The Marymount Library welcomed faculty, staff and a group of student scholars and their family on Tuesday evening for the third annual Scholars Celebration. Guests assembled to learn about the wide range of scholarship being conducted at Marymount in a collegial atmosphere and to honor the eleven students nominated for this year’s Student Scholar Awards.The festive evening included a series of brief talks by a number of faculty and staff discussing recent scholarship activities, ranging from the completion of doctoral dissertations to conference presentations to updates to long-range projects. In his presentation, Andrew Ogilvie (adjunct professor, English) noted approvingly a recurring theme throughout the evening – an emphasis on improving teaching and learning, which echoes Marymount’s tradition as a student-centric institution. In between the “lightening round” presentations, guests mingled over light snacks to talk about their work and to view the displays highlighting their intellectual pursuits.
The evening ended with the presentation of the Student Scholar Awards, which acknowledges a high level of achievement in research and scholarship by undergraduate students. Melanie Sellar (Education Services Librarian) spoke to the strengths of each of the eleven nominees: Lauren Bufano, Jacqueline Cootes, Kendra Kastelan, Chelsea Kirk, Karla Korson, Kaitlin Lopez, Megan Margeson, Brent Roeder, Jovana Smith, Maxine Vasquez, and Adonis Williams. Sellar noted that the crowded field of excellent candidates made it difficult for the judges to select the two winners and congratulated all the nominees on their work. The winners of this year’s awards went to Kendra Kastelan and Chelsea Kirk.
Check out the event photos and slideshow of select Marymount scholarship accomplishments this year.
