Wartburg College RICE Day will celebrate student research, projects April 10
Waverly, IA (04/07/2025) — Wartburg College's 14th annual Research, Internship and Creative Endeavor Day will begin at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, April 10, with a kickoff celebration in Levick Arena.
The free event, which is open to the community, includes poster sessions, oral and video presentations, readings, panel discussions, displays, art exhibits and performances from hundreds of Wartburg students.
Students will present on everything from the research on rehabilitation programs in the U.S. prison system to the effect of bus and rail ridership on air quality.
Participating programs include business administration, education, history, languages, literature, cultural studies, music, music therapy, religion, psychology, political science, social work, sociology and health and human performance. The day will end with presentations from students in STEM.
Students representing the Honors Community and the Institute for Leadership Education also will present. Student-created artwork will be on display in the Waldemar A. Schmidt Art Gallery and Room 114, both in Bachman Fine Arts Center. A reception will begin at 7 p.m. in the gallery.
Seniors from the Department of Journalism & Communication will present documentaries beginning at 2:30 p.m. in Neumann Auditorium. This year's topics are mitochondrial disease and food insecurity in Iowa.
At 3:50 p.m., Castle Singers and Kammerstreicher will hold open rehearsals in Wartburg Chapel and Orchestra Hall in Bachman Fine Arts Center, respectively. The Wartburg Choir will rehearse at 4:50 p.m. in Wartburg Chapel.
A full program, listing projects and sites, is available at www.wartburg.edu/rice.