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Name: Joliii Pickett
Major: Special Education
John Pickett’s presentation will be on the lime lie spent as a camp counselor at Camp
Friendship, a summer camp for children with cancer. Pickett is a North Carolina Teaching
Fellow, Honors Fellow and a member of Phi Kappa Phi. He has also served as the education
seal and academic council liaison on SGA. In July, he will leach at Norlli Graham Elementary
School. "Eion is exceptional at providing opportunities for students to step oulside their com
fort zone. Through travel and challenge, Elon has molded me into someone who is confident in
his abilities, willing to speak out for what I believe in, and competent enough to feel safe tak
ing risks,” Picketl explained.
Names: Kendra Goeliring and Connie Rcnda
Majors: Music llieater
Kcmlra Goohring and Connie Renda will perfomi “If we never
meet again” from “Rags.” Goehring will participate in sumn>er
slock theater in Cliarlotte before moving to New Yoik City.
Tins summer, Renda will perfomi at Central Piedmont
Summer Tlicntre. Both liave dedicated tlieir college careers to tlie
pcrfonning ails. "Being an ailist makes life exciting and woilh
living every day lo the rulle.st,” Renda said. “Elon is haixl to sny
gocxihye to. We know sve aie ready and we know we must move
on to begin llw next chapter of our beautiful lives, but it is so haid
to say goodbye to those you’ve grown so comfortable around as
your friends.”
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Names: Grace McPhillips aiKl Kiira Schmidt
Majors: Music Tlieater
Grace McPhillips, a dance and Spanish minor, and Kiiia
Schmidt will perform ‘'Both Hands.” by Ani DiFranco and
arranged by fellow senior Ashley Hunter. Schmidt will be
working at Seaside Music Theatre this summer. She has also
been in numerous theater department shows. Tliis year she per-
fomied in “Under Milk Wood” and ‘‘A Little Night Music.” In
t!ie fall. Schmidt will be in tire national tour of “Fame.”
Names: Matthew Leckenbusch and Chris Young
Majors: Theater Arts (technical onphasis)
Matthew Leckenbusch and Christopher Young will display
their behind-the-scenes work from the past four years. Young is a
business administration minor, and has worked primarily on
sound and light design. Leckenbusch has focused on carpentry.
Both have been involved with the theatre since freshmen year.
For the showcase, they will present their senior projects.
Leckenbusch was the assistant technical director for “Tlie Music
Man" and Young was the lighting and sound designer for "Under
Milk Wood." Leckenbusch and Young will be working at Seaside Music Tl^eatre in Daylona Beach, Fla., this summer as
assistant technical director and assistant master electrician, respectively. Both said Bill Webb was one of the most infiu-
ential faculty members at Elon.
Presenters Not Pictured
Wynsor Taylor will play the first movement of a Richard Strauss concerto on horn at the showcase. Taylor is a music
education major and plans to wed David Smith, a 2002 Elon graduate, in August. “Elon has really helped me succeed
because it is a small university. I have truly been challenged here but at the same time I never felt that anyone was unwill
ing to help me if 1 asked,” Taylor said.
Michelle Niland, a communications major, will show a video about the ESTV game show "Win Stuff,” which she cre
ated and produced. Tlie show is aired Tliursdays on ESTV and Time Warner Cable, reaching about 1 million viewers. 'The
vide© will showcase the development, evolution and show some funny clips of the last three years,” Niland said. She phins
to work at the Discovery Channel in Washington, D.C., in the fall.
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Senior Showcase. Ficul
members chose the students t
achievements while at Elon.
Ben Seay, a music theater majt
emonies. Seay is from Jackson’
return after graduation until 1
move to Los Angeles and focus (