CARS 2025 Program

Welcome to CARS – Creative Activity and Research Showcase

We gather as a community for CARS in celebration of the remarkable scholarship, creative activity and research of our undergraduate and graduate students across our rich array of programs.

Together with their faculty sponsors, our students engage in many forms of scholarship, creative

activity and research, with inquiry at the heart of their endeavors.

Indeed, inquiry is at the heart of a Nazareth education. Inquiry fuels curiosity, shows changemakers what is possible, and encourages imagination of a better future for ourselves and our communities. It is critical for advancing knowledge, fostering creativity, inspiring

innovation, and improving quality of life.

CARS also celebrates the power of mentoring and collaboration for transformational

learning. Thanks to all faculty sponsors of our students’ scholarship, creative activity and research.

I am so excited to see what questions our students are asking, the problems they are

tackling, the possibilities they are imagining, and to see where this exceptional learning

takes them.

Thank you for being here today, and for celebrating the achievements of our students and

the vitality of our learning community.

Dr. Elizabeth L. Paul

President

Share Your Experience – #NAZCARS25

One of the most exciting aspects of doing research and creative work is sharing one’s work with others. We invite you to engage with CARS participants throughout this event by asking thoughtful questions about their work, by celebrating their accomplishments with them, and by sharing highlights of the day with your friends, family members, fellow students, and colleagues.

Please share highlights from today on social media by using this year’s hashtag, #NAZCARS25. We can’t wait to see all your favorite moments of CARS 2025!

Thank you!

As hosts of the annual Creative Activity and Research Showcase, we would like to thank our volunteers who have given their time to serve on the planning committee. We would also like to thank all participating faculty, staff, and students. We appreciate the commitment of both the volunteers and the CARS participants, and acknowledge that CARS would not exist without the support of the Nazareth University community.

CARS 2025 Committee:

Amanda Seccia – Psychology

Ed Wiltse – English and Communication

Danielle Alesi – History, Politics, and Law

Francesca Gentile – English and Communication

Jenn Billinson – English and Communication

Jessica Stachowski – Chemistry

Kelly Hutchinson-Anderson – Chemistry

Lindsey LaPlant – Psychology

Mary Maher – Public Health

Megan Tobin – Office of Research, Scholarship, and Innovation

Octavio Vazquez – School of Music

Scott Campbell – Philosophy

Stephanie Zamule – Biology

Timothy Kneeland – History, Politics, and Law

CARS Graduate Assistant – Saba Erkus Kubulay

continue to the CARS 2025 program