Connections Project Archive

Logo Contest

• First Place: Brianna Daniels

Juried Art

• Tie for First Place: Ashley Dale, Growing Up Artist
• Tie for First Place: Christy Runion, I Couldn't Save Me From Myself

Posters

Connect Category

• First Place: Mercades Nelson, Is Social Media Addiction Compromising Our Self-Regulating Behaviors?
• Runner Up: Kaw Paw, Karen People of Burma
• Runner Up: Angie Apreotes, MRSA: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureaus
• Runner Up: Anna Miles, Development of Early Detection Technology of Botulism

Inspire Category

• First Place: Lia Montes & Natalie D’Agostino, PTK Latinx Postcards
• Runner Up: Alana Stewart, Resistance of Mycoplasma pneumonia to Macrolide antibiotics
• Runner Up: Kennedy Cole, COBS Community Outreach Behavioral Services Raising Awareness About Human Trafficking and Providing Resources to Its Victims
• Runner Up: Brittany Jamison, Greater Than, Less Than and Equal to for 1st Grade

Recorded Mini-Talks

Connect Category

• First Place: Bryce Thompson, Extroversion & Shyness During the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Runner Up: Zane Cooper, Redlining in America
• Runner Up: Hallee Barney, Group Dynamics

Inspire Category

• Tie for First Place: Logan Adams, The Struggles of Life at the Minidoka War Relocation Center
• Tie for First Place: Zane Cooper, Plato’s Virtues & the Tripartite Soul
• Runner Up: Andison Fluckiger, The Republic of Plato Poetry and Imitation

Live Mini-Talks

• Tie for First Place: Craig Petersen, Speak Up Ink Up Charity Event
• Tie for First Place: Sawyer Ellis, Google Vision AIY
• Runner Up: Kennedy Cole, Growth and Fixed Mindset: A Survey About Mindsets and Their Relationship to Symptoms of Mental Illness, the Internalization of Problems, and Emotion Regulation Strategies
• Runner Up: Mercades Nelson, Is Social Media Compromising Our Self-Regulating Behaviors?

2020 Connections Project Summary

Despite the 2020 Connections Project being moved online, College of Western Idaho (CWI) is celebrating student projects with a video showcasing this year's Connections Excellence award recipients. More than 130 students submitted work, which included posters, artwork, videos, websites, and presentations. In addition to this recognition, award winners will also receive a cash prize.

Posters – Connect Category
Posters that explore existing connections between or within communities, cultures, or disciplines.

• First-place
  • Audrey Young – "Bacillus Anthracis and Weaponized Anthrax"
  • Brian Mitchell – “Myths and Misconceptions of Postpartum Depression”
• Runners-up
  • Aaliyah Ibarra – “Memory Strategies”
  • Rachel Hanson – “Girl Scouts, Self-Concepts, Comparisons—Oh My!”
  • Tim Lobb – “Discovering a New Approach to Life”
  • Ally Almaraz – “Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1”

Posters – Inspire Category
Posters that inspire others to learn more or take action.

• First-place
  • Tayzia Stark – "Advocating for 'Shy Students'"
• Runners-up
  • Sevio Stanton – “Exploring the Relationship Between Exoplanet Orbital Architectures and Host Star Compositions”
  • Zack Szymczycha – “A Methodology for Systematic Mapping of Raptor Literature”
  • Debra Brockert – “Hey! I Care About That Issue”
  • Roni Ramos – “Free 2 Succeed”

Mini-talk Category

• First-place
  • Beta Sigma Pi, CWI’s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society – “Stereotyping and Civility on the CWI Campus: PTK Honors in Action Project” by Laura Baldwin, Rheanna Palmer, Jody Ayers, Kristal Smith, Nicole Johnston, and Mia Cinello-Smith; presented by Michal Yadlin
  • Taite Griffin – “Bellevue Hospital and It’s Effects on Early American Healthcare”

Synchronous Mini-talk Category 

• First-place
  • Tim Riley – "My Price of Admission"
  • Kathleen Brashier – "Treasure"
  • Kristin Grimm – "The Equitable Treatment of Male and Female Genders in John Donne's 'The Canonization'"

Each year, faculty and staff work to bring this wonderful event to life. Michelle Fellows, Department Chair of Social Sciences, has been an integral part of the Connections Project serving as the committee lead and overseeing the production of the project for the last five years. She knew students who participated in the Connections Project pushed themselves to grow, not only academically, but often emotionally as well. As Fellows prepares to leave CWI to teach in Alaska, we commend her for all she has done for the Connections Project and wish her luck on her new endeavor.

“Michelle has been inspirational to all who worked on the project, and without her, it would not have been the same,” said Cathy Carson, Associate Professor of Math.

Stay tuned for additional virtual presentations including recognition of our 2020 Emerging Scholars recipients.

Watch the Connections Excellence Awards Video

2018 Connections Project Summary

Key note speaker- Jennifer Lastra

Emcess- Dakota Keiser, Reggie Jayne, Adrianna, Catherine Kyle, Charles Dickinson

Performers- Afronsonics

Connections Project Excellence Awards

• Connect: Christine Lee, Alesia Harney and Nicole Brush
• Collaborate: Anthropology Club
• Inspire: Tiffany Makres
• Educate Talks: Jolien Stam
• Educate Posters: Eva Streicher
• Juried Art Show: Rheanna Danes