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