Averett Academic Colloquium: Information
During the Fall Semester 2022, Blount Library launched a series called the “Averett Academic Colloquium,” thru which faculty members presented some of their research and other topics of interest to the Averett University community.
We will be continuing this series with approximately four to six faculty and staff presentations each academic year, occasionally augmented by guest presenters from outside Averett.
Ideally we are aiming for one presenter in each full academic month (Sept, Oct, Nov, Feb, Mar, Apr), but we are willing to work with faculty, staff, and even students who wish to present, find a time a present which suits their schedule.
If you or students in your classes would like to be a presenter and share your research, please contact Dr. Groskopf at jgroskopf@averett.edu.
Presentations 2024-2025
This year's series is still developing. Listed below are the talks currently in the planning stages and the dates under consideration.
Stephen Davidson, film industry related talk (tentatively Sept '24)
Dr. Slade Lellock and friends on the culture of ghost stories (tentatively late Oct '24)
Dr. Jeremy Groskopf on Uncovering Early Black Labor at Averett (Spring '24)
Presentations 2023-2024
Dr. Jennifer Hughes, "Broken Idols: How Mark Twain Grieved" (18 Sept '23)
Natalie Hodge, CEO of Rudy's Girl Media, "The Media Hustle: Business Lessons Learned from LA, NYC, and Southside VA" (Presentation for International Entrepreneurship Week, 14 Nov. '23)
Dr. Jeremy Groskopf, "The Averett Quiz: When Averett Recruitment was a Broadcast Game Show" (25 Mar. '24)
Presentations 2022-2023
Dr. Ernest Pegram on Cryptocurrency (11 Oct '22)
Kevin Harden on Songwriting (1 Nov '22)
Dr. Sergei Samoilenko on Digitalization (10 Nov '22)
Dr. Catherine Clark, "It Began with a Book about the Girl: Montgomery’s Anne and Colette’s Claudine" (29 Mar '23)
Dr. Andrew Canady, "Robert Russa Moton High School (Farmville, VA) and the Civil Rights Movement" (13 Apr '23)
Dr. Ralph Hawkins, "Death and Burial in Ancient Egypt" (18 Apr '23)
Natalie Hodge on "The Media Hustle," 14 Nov. 2023
Dr. Jennifer Hughes discussing Mark Twain, Sept. 2023
