The First-Year Composition Colloquium is the culminating event for A-State’s Freshman Composition experience. Students engage in research methods and present their work at a mock-conference.
These projects represent the top ten percent of all the digitally compatible work submitted for consideration across the English Composition II classes each semester.
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AI Impact on the Environment
Bekai Berry
In this short video, Bekai briefly explains AI and how it can impact the environment negatively.
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Mental Health in Foster Care
Gianna Griffin
Foster care youth often experience mental health challenges due to many reasons, such as abuse, neglect, and unstable home environments. The challenges of the foster system, like moving often and being separated from siblings, make these struggles even harder.
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Important Emotional Regulation
Tayshun Jennings
Emotional regulation is the way in which individuals process and manage their emotional experiences in appropriate and socially acceptable ways. Having stable emotional regulation is vital for social function and overall quality of life. It allows individuals to navigate life while maintaining healthy relationships and reaching their goals, without being overtaken by their emotions.
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Could Someone You Know Be Suffering from Food Insecurity?
Eunique Thomas
The author shares information about food insecurity in Arkansas and how community members can make a difference.
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Video Games
Brooke Wattingney
Brooke filmed her oral argument for the positive aspects of video games
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Impact of Masters to Doctorate Transition in OT/PT
Reagan Williams
Recently, many universities have shifted their PT/OT programs from a master’s level to a doctoral level as the entry-level requirement. This change in education has led to debate among students and educators about whether it is really necessary or not.
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School to Prison Pipeline
Amaya Woods
The author explains what the school-to-prison pipeline is, how it impacts society, and how it could be dismantled.
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The Need for Universal Healthcare
Gunner Carter
Gunner, a Computer Science major, coded a website in HTLM and CSS to make his argument for The Need for Universal Healthcare.
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Right to Repair
Heather Montague
Current consumerism culture creates a cycle of buy more, sell more, leading to more electronic waste.
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Shelter Animal Issues
Ai Sawaki
This video created by Ai Sawaki explores the ethical issues of pet stores, abandoned animals, and animal shelters.
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Our Lives Aren't for Sale: Say No to Selling Personal Data
Miranda Burgett
Imagine sharing your private thoughts, health concerns, and life moments online, only to have them sold without your consent. Every day, companies collect and sell our personal data—our locations, health details, and online activities—posing risks to our safety, civil rights, and national security. The current state-specific laws are extremely inconsistent, making it difficult for data protection. The United States urgently needs a federal law to create uniform, stronger privacy protections nationwide.
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Free from Captivity
Ella Cartwright
Ella created her video aquariums and animal abuse. She used CapCut to put the public domain videos together and overlaid parts of her argument.
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The Importance of Mental Health of Collegiate Athletes
Abbey Cobberly
Collegiate athletes aren’t offered enough help when they are faced with the mental health challenges that come from high expectations, performance pressure, injuries, time management issues, coaching styles, and the stigma around asking for help.
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How to Improve the Lack of Public Transportation in Jonesboro
Mone Fukushima
Most people in Jonesboro use cars to go around, but the lack of public transportation systems and heavily relying on vehicles can cause some problems to people and impact many aspects in society.
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Women in STEM
Anahi Garcia Valdez
STEM is an acronym that stands for science,technology, engineering, and mathematics.STEM is one of the most important careers in theworld today, but one of the main problems inSTEM is the treatment that women get in STEM;in my project we cover some of those problemsand we will find effective solutions to be able tomake a change in this problem and why genderdiversity is important in STEM.
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Examining Artificial Intelligence
Daniel Guerrero
A brief look into AI, its problems, and ways we might use it for good.
This video is 3 minutes 40 seconds long. It was written, recorded, edited, and produced by Daniel Guerrero.
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Playbook for Equality
Roman Hart
Designed as a sports magazine, this project discusses the need for gender equality in sports.
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Broken Bottles, Broken Futures
Ensley Heringer
Ensley created a mosaic on a canvas using smashed beer bottles and a mirror to showcase her argument about keeping the legal drinking age the same versus lowering it to 18, like in some European countries.
Art measures 12 inches x 8 inches - glass on canvas
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Nursing Shortage in the US
Grace Koch
The Shortage of nurses in the United States has become a critical issue, affecting patient outcomes/satisfaction and nurses’ mental health. Through this project, I have researched the causes, current impacts, and realistic solutions to this problem. If this issue is not solved, we risk the well-being of nurses and patients all across the United State.
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Oppenheimer
Ella Lews
Ella created this piece to discuss the glorification of Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb.
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Grand Piano Parody
Andrianna Miller
Andrianna created this parody song to argue the need for more healthcare resources for teen pregnancy. Lyrics, piano playing, and vocals by Andrianna Miller.
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English Literature and Its Decline In Society
Zaireth Rodriguez
English literature has been around for centuries and its great impact has carried throughout generations. Society continues to advance through this subject in order to retain knowledge of different ideas, cultures, and morals around the world. With the great impact from literature pieces, the world continues to acknowledge different perspectives that provide great support throughout our lives.
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Greek Life: Choose Your Own Adventure
Layne Summitt
Layne created this project to argue that Greek life can be harmful to college campuses.
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Brain Drain in Nepal: Causes and Effects
Smriti Thapa, Aayushi Kafle, Prasant Khatri, and Nishan Gurung
Brain Drain In Nepal refers to the emigration of highly educated and skilled professionals to other countries for better job opportunities and living conditions. This migration often results in a shortage of talented individuals in Nepal, affecting the country's development and growth.
