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<\/a>For 30 minutes apiece Friday, Trott and Wysocki were among 17 Wabash faculty members who delivered updates on creative work and research efforts to colleagues. And in their time in the spotlight, those two led a charge that was engaged, energetic, and informative.<\/p>\n
All that with Tasmanian Devil-levels of energy. OK, maybe it wasn\u2019t that<\/i> much energy, but it was more than enough to make you to sit up and take notice. Passion is contagious.<\/p>\n
There were smiles, laughter, and changes in volume you just don\u2019t get from most scholarly conferences.<\/p>\n
Trott worked on Capitol Hill before heading to graduate school and a switch of career paths, saying, \u201cI thought that I could do more somewhere where I was thinking and encouraging others to think. That\u2019s what led me down this road.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wysocki caught the teaching bug in high school, when a biology teacher noticed that she had a sense for when information gets across to someone, and let her teach a class. From there, the passion took root and has blossomed in Hays Hall.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m kind of a science nerd and this is a job where I get to be excited, unabashedly, unapologetically, excited about what I talk about,\u201d Wysocki said. \u201cI let that loose when I talk about my work.\u201d<\/p>\n
She certainly did.<\/p>\n
That energy is essential to the faculty here. According to Lon Porter, chemistry professor and chair of the Ides of August committee, it\u2019s a core belief that has earned its day of celebration.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s central to faculty as individuals and to why and how we do what we do,\u201d he said. \u201cWe get passionate about content, about process, about instrumentation, about analysis, about argument, about debate, and I think that really comes out. The energy that comes from this is really a fun thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
One faculty member summed it up best by saying of Trott\u2019s presentation, \u201cYou had me wanting to go to Greece.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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