Schedule

4:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Registration

Outside Heritage Ballroom

8:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Hang Posters (optional)

Discovery Ballroom & Heritage E/F

6:30 am - 7:30 am

Registration & Breakfast

• Students hang posters - Discovery Ballroom & Heritage E/F
• Student breakfast - Heritage Ballroom
• Working breakfast for faculty/staff and judges - Hemlock/Oak

7:50 am - 8:30 am

Welcome

Heritage Ballroom

• Dr. Moses Lee, Vice President, Scientific Research Grants and Programming, Murdock Trust

• Dr. Sarah Bolton, President, Whitman College

• Land Recognition by Dr. Sarah Bolton

• Blessing offered by Fr. (Dr.) Eric Watson, Seattle University

8:30 am - 8:45 am

Break

8:45 am - 10:15 am

Poster Sessions | Odds

Discovery Ballroom & Heritage E/F

10:15 am - 11:45 am

Poster Sessions | Evens

Discovery Ballroom & Heritage E/F

11:45 am - 1:15 pm

Lunch for Attendees & Guests

Heritage Ballroom

11:45 am - 1:15 pm

Faculty & Staff Enrichment Luncheon

Hemlock/Oak

• Program Starts at Noon

• "Saving Our Planet Through Scientific Research"

• Dr. Julie Layshock, Pacific University

• Dr. Jay Mellies, Reed College

• Dr. Kirsten Nicolaysen, Whitman College 

1:15 pm - 1:30 pm

Break

1:30 pm to 4:30 pm

Oral Presentations

• Life Sciences - Heritage AB

• Physical Sciences - Heritage CD

4:30 pm - 5:15 pm

Free Time

5:15 pm - 5:30 pm

Group Photo - Please be punctual!

Discovery Ballroom

5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Banquet

Heritage Ballroom

• Welcome: Dr. Moses Lee
• Blessing, Kim Newman, Murdock Trust
• Dinner
• Remarks: Dr. Elisabeth Mermann-Jozwiak, Provost, Whitman College
• Remarks: Jeff Grubb, Trustee, Murdock Trust

7:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Award Ceremony

Heritage Ballroom

• Dr. Moses Lee and Dr. Lyn Swanson, Announcing the 2024 Lynwood W. Swanson Scientific Research and Lynwood W. Swanson Promise for Scientific Research Awards 

7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Neal Thorpe Memorial Keynote Lecture

Heritage Ballroom

• “Tandem Catalysis for Waste Plastic Recycling & Upcycling,” Dr. Lucas Ellis, Assistant Professor and Callahan Faculty Scholar in Chemical Engineering, Oregon State University

7:00 am - 8:30 am

Breakfast

Heritage Ballroom

8:30 am - 11:30 am

Oral Presentations

• Life Sciences - Heritage ACD

• Physical Sciences - Heritage BEF

11:35 am - 12:25 pm

Lunch

Heritage Ballroom

• Overnight guests checkout of their hotel rooms.

12:25 pm - 1:00 pm

Closing Ceremony

Heritage Ballroom

• Dr. Rachna Sinnott, Senior Director of Grants & Foundation Relations, Whitman College

• Dr. Moses Lee, Dr. John Van Zytveld, and Dr. Sinnott, Announcing the John Van Zytveld Awards and Poster Prizes

1:00 pm

Adjourn

1:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Faculty Enrichment Workshop (Optional)

Hemlock/Oak

• A discussion and development opportunity for new and established faculty to learn and talk about the Murdock Trust’s multi-institutional, interdisciplinary, and collaborative research program, RAISE. Groups interested in applying for a RAISE grant are encouraged to participate.