Methodist Theology: Whose Sacrifice is the Eucharist?
• Tom Perrin – The Mystery of the Crooked Man

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. – Poster Presentations, Houghton Library Atrium and second floor study rooms.

Houghton Memorial Library – Curator Contest Winners

• Cale Chambliss – “A History of the Circle K at Huntingdon College”
• Grayson Ryland – “Huntingdon College 50 Years Ago”

Athletic Training (Master’s Program)

• Hunter Key – “Q-Angle Versus Core Stability in College Athletes with Previous ACL Injury”
• Mitchum Smith – “Supplement Use in Division III Male Athletes at Huntingdon College: The Replication of a Scoping Study”

Biology

• Gabriel Sweat – “Nocturnal insect diversity: Long-term patterns from the Bowman Ecological Reserve”

Business Administration

• Dawson Butalla, Zack Coker, Reese Harden, Alex Hardy, Lawson Pearson, Cody Posey, & Brandon Welcher – “The Ethical Consequences of AI in the Workplace”
• Brayleigh Cardoza, Madeline Goggans, Savannah Pitts, Angelina Tran, & Jaquelle Tucker – “The Intersection of Project 2025 and the Legal System”

Chemistry

• Dawson Farni & Luke Fisher – “A detailed view of the protein-protein and protein/DNA interactions in the yeast transcriptional regulatory complex: MATalpha1/MCM1/DNA”
• Corwin Nance – “A molecular understanding of the Human Prion Protein (PRP) associated with Creutzfeld-Jacob disease”
• Tierra Russell – “A comparative study of the genetic variants linked to Hypertropic Cardiomyopathy”
• Veronica Tikhomirova – “Molecular dynamics simulations of tetrameric Abeta peptide with cholesterol in POPC bilayers”
• Miranda Treadway – “Molecular dynamics simulations of tetrameric Abeta peptide with POPC bilayers”

Communication Studies

• Alexandria Bradford, Katie Wade, & Olivia Elmore – “Transformational Leadership: The Gold Standard or the Unattainable Ideal? Exploring Effectiveness and Feasibility in Organizations “

Presidential Scholars

• Abi Brooks, Brayleigh Cardoza – Academic Mentoring
• Savannah Smith – Community Engagement
• Katie Henderson, Easton Frank – Pre-Health
• Khrystina Hudson, Trent Griffin – Sports Media & Marketing
• Anna Page – Sports Medicine

Sport Science and Physical Education

• Cassidy Campbell – “Differences in Recovery Time With and Without Prehabilitation in ACL Injuries”
• Gary Hood & Braden Ross – “Internship: Athletic Operations at Huntingdon College”

2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. – Huntingdon Bands Showcase, Band Rehearsal Hall in the Roland Student Center.

• Jazz Band
• Master Class in Percussion

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