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Deadline
Submissions due by April 1, 2025
Awards
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 2025-2026 academic year.
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.
Eligibility
CWI 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.
How to Submit
During fall and spring semesters faculty identify and nominate students in their courses who exemplify these four main criteria: academic commitment, innovation, professional practice, and the demonstration of exceptional promise. Nominations are then 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, 2025.
2024-2025 Emerging Scholars
- Aidan Sharp nominated by Jana McCurdy
- Alex Bennett nominated by Joni Carlo
- Alex Martinez nominated by Joni Carlo
- Caleb Ball nominated by Stephanie Sevigny
- Cheyanne Hatten nominated by Heather Schoenherr and Jana McCurdy
- Daniel Medlen III nominated by Liza Long
- Dorina Cela nominated by Hollie Leavitt
- Emmalynne Payne nominated by Jillian Moore
- Hailey Askew nominated by Jillian Moore
- Isaac R. Levi ominated by Paul Thomas Belue
- Jared Kartel nominated by Heather Schoenherr and Jana McCurdy
- Jazmin Bettancourt nominated by Douglas Rapley
- Jessica Gillmore nominated by Cathy Carson
- Joe Ellison nominated by Alisa Bohling
- Jordan Brooks nominated by Jana McCurdy
- Kamryn Burnham nominated by Joel Gladd
- Kate Helmer nominated by Cathy Carson
- Kvothe Harris nominated by Liz Fleshman
- Madelyn Montz nominated by Douglas Rapley
- Nicholas Woodburn nominated by Janel Holt
- Ramon Murguia nominated by Heather Schoenherr
- Shane Knutson nominated by Susan Aydelotte
- Shukuru Birungi nominated by Hollie Leavitt
- Victoria Boucher nominated by Luke Gocke
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Emerging Scholars News
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Thanks to instructors and resources at CWI, Occupational Therapy Assistant student, Kaila Boeck, is on her way to pursuing her passion of helping others.
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Students selected as 2024 Emerging Scholars will each receive a $1,000 scholarship to be applied toward their tuition for the 2023-2024 academic year.
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Congratulations to this elite group of students recognized for their commitment to learning, perseverance, innovative thinking, leadership, and professionalism.
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Congratulations to this elite group of students recognized for their commitment to learning, perseverance, innovative thinking, leadership, and professionalism.
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Students, nominated by faculty, were recognized for their commitment, perseverance, innovation, leadership, and professionalism.