By Stephanie Menders | Staff Writer
The average Salve Regina student will spend 70 days of their 2016 Spring Semester in class, but not April 1st. This is a sacred day, absent of lectures, pop quizzes, and exams and the ‘participation points’ for attendance are much more personal. April 1st, 2016 is a day reserved for students. April 1st is SRyou Day and the deadline to submit proposals is February 19th.
The sixth annual SRyou Day is Salve Regina’s showcase of student work. This celebration provides students the chance to share their experience in personal or group research, internships, visual and performing art, study abroad/study away, field and practicum experiences, classroom-based projects, and community service and service learning experiences.
Chair of the SRyou Planning Board Committee and Assistant Provost Dr. Ducha Hang says that SRyou Day is a special occasion. “SRyou is a great platform for students to share their work with their peers and offers students the ability to showcase their passion and impact,” says Hang. “SRyou is the evidence of our student’s achievements.”
Sophomore communications major Lily Jones is looking forward to this years SRyou Day. She, along with Salve Studios, will be premiering Salve’s first student made video production, a 20-minute horror film titled The Final Cut. “It was truly a group effort,” says Jones. “I think that if the Salve community responds well to it, it will be worth all of the hard work.”
Some students submit group proposals as a way to showcase their research. Sophomore Chemistry major Tori Surette presented at the 2015 SRyou day with her research partner on the exploration of structure function relationships in KmtR from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. “It was important for us to present our future research so the community would be aware of all of the scientific work that would be done by our lab,” says Surette. “I would recommend both attending and presenting at SRYou Day to my peers so that they could learn about what interests them.”
Other students utilize the day as a chance to showcase their personal passions. In 2015, junior English Communications major Marrissa Ballard presented without any incentive other than personal motivation. “I presented on my favorite film, The Matrix. It was a great opportunity to study something I hadn’t yet had the chance to study in any of my classes ” says Ballard. “For me, it was a passion project.”
The day also features performances by Salve’s Extensions Dance Company, acapella groups, bands, and theatre students. The 2015 SRyou Day was as diverse and vibrant as the student body. This year is bound to be no exception to that. If you would like to share your hard work, group research, or personal passion, you can sign up for SRyou day here.
