{"id":11654,"date":"2021-03-02T19:32:10","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T19:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/rasc21\/?page_id=11654"},"modified":"2021-03-24T14:44:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T14:44:10","slug":"2021-competition-finalists","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/rasc21\/2021-competition-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 Competition Finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; disabled_on=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Hero&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243; background_color=&#8221;rgba(31,31,31,0)&#8221; parallax=&#8221;on&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0|0px|0px|false|false&#8221; transparent_background=&#8221;on&#8221;][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.0&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;66px|0px|0|0px|false|false&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.3.4&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.3.4&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.3.4&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\">2021 Featured Presentation Competition<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span>The 2021 Research &amp; Scholarship Conference is hosting an academic award competition for Graduate and Undergraduate students. Winners will be announced on March 24th, 2021. A graduate and undergraduate student will be named in 3 thematic areas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The 2021\u00a0Featured Presentation Competition\u00a0accepted abstracts and artist statements for consideration in three thematic areas based on the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sdgs.un.org\/goals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"learn-more\">UNITED NATIONS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGS).<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>Abstracts and statements have been juried by a panel of experts in the following thematic areas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Theme 1: Cultural Awareness, Diversity Equity &amp; Inclusion, and Peace &amp; Justice<\/em>\u00a0<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Theme 2: Sustainable Progress and Future Innovation<\/em>\u00a0<span>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Theme 3: Health &amp; Well-being, Partnerships, and Regional Impact or Engagement<\/em><\/p>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=&#8221;@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9wYWdlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6IjExNjc0In19@&#8221; 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