BC3 students’ public presentations to feature academic investigations, artistic flair
The public is invited to watch as BC3 students showcase their academic research or artistic skills events on BC3’s main campus or at BC3 @ Cranberry next week.
Students in BC3’s president’s scholars program who expect to graduate May 15 from the college will present their capstone projects to the public from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. April 29 in the AK Steel Lobby of Succop Theater on BC3’s main campus in Butler Township.
Later in the week, students in BC3 @ Cranberry’s visual communications programs who expect to graduate May 15 will discuss their creations with the public and prospective employers during a portfolio and art show from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. May 3 at BC3 @ Cranberry in Cranberry Township.
Capstone projects in BC3’s president’s scholars program are designed to introduce students to advanced research and presentation methods, according to Annie Lindsay, a BC3 associate professor and interim program coordinator.
Public presentations conclude the capstone project, which began when the students proposed their capstone project topic in December to a committee of BC3 faculty and administrators, Lindsay said.
Among the presentations at BC3’s Butler Township campus will be one by criminology student, Madison Feicht, who wants the public to understand that disciplinary practices such as zero-tolerance policies in education may disproportionately affect minorities, result in suspensions or expulsions and fuel a juvenile school-to-prison pipeline.
At the Cranberry Township event, the audience will hear from graphic design student, Steven Merzlak, who wants to “show off everything I have been able to do here.” His work appeared on a NASCAR truck racing in Fort Worth, Texas, and in Bristol, Tenn., in April 2023.
Feicht, 20, of Bruin, is a 2022 graduate of Karns City Area Junior-Senior High School, and Merzlak, 22, of Cranberry Township, a 2019 graduate of Seneca Valley High.
The events will include light refreshments.
