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
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

Emerging Scholars News

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Announcements

Students around a computer desk | Emerging Scholars Nominations

Nominate a 2024 Emerging Scholar

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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2023-2024 Emerging Scholars

Congratulations to this elite group of students recognized for their commitment to learning, perseverance, innovative thinking, leadership, and professionalism.

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