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2021 WRD Excellence in Composition Awards

Congratulations to all of our undergraduate award recipients! 

 

Essay or Other Written Project


First Place

“Health, Society, and Soul: African American Relation to Food Proposal and Annotated Bibliography”

Project Creator: Piper Eades


Second Place

“#YesAllWomen”

Project Creator: Abigail Mitchell


Honorable Mention

“The Literacy and the Illicit”

Project Creator: Meghan Brockman


Documentary or Other Film


First Place

“Fighting Crowded Dorms & Empty Plates”

Project Creators: Kaylee Becknell, Bruno Athie Teruel, Rae Cascio, Riley Droppleman, Meg Samuel

 

Second Place

“The Freshman Fight: Eating Disorders”

Project Creators: Lexi Crockett, Paige Finkbonner, Ellen Roof, Marena Warta

 

Honorable Mention

#HonorDiversity

Project Creators: Margaret Connor, Kinley Jarvis, Anne Nombe, Lilly Swanz

 

Photo Essays


First Place

“Health, Society, and Soul: The African American Relation to Food”

Project Creator: Piper Eades


Second Place (tied)

“What's Eating 2nd and 3rd Generation Immigrants?”

Project Creator: Kayla Borland


Second place (tied)

“AFRICAN AMERICANS AT UK”

Project Creator: Nevaeh Eggleston

 

Honorable mention

"A Look Inside Isolation"

Project Creator: Kathryn Theodore

 

Websites


First Place (Tied)

“The Decline of Appalachian Coal Communities”

Project Creator: Chris Gray

 

First Place (Tied)

“YouTube's Bias Against LGBTQ+ Creators”

Project Creators: Grace Moehring, Nate Peters, Susanna Moser, Cooper Moore

 

Honorable Mention

“Reproductive Healthcare Access”

Project Creators: Rebecca Ahn, Katie (Katelyn) Collins, Eleni Karelis, Kaitlyn Keeley, Alencia Simpson


Honorable Mention

“Bluegrass Music in Kentucky”

Project Creators: Tyler Gash, Olivia Greene, Patrick Yopp, William Molloy, Emily Bradburn

 

Honorable Mention

“Immigration in Kentucky”

Project Creators: Christine Argus, Matt McCarter II, Connor Ryken

 

Podcasts


First Place

“How Stella Donnelly Helped Shape the #Metoo​ Movement”

Project Creator: Elizabeth Drawe