{"id":93456,"date":"2015-03-31T13:54:49","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T17:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=93456"},"modified":"2016-07-01T11:13:59","modified_gmt":"2016-07-01T15:13:59","slug":"mount-david-summit-research-is-paramount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2015\/03\/31\/mount-david-summit-research-is-paramount\/","title":{"rendered":"Research and academics are paramount at the Mount David Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jeff Sturgis ’69, left, listens as Destany Franklin ’14 discusses her neuroscience research during the 2014 Mount David Summit. (Phyllis Graber Jensen\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n

The 14th Mount David Summit, Bates College’s annual celebration of student academic achievement, begins with a short ceremony at 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 3, in the Perry Atrium of Pettengill Hall, 4 Andrews Road (Alumni Walk).<\/p>\n

Comprising events taking place throughout the afternoon in Pettengill, the Mount David Summit is open to the public at no cost. For more information, please visit bates.edu\/summit<\/a> or contact Kerry O’Brien at kobrien@bates.edu<\/a> or 207-753-6952.<\/p>\n

“The Mount David Summit is a juggernaut of intellectual energy and talent packed into one day and evening,” says Matthew Auer, vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty. “This is Bates’ version of an academic Olympics, and the event never disappoints.”<\/p>\n

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Students chat and crowds move through the Perry Atrium at Bates College during the 2014 Mount David Summit. (Sarah Crosby\/Bates College)<\/p><\/div>\n

More than 380 students will participate in this year’s summit. During concurrent sessions throughout the afternoon, students will present research posters, short talks, panel discussions, a photography exhibition, literary readings and several film screenings.<\/p>\n

The summit culminates in a performance by the Bates Dance Company<\/a> at 7:30 p.m. in Schaeffer Theatre (admission charged; see bates.edu\/events<\/a>) that features the work of students in choreography as well as lighting and costume design.<\/p>\n

Here are examples of the many summit presentations:<\/p>\n