Marcucella 102 is located on the First Floor of Marcucella Hall.

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11:00-12:00
Future of Food      
Faculty Panel
Yanai Sayag, et al.

This 3-part project uses the processes of inquiring, researching, writing and presenting information on the topic of “The Future of Food.” Students display and talk about their final poster on sustainability, production, nutrition and cuisine for the next generation.

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1:00-3:00
Faculty Paper Session

The Nunavut Project
1:00-1:30
Jason Little

Nunavut Territory represents roughly 2,000,000 square kilometers and is larger than any other Canadian province or territory, with about 38,000 inhabitants spread across 25 communities. Given the sheer size, remoteness, and northern latitude of the territory, there are many challenges for new and developing businesses. The Nunavut Project included two components – research and mentoring. The exploratory qualitative research component focused on understanding marketing communication strategies currently in place, and also how these strategies might be improved for Nunavut businesses. The second component focused on business mentoring for several young Inuit entrepreneurs, located at Pond Inlet, well above the Arctic Circle. Dr. Jason Little, Professor of Marketing at Franklin Pierce University worked on this project during a two year period, culminating into a magnificent visit during the summer of 2018.

Water Quality Monitoring in Pearly Pond: Historic and On-going Impacts
1:35-1:55
Catherine Koning, Shannon Stroble

Pearly Pond water quality has been monitored since 1992, confirming that the lake suffers from excessive phosphorus, causing the lake to become eutrophic. In some years, this has led to a bloom of blue-green algae to grow, which can be unhealthy and can lead to a decrease in dissolved oxygen. The primary driver of the shift to eutrophic status appears to have been the release of phosphorus from the FPU wastewater treatment facility (WWTF) into a complex of wetlands north of the lake from 1967-2008. However, the in-pond concentrations of phosphorus continue to be high even after the treated wastewater was diverted into a system of rapid infiltration beds. Watershed model results and subsequent water quality monitoring in lake tributaries show that the wetlands north of the lake are still contributing phosphorus, but it is unclear whether this represents residual phosphorus loads from the soils in the wetland, or whether it is on-going inputs from rapid infiltration bed outflow. One other tributary shows some concerning results which were not predicted by the model. Phosphorus inputs to the wetlands has had impacts on the plant biodiversity, including the spread of the invasive species Phragmites australis.

'Holy Mission': Boston-Irish Nationalist Creeds, 1919-1922
2:00-2:20
Mary Kelly

"Nationalist support for Ireland's freedom served as a major crucible of connection between the United States and Ireland, and is particularly evident in the relationship between the Boston Irish and the native home. By 1916 and the outbreak of Dublin's Rising, the city’s Irish could reflect on a long tradition of engagement with Ireland’s struggle for independence. The years 1919-1922 reveal both continued support for the cause and new dimensions of its trajectory.

This paper examines nationalist activism in the city post-1916 to 1922, with particular emphasis on 1919-1922. Drawing on the city’s nationalist tradition and Boston-Irish identity at this point, the paper addresses visiting Irish President and Sinn Féin leader Éamon de Valera’s speech at Fenway Park in 1919, Friends of Irish Freedom activism, and Protestant Friends of Ireland campaigns in an Irish-American community of enduring significance. Collectively, these focuses reveal ethnic nationalist culture at a pivotal juncture in its evolution--suffused in traditional perspectives on the native home, yet guardedly open to relinquishing some of them. "

The Global Alt-Right? Relationships and Divisions in White Nationalist and Populist Movements
2:25-2:45
Christina Cliff

The ascendancy of the alt-right movement and a re-emergence of white nationalism in America have mirrored in some respects the rise of populist parties and political leaders globally. Through a content analysis of websites and interviews with individuals that identify as leaders of white nationalist, and/or populist organizations, this research investigates the interactions, intersections, and points of division among these individuals and groups. The findings indicate a deliberate, concerted effort by these movements to make domestic and international connections to expand their influence and to create rhetoric with broad appeal. The research also suggests, however, that there are notable divisions and differences among the individuals and groups, limiting their ability to create a unified message. The research attempts to assess the potential for growth in these cooperative efforts and their likely impacts.

The Beatles' "A Day in the Life" : From Concept to Creation
2:45-3:00
Paul Jenkins

This paper describes how John Lennon and Paul McCartney transformed a vague idea into a pop music masterpiece. Originally conceived as the concluding track to the Sgt. Pepper’s album, “A Day in the Life” has a complex and fascinating genesis. The composition was inspired by the death of Tara Browne, heir to the Guinness fortune. The germ of the story grew by illogical leaps and imaginative bounds until the track became two songs joined together, whose music features a full orchestra and a pair of remarkable crescendos. The piece also became known as one of the first songs to explicitly endorse drug use (“I’d love to turn you on”). A microcosm of the Beatles’ approach to music making, “A Day in the Life” is a remarkable example of how four untrained musicians worked together to create a song that has gone down in history and is still remarkably fresh some fifty years after its original recording.

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3:00-4:00    
Ethics Bowl Demonstration
Alex Thenin, Dante Camacho, Brittany Ducharme, John Gerke, Kyle Klimowicz

Franklin Pierce University has a long history with Ethics Bowl, a club that has been running for almost twenty years. This year the FPU ethics bowl team would like to stage a demonstration of an ethics bowl round. A round is when two teams from different universities are given an ethical inquiry based on a scenario. Both teams must come up with the best possible ethical frame work to solve the inquiry. In this case we would have half of the ethics bowl team debate the other half, after which we would answer student questions. Ethics Bowl’s focus is on critical thinking, constructing a logical argument to solve a problem. It makes students think on their feet. Last year, the FPU Ethics Bowl Team made it further than they ever had in the national competition and would like to use the academic showcase to give students the opportunity to participate in this club.