Student Tribune
Scholars' Day Scholarships
And the winners are...
First, I'll make this short story a little longer. Despite all of the
troubles brought on by current events (and I especially mean the virus), we
held Scholars' Day online and 47 students representing 24 projects still
managed to get their work done, and they participated with videos, online
posters, and Powerpoint-guided presentations. Thank you, students.
We also recruited or coaxed 38 faculty and staff to diligently serve as
judges for the presentations, whose input is crucial for determining the
various scholarship winners; and the recipients receive prizes this year
ranging from $1,000 to $2,000 each. Thank you, judges.
And that money doesn't just come out of nowhere; I think we've all been
dispelled of the "grows on trees" myth (although I am looking hopefully out my
window as I write). The funds used for these scholarship awards are donated by
the MCC
Foundation, and I think it's safe to say that the members of the foundation
have a special place in their hearts for Scholars' Day. It is quite unfortunate
that they can't join us to award the prizes as usual. Thank you, MCC
Foundation.
So (sheesh, get on with it) without further ado, here are this year's
Scholars' Day Scholarship award recipients shown with the titles of their
presentations:
1st Place Scholarships:
- SUAS 2020 Competition, Justin Payne, Logan Hampton, & Ethan Hilbert
- Limiting Factors to Upward Mobility and Their Implications for Meritocracy
in the United States, Devin Ward
- Trauma, the Brain, and the Mind-Body Connection, Chelsea Davis
- The Actual Cost of the Dollar Menu: Empathy, Self-interest, and the
Exploitation of Meatpacking Workers, Jacob Snell
2nd Place Scholarships:
- Thinking Small to Fight Big: Understanding Evolutionary Biology to Help Us
Fight Disease, Emily Byrnes
- The Impact of Student Government Leadership Positions on the Student Nurse
and the Graduate Registered Nurse, Brenna Chinappi & Nichole Wilkinson
- Intervening Based on Carbon Emissions Violating Human Rights, Sherinne
Cauwels
- Drone Capstone Project, Autumn Ornt, Tristan Smathers, Collin Tumbiolo,
& Oksana Vysochanska
3rd Place Scholarships:
- The Villain is the Hero of his own Story, Misty Yarnall
- Increasing Retention for Disadvantaged Students Through Peer-to-Peer
Mentoring, Lizette Porter, Michael Bennett, Bradley Pritchard, & Zeba
Ellikka
- The Effects of Western Ideology on Policies Regarding Minorities, Angelina
Rezende
- The Importance of African-American Education in W.E.B DuBois' The Souls
of Black Folk, Chance Henry
- (tie) Examining Power in Hamlet: The Tragedy of Claudius and the Future of
America, Chance Henry
Congratulations everyone.
And this wouldn't be complete without also thanking the whole Scholars' Day
Committee, who managed despite being overwhelmed by "normal" work, as well as
Andrea Gilbert for all her help moving us to Blackboard.
I think that's it. Let's all hope that we can be back on campus for a normal
Scholars' Day next year.
Ofsowitz, Michael
Scholars' Day Committee
06/04/2020