{"id":11523,"date":"2020-12-09T20:53:41","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T20:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/rasc25\/?page_id=11523"},"modified":"2025-07-11T14:56:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T14:56:03","slug":"graduate-three-minute-thesis-competition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/rasc25\/graduate-three-minute-thesis-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Three Minute Thesis Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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2024 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 2024 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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Haylie Bradshaw<\/strong><\/h6>\n
Teachers\u2019 and Preservice Teachers\u2019 Perceptions of Giftedness<\/a><\/h6>\n
School Psychology Program S.S.P.<\/h6>\n

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Kristina Gray<\/h6>\n
This is Rubbish!<\/a><\/h6>\n
Chemistry M.S.<\/h6>\n

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Dana Sain<\/h6>\n
Be a Superhero<\/a><\/h6>\n
Doctor of Nursing Practive D.N.P.<\/h6>\n

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3MT Competitors<\/th>\nProgram<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Kaleb Ambrose<\/td>\nHigher Education Student Affairs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hunter Bishop<\/td>\nChemistry<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Haylie Bradshaw<\/td>\nSchool Psychology Program<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Isabel Couture<\/td>\nHigher Education Student Affairs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kristina Gray<\/td>\nChemistry<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Daniel Hamill<\/td>\nClinical Psychology<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lynne Hudson<\/td>\nFine Arts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aimee Kling<\/td>\nEnglish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brooklyn Rogers<\/td>\nHistory<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dana Sain<\/td>\nDoctor of Nursing Practice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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

Dr. Aarti Bellara<\/p>\n

Patrice Brown<\/p>\n

Dr. Sam Castleblanco<\/p>\n

Dr. Megan Gangel<\/p>\n

\u00a0Chad Hallyburton<\/p>\n

Dr. Sarah Jackson<\/p>\n

Dr. Rangika Koralege<\/p>\n

Dr. Emily Virtue<\/p>\n

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