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MCC Daily Tribune

MCC Scholars Awarded for Original Research, Creative Works

Twenty-one Monroe Community College students received scholarship awards for their original research and creative works showcased at the college’s virtual Scholars’ Day through May 31.

Scholars’ Day is one of MCC’s highly attended events, with presenters across disciplines competing for awards. The event provides a platform for students, faculty and staff to showcase their outstanding works such as research and writing projects, theatrical performances, exhibits, symposia, panel discussions and robotics demonstrations.

This year’s top presenters were awarded prizes ranging from $1,500 to $2,500 for a total of $25,000, thanks to Monroe Community College Foundation supporters and the ESL Charitable Foundation:

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics)

  • 1st place: Modular Design Applied to Aerial and Terrestrial Robotic Systems

Melody Kohut, Abdul Latif, Ryan McVeigh, Ricardo Ndoole

  • 2nd place: Optimizing Car Design Using SOLIDWORKS

Anthony Burroughs

  • 3rd place: Mission: Unmanned Aerial and Ground Vehicle Navigation

Victoria Beach, Kelsi Biondolillo, Thomas Stearns, Tanner Richardson

 

HUMANITIES

  • 1st place: “Ave gratia plena Dominus tecum”: The Progression of Perspective and Iconography in Italian Annunciation Painting from the Trecento to the Cinquecento

Daniel Heberle

  • 2nd place: The Mind-Brain Identity Theory and Bats

Victoria Kremer

  • 3rd place: Blood and Bayonets: The Third of May 1808 and Transforming the Romanticism of War

Daniel Heberle

 

EDUCATION

  • 1st place: Five-Year Assessment of “Student Self-Tracking for Success in the Classroom”

Adrianna Robinson

  • 2nd place: Invisible Walls: Segregation in Monroe County

Gillian Moore

  • 3rd place: Bridging the Digital Divide for Middle and High School Students: A Phi Theta Kappa Honors in Action Project

Sherinne Cauwels, Heonmin Lee, Karen Lewis, Julia Babcock, Ahilan Guruparan

 

SOCIAL SCIENCE

  • 1st place: The Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations: Black Male Students, Affluent Schools, and Downward Economic Mobility

Ruben Ortiz

  • 2nd place: Juvenile Offenders and the U.S. Court System: Effects and One Possible Alternative

Maris Breaton

  • 3rd place: Rehabilitation and the Reduction of Prisons: Beginning the Re-Humanization Process

Sophia Jonasse

 

Jodi Oriel
Office of Student Life & Leadership Dev.
06/02/2021