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Franciscan Scholars

FRANCISCAN SCHOLARS
CAPSTONE PRESENTATIONS



The Franciscan Scholars is part of the Franciscan Academic Program which offers greater academic challenges to the student.  At the end of the Freshman Year, the qualified student may choose to join the Franciscan Scholars.   For more about this program, click HERE.

Part of this program is the preparation and presentation of an approved research topic in the senior year.  This is done with the help of a mentor.  The Capstone Presentations are the research of the Senior Franciscan Scholars delivered before faculty and students in the Archbishop Curley Board Room.

The list of this year's presentations is as follows:
Michael Wieczorek  Terrorism 
Zachary Savarese   Relationship between War and the Evolution of a Nation 
Austin Young  Creation of Us 
Mark Pietrogiacomo     
Separation of Church and State in America 
Bradley Harbert  Restoration Attempts in the Chesapeake Bay 
Benjamin Cvach  How Technology is Making Society Less Intelligent 
Steven Krysiak  The Social, Political, and Economic Effect of World War I on the United States   
Vincent Lawton  Winston Churchill 
Matthew Avara
 US Position on the Kyoto Protocol 
Philip Burke  The Evolution of the Microprocessor and its Effect on the World 
Austin Hooper  The Defense of Stalingrad 
Mark Mainolfi  World Martial Arts 
Ryan Fongheiser  Attempts to Put a Human on Mars 
John Wells  The D-Day Deception Campaign 
Austin Woodruff  The Military-Industrial Complex