MFA Thesis Exhibition at The Duke Gallery Hall, Hall of Fine Art

Open April 1, 2025 - May 1, 2025
Opening Reception and Artist Talk on April 1 from 5:00 - 7:00pm

Kareena Solanki
Artist Talk at 5:00pm 

Michelle A. Smith
Artist Talk at 5:30pm 

Kareena Solanki
Sacral Glitch
April 1 - May 1, 2025

Michelle A. Smith
Grief as Slip: how little I show
- an exploration in clay, when words are not enough
April 1 - May 1, 2025

2/16 | Sunday - DMA Recital - Xinlu Ai, piano
Forbes Recital Hall, 1:00pm 

2/16 | Sunday - DMA Recital - Josephine Suwanpoh, voice
Forbes Recital Hall, 4:00pm

 2/16 | Sunday - DMA Recital - Caroline Petrick, piano 
Forbes Recital Hall, 7:00pm
                                                                     

2/21 | Friday - MM Recital - Riley Koch, composition 
Forbes Recital Hall, 4:00pm 

3/1 | Saturday - MM Recital - Richard Collister, percussion  
Forbes Recital Hall, 1:00pm 

3/9 | Sunday - DMA Recital - Gray Smiley, horn 
Forbes Recital Hall, 7:00pm 

3/11 | Tuesday - DMA Recital - Nicholas Greer-Young, bass 
Forbes Recital Hall, 7:00pm

3/30 | Sunday - DMA Recital - Denzel Abarquez, piano
Forbes Recital Hall, 4:00pm

4/6 | Sunday - DMA Recital -  Sicheng He, piano
Forbes Recital Hall, 1:00pm 

4/6 | Sunday - DMA Recital -   Alyssa Conde, piano
Forbes Recital Hall, 4:00pm 

4/13 | Sunday - DMA Recital - Geneva Maldonado, clarinet
Forbes Recital Hall, 1:00pm 

4/13 | Sunday - DMA Recital -  Daniel Esperante, flute
Forbes Recital Hall, 4:00pm

4/13 | Sunday - DMA Recital - Thomas Crouch, piano
Forbes Recital Hall, 7:00pm

4/18 | Friday - MM Recital - Sawyer Gage, composition
Forbes Recital Hall, 6:00pm

4/18 | Friday - MM Recital - Joshua Sheppard, percussion
Forbes Recital Hall, 8:00pm

4/19 | Saturday - MM Recital -  John Qualkenbush, composition
Forbes Recital Hall, 1:00pm 

4/25 | Friday - DMA Recital -  Jondra Harmon, voice (lecture)
Anthony-Seeger Auditorium, 8:00pm 
 

4/26 | Saturday - MM Recital - Peyton Phaller, trumpet
Forbes Recital Hall, 6:00pm

4/26 | Saturday - DMA Recital - Xinlu Ai, piano
Forbes Recital Hall, 8:00pm

4/27 | Sunday - DMA Recital - Chyh Leng Low, piano  
Forbes Recital Hall, 1:00pm 

4/27 | Sunday - DMA Recital -  Afroditi Mitsopoulou, piano
Forbes Recital Hall, 4:00pm 

4/27 | Sunday - DMA Recital - Esther Nyberg, piano
Forbes Recital Hall, 7:00pm 

5/3 | Saturday - DMA Recital - Joshua Brancaleone, flute
Forbes Recital Hall, 5:00pm

5/3 | Saturday - DMA Recital - Tanya Corcuero, voice  
Forbes Recital Hall, 7:00pm

5/4 | Sunday - DMA Recital - Daisey Kludt, euphonium
Forbes Recital Hall, 1:00pm 

5/4 | Sunday - DMA Recital - Ziqi Guo, voice
Forbes Recital Hall, 4:00pm 

5/4 | Sunday - DMA Recital - Zike Qi, violin
Forbes Recital Hall, 7:00pm 

Oral presentations during the Graduate Showcase
on April 11, 2025 in The Hall of Presidents - 9:00 am-12:10 pm.

9:00 am - Corrinn Ford, Kendall Farr, Amy Goodman, and Dylan Yost, Exploring Sport as a Therapeutic Occupation: Looking Through the Lens of Paralympic Athletes, Occupational Therapy, M.O.T.

9:20 am - Ver Ikeseh, Vanishing Walls and the Power of Public Art, Studio Art, M.F.A.

9:40 am - Marisa Iles, Catherine Murphy, Audrey Davis, and Marleigh Beck, Flourishing in Graduate School: Exploring the Relationship Between Peer Mentorship and Individual Flourishing, Occupational Therapy, M.O.T.

10:05 am - DaNae Peterson, The Voices of Black Motherscholars, Communication and Advocacy, M.A.

10:25 am - Zachary Price, Exploring Food and Nutrition at a Community-Based Residential Reentry Program, Applied Nutrition, M.S.

10:45 am - Labearta Selimi, Women During and After the Kosovo War: Survivors; Fighters; and the Struggle for Justice, Public Administration, M.P.A.

11:10 am - Art Shala, Near-Peer Feedback: Shaping EFL Teacher Identity and Enhancing Classroom Learning, Writing, Rhetoric and Technical Communication, M.A.

11:30 am - Yu Wang, Examine the effect of compassionate leadership on donor attraction and retention between faith-based and secular nonprofit organizations, Strategic Leadership Studies, Ph.D.

11:50 am - James Were, Diversification of Revenue Streams to Enhance Financial Sustainability in Non-Profit Organizations, Strategic Leadership Studies, Ph.D.

Poster presentations occur simultaneously during the Graduate Showcase
on April 11, 2025 - 2:00-3:30 pm

Christian Bahire and Fortuna Sahiti, Lessons from a Six-Year Drug Treatment Court Evaluation: Improving Program Processes and Participant Outcomes​, Public Administration, M.P.A.

Sophia Bates, Becoming One with Nature in the “Sea of Trees:” An Autoethnographic Exploration of Existentialism in Japan’s “Suicide” Forest, Communication and Advocacy, M.A. 

Anna Garst, Advancing Mental Health Equity through Out-of-School Time Programming at the Boys and Girls Club, Psychological Sciences, M.A. 

Anna Goehner and Natasha Eck, The Impact of a Student Guided Wellness Curriculum on Physician Assistant Student Mental Health, Physician Assistant Studies, M.P.A.S.

Kaitlyn Good, Using a User Experience Framework to Improve a Learning Management System Informing the Implementation of Healthy Pantry Practice Initiatives at Food Pantries Within the Virginia Federation of Food Banks, Applied Nutrition, M.S.

Hallie Hall, Measuring the Effect of a Graduate Assistant's Contribution to University Health Center’s Nutrition Services, Applied Nutrition, M.S.

Mackenzie Hammack, Learning Practices Between Peer Writing Center Consultants, Writing, Rhetoric and Technical Communication, M.A.

Shannon Hardigree, Does prehospital blood product administration improve mortality in adult trauma patients?, Physician Assistant Studies, M.P.A.S.

Prophett Harris, The Impact of an Interprofessional Education Modified Texture Event on Student Perceptions of Collaborative Practice, Applied Nutrition, M.S.

Jordan Heydt, Microbial Biodiversity of the James River Rock Pool Ecosystem, Biology, M.S.

Melanie Hux, Does EKG Better Predict SCD Than Traditional Preparticipation Evaluation?, Physician Assistant Studies, M.P.A.S.

Rollin Johnson, Multiorganizational Networks and the Role of Goal Fidelity, Strategic Leadership Studies, Ph.D.

Spencer Mical and Kendall Christian, Pressing The Reset Button: Stem Cell Transplant For Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis, Physician Assistant Studies, M.P.A.S.

Leonita Morina and Anitha Dushimirimana, "The Support Provided isn’t the Support I Need": Exploring International Graduate Students Academic and Socio-Cultural Experiences, Communication and Advocacy, M.A.

DaNae Peterson, Rest, Resilience, and the Black Motherscholar: Breaking Free from the Grind Culture, Communication and Advocacy, M.A.

Iain Slater and Jordan Maddra, Comparing Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair (TEER) to Surgical Approaches for Patients with Secondary Mitral Regurgitation, Physician Assistant, M.P.A.S.

Gregory Suliga and Dalia Abdalla, Solving the crisis of asthma/COPD medication nonadherence with new “smart inhalers”., Physician Assistant Studies, M.P.A.S.

Barnabas Suva, The Role of Independent Board Size on the Financial Performance of Nonprofit Organizations, Strategic Leadership Studies, Ph.D.

Yu Wang, Examining Instructional Spending in Technical Community Colleges for Student Goal Attainment, Strategic Leadership Studies, Ph.D.

Zachary Wenger, A Multi-Year Wellness Survey of University Employees Surrounding the COVID-19 Pandemic, Applied Nutrition, M.S.

James Were, Diversification of Revenue Streams to Enhance Financial Sustainability in Non-Profit Organizations, Strategic Leadership Studies, Ph.D.

Alexis Williamson, Redefining Independence: An Autoethnographic Journey of Visual Impairment and Advocacy, Communication and Advocacy, M.A.