COAL has established new Student Achievement Funding Awards to assist students who want their scholarly and creative work to be recognized or disseminated.
“The purpose is to help our students get their work out beyond the campus,” Dean Carey Adams says. “(The awards) provide assistance for students going to competitions, contests and conferences, as well as for submitting to exhibitions to help them share their work and gain external recognition for the quality of their work.”
Funding for these awards is set aside in the college budget. Students apply through their respective departments, and each application requires the student to have a faculty sponsor and approval from the department head. The application process also requests a financial contribution by the department. Adams says the college grants awards to all eligible and recommended applications until the allotted money runs out.
Students use these awards for projects that span all departments and degree programs. Art and design students enter pieces in regional, national and international competitions. English and communication students use the money to travel to conferences and present their research and writing. Media, journalism and film students submit their work to competitions. Those receiving awards also use the money for travel to accept awards or attend festivals and workshops.
“The students in our departments do fabulous work and it is important that they have a chance to share that work and be acknowledged for their good work,” Adams says. “Financially, it is a challenge (for students). While the college can’t cover all of the expenses, it is important for the college to help. It benefits students but it also benefits the college in gaining recognition when students are competing, sometimes against professionals.”
Here is are the students who have received Student Achievement Funding Awards.
Art and Design
- Craig Hartenberger
Communication
- Mary Maslak
English
- Benjamin Bogart
- Jessica Boykin
- Jessie Cannady
- Jennifer Jackson
- Kevin James
- Derrick King
- Jennifer Klein
- Robert Pickering
- Anna Robb
- Hallie Segelhorst
- Thaddeus Stoklasa
- Nicole Thom-Arens
- Brooksie Trout
- William Walker
- Jenny West
Media, Journalism and Film
- Ryan Rodman
- Kenneth Wheeler
Music
- Briana Adams
- Lindsey Adams
- Katherine Barnes
- Natalie Baughman
- Rachel Buboltz
- Jessica Buist
- Bentley Caughlan
- Mattie Cowsert
- Jessica Daniel
- Jeffrey Fenaglio
- Vanessa Fitchue
- Molly Flanagan
- Ryan Hardcastle
- Erin Hendrick
- Ana Leigh Jantz
- Amelia Lawson
- Andrew Maestas
- Josh Markley
- Daniel Marquez
- Chelsea Miller
- Chiew Poon
- Frankie Shin
- Ryan Starks
- Jamie Tapson
- Danielle Titus
Theatre and Dance
- Inertia Dance Co.