OPUS - An Intellectual Circus: Photogallery

Trinity students and faculty members celebrated the annual OPUS event in April. OPUS, sometimes described as “an intellectual circus,” is sponsored by Trinity’s Academic Initiative.

The celebration of student intellectual and artistic endeavor begins with a procession though campus, led by the Troll, the traditional bagpiper, and professors dressed as Abe Lincoln and Sinter Klaas. Following the parade is a day full of student presentations, musical performances, a gallery exhibit, a picnic, and a special Outcry worship service.

Many academic departments were represented by students from the major presenting original videos, capstone projects, and reports from Interim courses. Students enjoyed entertainment provided by Trinity music, dance, and comedy groups, including Playtimez Ova, In ConTroll, the Gospel Choir, and the Jazz Band.

J.R. Wydra ’11 of Tinley Park, Illinois, this year’s Lincoln Laureate, pronounced the official opening of the day.

Tuition Remission Winners

$100 Winners– Kaylyn Bossert, Abby Christensen, Brian Clark

$150 Winners–Courtney Jeltema and William “Luke” Monsma

$250 Winners– Lauren Mayers and Cassie Nelson

$400 Winner–Victoria Bruinsma

$500 Winner–Kylie Bond

OPUS 2010 Committee Members

Faculty

Dick Cole, Chairperson

Ken Austin

Patti Bowman

Dayton Castleman

Latishia Elliott, Residence Director

Mackenzi Huyser

Mark Jones

Pete Post

Bill Schepel

Trina Vallone

Students

Kaitlyn Fondryk, Chair of Academic Initiative

Abby Christensen

Stephanie DeJong

Jonathan Engbers

Amanda Evers

Keli Ooms

Allison Wier

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OPUS 2011 Award Winners

Art Winners

 

Best of Show

Abby Christensen – Bloated Book

Graphic Design

1^st – Emily Van Hoff – Chuckwagon

2^nd – Jenae Van Engen – Dine with Sarah

3^rd – Emily Van Hoff – Snowflake Pattern Book

Honorable mention: Emily Van Hoff – Bridgeport Map

Print and Photo

1^st – Brady Davidson – Weird Light Stuff (3)

2^nd – Emily Van Hoff – Ampersand after Ampersand

3^rd – Leigh Twaragowski – Kids at Play

Honorable mention:       Amanda Evers – Fall

Katie Milton – Leap

Alyssa Dichraaf – Untitled

Painting, Drawing and Mixed Media

1^st – Hannah Snow – Sheltered

2^nd – Bridge Earnshaw – French Press

3^rd – Amanda Evers – The Happiest Place on Earth

Honorable mention: Abby Christensen – I Know You Like Maps, But Can You Read Them?

Sculpture

1^st – Karl Gesch – Untitled

2^nd – Karl Gesch – Barn To Go

3^rd – Mike Evers – The Physical Impossibility of Life in the Mind of Something Dead

Honorable mention: Abby Christensen – 16 Casts of the Bottom of My Bucket

 

Communication Arts Winners

 

Original Oratory

1^st – Joshua Moore, “The Arnold Project”

2^nd – Kenyatta Bivens, “Blindness”

Dramatic Interpretation

1^st – Gina Ciametti, Phantom Rep

2^nd – Julie Wiltjer, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

3^rd – Shannon Smith, A Doll’s House

Prose Interpretation

1^st – Markey Ambrose, Love’s Handsome Warrior

2^nd – Joshua Moore, Politically Correct Fairy Tales

Poetry Interpretation

1^st – Joshua Moore, “Broke”

2^nd – Markey Ambrose, “Too Many Daves”

3^rd – TIE: Stephanie Avila, “Somebody Should Have Told Him” and Heather Hernandez, “The Highwayman”

Literature Winners

Poetry

1^st – “Untitled” by Monica Brands

2^nd – “Gino” by Erika Huizenga

3^rd – “Nerve” by Teryn Leaper

Honorable Mention:       “Airstream” by Erika Huizenga

“Coming from the Zoo” by Bethany Eizenga

“Anorexia” by Libby Dykstra

Non-fiction

1^st – “Between Here and the Sun” by Kailyn Baum

2^nd – “Singing for My Grandfather and the Monks” by Andrew Blok

3^rd – Shared by “The Role of Violence in Much Ado About Nothing” by Stephanie  DeJong

“Heathcliff, Vampires, and Pop Culture” by Courtney Randle

Honorable Mention: “What Kills” by Jason Gerringer

Fiction

1^st – “The Damsel” by Jez Layman

Music Winners

Vocal Solo

1^st – William Gesch

2^nd – Samuel Heunink

3^rd – Daniel Thayer

Vocal Ensemble

1^st – In ConTroll – William Gesch, Dan Thayer, Samuel Huenink, and Adam Perez

2^nd – William Gesch and Daniel Thayer

3^rd – Samuel Huenink and William Gesch

Instrumental Solo

1^st – Lydia Kijowski

2^nd – Zachary VerHaar

3^rd – Kelly VandenBerg

Instrumental Ensemble

1^st – Flute Ensemble – Melissa Don, Christina Reardon, Victoria Penley, Joohee Kim

Keyboard

1^st – Hyo Jin Moon

2^nd – Brittany Homan

3^rd – Carrie Hofland

“You Be the Judge” Winners

INTERIM

Title: You’ve Never Heard of the Language of the Dwarves? Probably Because It’s So Underground

Presenter: Jennie Hill and Eric Swanson

COMMUNICATION ARTS AND MUSIC

Title: Music and Theology in Christian Worship: Preliminary Considerations

Presenter: Adam Perez

POLITICAL SCIENCE AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Title: Operation L.I.N.K. (Liberty in North Korea): Helping to Save a Life

Presenters: Kenyatta Bivens, Kaitlyn Fondrk, Courtney Jeltema, and Ishael J. Tendero

THEOLOGY

Title: What I Learned from Worship Symposium

Presenters: Alberto La Rosa, Kelsey Nelson, and Kelly Zuiderveen

HISTORY

Title: Educational Reform During the Early Cold War

Presenter: Abby Suarez

PSYCHOLOGY

Title: Peru 2011

Presenters: Elizabeth and Sarah Jongetjes

CHEMISTRY AND MATH

Title: Markov Processes and Inflation Rate Modeling

Presenter: Peter Keep

ENGLISH AND SPANISH

Title: Oh, ya, you betcha! – The dialects of Fargo

Presenter: Jennie Hill

EDUCATION AND SPEC. ED.

Title: Disney Sign Along

Presenters: Trinity’s Sign Language Club