The symposium is an inter-college event where students openly discuss the topics explored within each college’s respective theme.
Every RC student will give either a Presentation or a Poster - either as a group or as an individual project. Every RC student will also be an audience member.
At Registration, you will receive a name tag with your schedule on it. The Symposium is organized into two, concurrent, sessions: Session I: 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. & Session II: 3:10 p.m. - 4:40 p.m.
This study explores language differences' role in social group formation between international and domestic students at Bucknell University. Are in-groups are formed predominantly by language preference? A survey will be given to a random sample of Residential College students to investigate preferred language in social interactions, and determine the correlation between social interaction and language preferences. This data will be compared to US census data to analyze whether in-groups are derivative of language in particular areas. If high-conflict areas contain large populations that speak different languages, it would further support the idea that groups are influenced by language preference.
