2023-24 Emerging Scholars

Emerging Scholars

The Emerging Scholars Award program exists to recognize outstanding students for their commitment to learning, demonstration of excellence in their discipline or program, creative approaches to assignments, and other qualities. Selection is based on perseverance, innovative thinking, and professionalism both in and outside the classroom — not primarily on academic status. Students are nominated by faculty. 

Awards & Eligibility

  • Students will be awarded in each of the schools of instruction.
  • Each student will receive one $1,000 scholarship to be applied towards their tuition at CWI for the 2026-2027 academic year.
  • Nominated students must plan to enroll in 6 or more credits for the following academic year in both fall and spring semesters and maintain a GPA of 2.0 or higher.

Submissions

During fall and spring semesters faculty identify and nominate students in their courses who exemplify these four main criteria:

  • Academic commitment
  • Innovation
  • Professional practice
  • Demonstration of exceptional promise

Nominations are reviewed and finalists selected by the Emerging Scholars Committee. Students will be awarded in each of the schools of instruction. Students receive their awards from the faculty who nominated them at a special awards ceremony in the spring, and apply the award to the following academic year including fall and spring semesters.

Submissions due by April 1, 2026.

Nominate A Student

2024-2025 Emerging Scholars

        
  • Aidan Sharp
    nominated by Jana McCurdy
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  • Alex Bennett
    nominated by Joni Carlo
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  • Alex Martinez
    nominated by Joni Carlo
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  • Caleb Ball
    nominated by Stephanie Sevigny
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  • Cheyanne Hatten
     nominated by Heather Schoenherr and Jana McCurdy
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  • Daniel Medlen III
    nominated by Liza Long
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  • Dorina Cela
     nominated by Hollie Leavitt
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  • Emmalynne Payne
     nominated by Jillian Moore
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  • Hailey Askew
    nominated by Jillian Moore
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  • Isaac R. Levi
    ominated by Paul Thomas Belue
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  • Jared Kartel
    nominated by Heather Schoenherr and Jana McCurdy
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  • Jazmin Bettancourt
    nominated by Douglas Rapley
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  • Jessica Gillmore
    nominated by Cathy Carson
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  • Joe Ellison  
    nominated by Alisa Bohling
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  • Jordan Brooks
    nominated by Jana McCurdy
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  • Kamryn Burnham
    nominated by Joel Gladd
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  • Kate Helmer
    nominated by Cathy Carson
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  • Kvothe Harris
    nominated by Liz Fleshman
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  • Madelyn Montz
    nominated by Douglas Rapley
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  • Nicholas Woodburn
    nominated by Janel Holt
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  • Ramon Murguia
    nominated by Heather Schoenherr
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  • Shane Knutson
    nominated by Susan Aydelotte
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  • Shukuru Birungi
    nominated by Hollie Leavitt
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  • Victoria Boucher
    nominated by Luke Gocke

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