Award-winning content from FI Students*
The best work of the year from Focused Inquiry students. Submit your coursework from UNIV 111, 112, and 200 here to win prizes and publication.
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UNIV 111/112/200: Narrative, Reflective, Expository, or Personal Writing
- Gabby McGinty (1st place, 2023, 111) – “The Journey of Working through Delayed Grief”
- Nilaya Dhamat (2nd place, 2023, 112) – “Not Binary”
- Caroline May (3rd place, 2023, 200) – “Rooted In Nature: Exploring the Interconnectedness of Literacy and Perception of the Natural World
- Maria Derynioski (1st place, 2022, 112) – “Please Remain Seated Until the Bus Comes to a Complete Stop”
- Madeline Pugmire (2nd place, 2022, 112) – “Repair”
- Ryan Humphrey (3rd place, 2022, 112) – “Three and a Half Minutes”
UNIV 111/112/200: Analysis, Synthesis, or Research Writing
- Nilaya Dhamat (1st place, 2023, 112) – “The Effects of American Society’s Power Imbalance on Racial Minorities”
- Teagan Hilgenberg (2nd place, 2023, 112) – “Forever Belonging in Nature”
- Delaney Fauber (3rd place, 2023, 112) – “Who am I? You Tell Me”
- Lila Ann Nossen (1st place, 2022, 112) – “The Facilitation of Belonging: Nature, Spaces, and Land”
- Sabrina Rodock (2nd place, 2022, 112) – “Bowling for Bliss (Is Ignorance Really Bliss)?”
- Julia Alice Zipp (3rd place, 2022, 112) – “An Exploration of ‘Home'”
UNIV 111/112: Argument with Research
- Annabel Chilton (1st place, 2023, 112) – “A Metamorphosis of the Past”
- Meagan Hamilton (2nd place, 2023, 112) – “Blood Shortages and the Conversation of Blood Bans”
- Vickie Civil (3rd place, 2023, 111) – “The Nuances of Consent: Prisoners and Medical Experiments”
- Zeeshan Athar (1st place, 2022, 112) – “Dadaab Refugee Camp: to Close or not to Close?”
- Ramsey Knab (2nd place, 2022, 112) – “Normalizing Sex Work”
- Nina Lam (3rd place, 2022, 112) – “To Revitalize a Community”
UNIV 200: Researched Argument
- Oona Schreur (1st place, 2023) – “Reading Riot Acts: Unpacking the Riot Grrrl Movement”
- Izze Sheppard (2nd place, 2023) – “Let’s Not Rush to The Moon: A Critique of NFTs and the Greater Crypto Sphere”
- Alexander Burdette (3rd place, 2023) – “Disability Accommodation and Improving Accessibility in Public Transportation”
- Ali Funk (1st place, 2022) – “The Issue of the Reid Technique as Applied to Juvenile Interrogation”
- Kiya Lawler (2nd place, 2022) – “Land of the ‘Free’ Home of the Incarcerated”
- Michael Di Costanzo (3rd place, 2022) – “The Inconvenient Truth of Vinyl’s Comeback in the United States”
UNIV 111/112/200: Reflective Writing
- Sedenia Dawit (2023, 111) – “Errbody Know What Dis Song’s About”
UNIV 111/112: Common Book Essay
- Grace Newton (2023, 111) – “How White Privilege is Prevalent in the Twentieth Century: Prejudice Involved in the Case of Bruce Tucker””
Multimodal Projects, UNIV 112/200
UNIV 112 contest winners: multimodal projects
- Benita Amouzou (1st place, 2023) “What’s in a Name?” (author bio)
- Emily Beilman (2nd place, 2023) “Portrait Gallery” (author bio)
- Nilaya Dhamat (3rd place, 2023) “Not Binary Scrapbook” (author bio)
- David Weiner (1st place, 2022) – “We Are All Here” (author bio)
- Caroline May (2nd place, 2022) – “Notes on Grief” [screen reader version here] (author bio)
- Ryan Humphrey (3rd place, 2022) – “Three and a Half Minutes” (multimodal version) (author bio)
UNIV 200 contest winners: multimodal translation, transformation or remediation project
- Katie Marshall (1st place, 2023) “Red Cup Rebellion” (author bio)
- John McKean (2nd place, 2023) “Guide to a Creative Classroom/Bring Creativity to Your Classroom” (author bio)
- Michael Crawley (3rd place, 2023) “Music Therapy To Treat Veterans With PTSD/Music Therapy to treat PTSD” (author bio)
- Kang Bae (1st place, 2022) – “Identity Crisis” (author bio)
- Amelia Roberts (2nd place, 2022) – “Technology vs. Society” (author bio)
- Hayley Ko (3rd place, 2022) – “How to Boost Happiness for Hospitalized Patients” (author bio)
Oral Presentations
For several years, the department also honored the best in-class presentations as part of the annual VC-Utalk Student Speaker series, which took place in the spring term during the FI EXPO. See these public student presentations by clicking on the links below.