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2025 Graduate 3-Minute Thesis Competition<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n

The 3MT competition is a presentation that lasts literally 3 minutes and highlights a student\u2019s thesis, dissertation, business plan, or scholarly project. It was started at the University of Queensland in Australia in 2008 and has now spread to more than 350 universities across the world. The purpose of the presentation style is to train students to condense and highlight their scholarly work to an educated, but diverse audience in preparation for job interviews, business interactions, and conversations with colleagues both inside and outside of their discipline.<\/p>\n

3MT\u00ae 2025 Award Winners<\/h4>\n

First Place: $500 Cash and $500 Spring Tuition Award
Second Place: $250 Cash and $250 Spring Tuition Award
People’s Choice: $250 Cash and $250 Spring Tuition Award<\/p>\n

Cash awards provided by the Graduate Student Association<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Kristina Gray<\/strong><\/h6>\n
Flooded with Microplastics<\/a><\/h6>\n
Chemistry, M.S.<\/h6>\n

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Kathryn Ross<\/h6>\n
Non-Autistic College Students\u2019 Openness to Friendship with an Autistic Peer: The Roles of Attitudes and Knowledge<\/a><\/h6>\n
School Psychology, S.S.P.<\/h6>\n

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Cameron Robinson<\/h6>\n
Bridging the Gap: Identifying and Supporting Students with Unidentified Preexisting Mental Health Needs<\/a><\/h6>\n
Educational Leadership, Ed.D.<\/h6>\n

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3MT Competitors<\/th>\nProgram<\/th>\nTitle<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Belal Abuarqub<\/td>\nEngineering and Technology<\/td>\nEliminating Interference: Redesigning Test Fixtures for Accurate Mountain Bike Analysis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andy Coe<\/td>\nEducational Leadership<\/td>\nEquitable Advising: Helping First-Generation Students Find Their Way<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tyler Duncan<\/td>\nProject Management<\/td>\nThe Family Legacy Network<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kayla Echevarria<\/td>\nBiology<\/td>\nFunctional Significance of Vocal Plasticity in Urban Song Sparrows<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kristina Gray<\/td>\nChemistry<\/td>\nFlooded with Microplastics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Watson Harlan<\/td>\nHistory<\/td>\nDemocracy, Clergy and Warriors: Frontier Wars, Acculturation and Gendered Developments of Social Classes within the Cherokee Nation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lynne Hudson<\/td>\nFine Arts<\/td>\nLarge Format Handmade Pigmented Paper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cameron Robinson<\/td>\nEducational Leadership<\/td>\nBridging the Gap: Identifying and Supporting Students with Unidentified Preexisting Mental Health Needs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Madeleine Rojas<\/td>\nSocial Work<\/td>\nFrom Environmental Disaster to Environmental Justice: A Post-Helene Study<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kathryn Ross<\/td>\nSchool Psychology<\/td>\nNon-Autistic College Students\u2019 Openness to Friendship with an Autistic Peer: The Roles of Attitudes and Knowledge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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3MT Judges<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Darden, Assistant Professor, College of Business
Dr. Marie-Line Germain, Professor, Human Resources and Leadership
Dr. Sam Castelblanco, Assistant Professor, Psychology
Dr. Curtis Beimborn, Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Physics
Dr. Melissa Mecadon-Mann, Assistant Professor, Counseling<\/p>\n

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