{"id":11516,"date":"2020-12-09T20:51:03","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T20:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/rasc22\/?page_id=11516"},"modified":"2022-03-22T15:41:57","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T15:41:57","slug":"graduate-academic-paper-competition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/rasc22\/graduate-academic-paper-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Academic Paper Competition"},"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;4.15&#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; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.15&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;66px|0px|0|0px|false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.15&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.15&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.15.1&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\">Graduate Academic Paper Competition<\/h1>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Each year the Graduate School hosts an academic paper competition. This year students submitted work in two categories: <em>literature reviews\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>research papers.<\/em><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><em>&#8211; Papers are linked by title &#8211;<\/em><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Academic papers are judged by a faculty committee representing varied disciplines. One award winner will be chosen from each category and presented with a cash award during the Graduate Research Symposium Awards Ceremony scheduled for Thursday, March 24 at 4pm in A.K. Hinds University Center in the Grand Room.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>2022 Judges:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW123303866 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW123303866 BCX0\">Yancey Gulley<\/span><\/span><span class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW123303866 BCX0\"><span class=\"SCXW123303866 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><br class=\"SCXW123303866 BCX0\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW123303866 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW123303866 BCX0\">Andrew Bobilya<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW123303866 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW123303866 BCX0\">Kelly Tracy<\/span><\/span><span class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW123303866 BCX0\"><span class=\"SCXW123303866 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><br class=\"SCXW123303866 BCX0\" \/><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW123303866 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW123303866 BCX0\">Shamella Cromartie<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"EOP SCXW123303866 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.15.0&#8243; 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