Baldwin Wallace's Ovation 2021 Day of Excellence was held as a virtual event this year, but the student success highlighted throughout the day was no less stellar than in the past.
Ovation is open to BW students in all majors and programs. It seeks to celebrate academic achievement and elevate awareness regarding the scholarly and creative endeavors of BW students who make an original contribution to a discipline or career field.
The Ovation annual celebration of student achievement included more than 50 student projects in the areas of health, education, music, STEM, business, science, mathematics, computing and social sciences.
The projects were presented online with videos and posters, and viewers were able to submit comments and questions from 10 a.m. until noon. Presentations are available for viewing until May 1.
The ever-popular "Ovation Soapbox" was live streamed by the BW Brain Center for Community Engagement.
Students got up on the Ovation Soapbox and advocated for issues they feel passionate about. Topics included hunger, mental health, identity awareness and more.
Recordings of all the presentations are available on the Brain Center's Facebook page at facebook.com/BWBrainCenter.
A virtual opening ceremony and presentation of honors awards opened the day. Below are the students who were recognized.
Will
Richmond
Prize
in
Photography
Steve
Schuster
Ryan
R.
Cross
'97
Scholarship
Gregory
Steinberger
Susan
Zanetti
Family
Scholarship
Arundhati
Gupta
Melissa
Trifiletti
Award
in
Women's
Leadership
Salayna
Hritz
A.
Fred
Crossman
Leadership
Prize
Bryce
Kessler
The
Professor
David
Prok
Humanitarian
Award
for
Social
Justice
in
Sex
and
Gender
Diversity
Emily
Hathcock
Outstanding
Senior
Awards
-
Class
of
2021
Hana
Najm
Erin
Neff
Aubrey
Baumler
Justin
Lew
Emma
Hubbard
Clare
Helmer
Haley
Wieszczecinski
Elijah
Green
Stanley
Bleich
Chris
Bradshaw
Carmel
Family
Business
Scholarship
Gregory
Steinberger
The
Dr.
Sardari
L.
and
Sunita
Arora
Scholarship
Bryan
Parnitzke
The
Lauria
Concerto
Competition
Jacob
Kaminski
The
Mel
&
Jenna
Hakola
Prize
for
Academic
and
Vocal
Excellence
Colette
Caspari
Pavsek
Award
for
Excellence
in
Economics
Corey
Friedrich
Thomas
"Jake"
Beyer
Award
Caroline
Pali
Suzanne
Claflin
Strew
Dance
Scholarship
Jimmy
Contakis
Julia
Confer
The
Dr.
Lee
J.
Tressel
Scholarship
Kamaria
Montgomery
Lillian
and
Larry
D.
Bibbee
Scholarship
Kiliyah
Mair
John
F.
and
Ida
E.
Gibler
Scholarship
Anxhela
Dalipi
Heather
Guiley