Nominations for Emerging Scholars are due March 23, 2018.
Emerging Scholars recognizes outstanding students for their commitment to learning, excelling 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.
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. Two Emerging Scholars are awarded in each of the schools of instruction with one Emerging Scholar being chosen at-large.
Thirteen students will receive one $600 scholarship to be applied towards their tuition at College of Western Idaho for the 2018-2019 academic year. Awards will be presented during the annual CWI Connections Project event held on campus in April.
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.
Nominations are open now and will be accepted through March 23, 2018. Recipients will be announced by April 16, 2018.
Nominate an Emerging Scholar today!
2017-2018 Emerging Scholars:
Ana Karen Arizmendi – nominated by Joy Palmer, Assistant Professor and English Department Chair
Aaron Connolly – nominated by Molly Wolk, Education Instructor
Cat Frazier – nominated by Liza Long, English Instructor
Francoises Garcia – nominated by Kim Johanek, Sociology and CWID Instructor
Taycia Grasmick – nominated by Suzanne Oppenheimer, Assistant Professor of Biology and Rick Coonrod, Supervisor of Tutoring Services
Dakota Keiser – nominated by Michelle Mahoney, Assistant Professor of Communication
Tony Trammel – nominated by Cathy Carson, Associate Professor of Mathematics
Azalia Perez – nominated by Michelle Fellows, Assistant Professor of Psychology
Niki Swanson – nominated by Christian Purvis-Aldrich, Associate Professor of English
Kadalyn Smith – nominated by Carol Billing, Assistant Professor of Education
Christina Hoefler – nominated by Liza Long, English instructor