Winner Archives
Winner Archives
Here you will find the Multimodal Writing Contest winners for each year the contest was held. Winners are organized by year and academic discipline. We invite professors of all areas of study to introduce their classes to this website, as there are always winners from every vein of academia.
2024 Winners
2024 Multimodal Contest Winners:
Welcome to the 2024 Contest Winners! The Grand Prize Winner for this year comes from Campus Involvement, with James Hemmingway’s Celebrating 10 Years of the Gender and LGBTQIA Center. Congratulations to him, and congratulations to all of the winners from this year. Let’s take a look at the rest!
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School of Arts and Sciences:
🏆 Winner: Anna Vassallo ‘24 (Economics & Psychology)
Anna won with her project, “Police Officer Interrogation Tactics: Adolescent Suspects & Suspects with Mental Illness”. Anna’s project targets educated individuals with a basic understanding of psychology, who are specifically interested in the nuances of police interrogation tactics. It explores differences in approaches when interviewing adolescents and suspects with mental illness, shedding light on how police settings affect investigations.
Runner-up Delaney Guidi created a poster entitled, “The Muffler.”
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School of Communications:
🏆 Winners: Claire Cohen ‘25 (Cinema & TV Arts & Marketing)
Claire’s, “Somewhere Between Pigs and Anchovies” is for anyone who enjoys nature documentaries, satire, and mockumentaries. It aims to engage a broad audience that includes college students, teachers, alumni, and anyone connected to college life, hoping viewers find the film both enjoyable and relatable.
Runner-up Jenna Manderioli wrote an article called, “Finding Folk: The Festival of Discovery.”
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School of Education:
🏆 Winner: Mandy Hefferman ‘24 (Psychology)
Mandy’s advocacy brief, “Outdoor Education: The Lack of Access in Fairfield County” focuses on the lack of educational resources. It is intended for K-12 students and their families, specifically addressing Connecticut’s State Department of Education and school officials to implement new policies.
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School of Health and Sciences:
🏆 Winner: Kyle Lambert ‘23 (Physician Assistant) & Allison Russo’23 (Physician Assistant)
Kyle and Allison’s project, “Skin Deep” leverages YouTube Shorts and TikTok to educate about dermatological conditions with visual examples. They highlight conditions affecting people with darker skin tones, using humor to make clinical facts more engaging.
Runner-ups Alex Miller, Nick Bush & Chaney Patton created their poster called, “How Does Dual Tasking Effect Gait in Individuals Who Use Prosthetics?” ______________________________________________________________________________
School of Law:
🏆 Winner: Jennifer Benavides (Law)
Jennifer won for her video, “Interview with Dean Kramer.” This video is meant to resonate with first-generation law students. The point of creating this video is to discuss common misconceptions that many students may have when entering law school.
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Campus Involvement:
🏆 James Hemmingway ‘25 (Marketing & Public Health)
James Hemmingway created a commemorative booklet titled “Celebrating 10 Years of the Gender and LGBTQIA Center”. The booklet was given out to attendees in print to show the history of the GLC and sent out in digital form via email to donors, alumni, faculty, staff, and students.
Runner-up Kara Mckinley created a video titled, “The Kernodle Center: The Heart of Civic Life”
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2023 Winners
2023 Multimodal Contest Winners
Welcome to the winners summary for the 2023 Multimodal Contest, with eight schools and winners for this year. The Grand Prize Winner for this year comes from the School of Communications. The winning piece was created by Olivia Archer ’23 from the iMedia program. Congratulations to Olivia, and congratulations to all of the winners from this year. Let’s take a look at the rest!
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School of Health Sciences
🏆 Winner: Alexander Japit ’24 (Physical Therapy)
This submission, titled Medical Qigong and Polyvagal Theory, is by Alexander Japit, a graduate student at Elon University studying Physical Therapy. This video was produced for anyone interested in Medical Qigong or mind-body exercises, but could be particularly beneficial for physical therapy students or Qigong Practitioners. The project aims to inform and educate about Medical Qigong and its effects on the Vagus nerve, demonstrating its importance as a practice. Medical Qigong is not heavily discussed in healthcare, but mind-body practices have a lot of potential, making it imperative to teach about them.
Runner-up Emily ’23 created an infographic titled “Therapeutic Plasma Exchange.”
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School of Law
🏆 Winner: Constantina Palamaris ’23 (Law)
“Protecting Children From Evolving Online Threats”
Creator declined to grant public access.
Runner-up Morgan ’22 made an information website titled “North Carolina Juvenile Justice.”
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School of Communications
🏆 Winner: Oliva Archer ’23 (iMedia)
Olivia Archer, Elon grad ’22 and iMedia ’23, was this year’s grand prize winner. The submission, “If You Give a Pig a Pancake,” features child-like animations of the story. The creator used Adobe Illustrator to create this playful, two-dimensional piece to make this lighthearted work engage younger children. Archer aims to ultimately become a storyteller, which was successfully achieved through this piece.
Runner-up Caroline ’23 designed a project titled, “Multitudes.”
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School of Arts & Sciences
🏆 Winner: Greg Seegaly ’24 (Creative Writing) , Kai M ’24 (Music Production), Kai Whiteside ’25 (English Language and Literature)
This powerful video created by a group of undergraduate students calls attention to the lack of mental health support in our society. It functions to help others struggling with isolation, as well as calling out the ignorance and lack of support from other members of society. While the video is meant for groups of all backgrounds, the primary target for this video is the group of people suffering from the emotions depicted throughout the piece. The intent of this piece is to inspire change, inform those who lack education in suicidal ideation, and confront the lack of care and prioritization regarding this topic in modern society. Ultimately, the hope is to create a meaningful connection with those struggling with mental health issues and to help create more awareness for this same group of people.
Runner-up Jay ’23 created a timeline titled, “The Necessity of Violence in the Fight for Equality.”
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School of Business
🏆 Winner: Lucy Verdone ‘23 (Marketing), Claudia Flint ‘23 (Business Administration), Gianna Rella ‘23 (Marketing & Finance)
Lucy Verdone, Claudia Flint, and Gianna Rella created this business idea as an example of the methodology used to integrate a new business into an already competitive industry. They created their work as a teaching tool for new business development students. When presented in a global marketing class, this specific project was used as a pitch with the intent of entertaining and inspiring the audience with the creativity of both the product and the company.
Runners-up Joseph ’23, Gillian ’23, and Madison completed a PowerPoint slideshow titled “Hunting’s Financial Synopsis.”
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School of Education
🏆 Winner: Julia Strouse ‘24 (Middle Grades Education & Policy Studies)
Julia Strouse created this presentation as a tool to inform and persuade policymakers to make changes in terms of equity and access to disability resources for students in the United States. Multiple nodes of communication and appealing visuals were deliberately used to enhance the efficacy of the presentation. The presentation is aimed at policymakers, specifically those who work for the Department of Education, and could influence decisions made within state and local education systems.
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2022 Winners
2022 Multimodal Contest Winners:
We paused the competition in 2021 due to COVID-19. 2022 was our welcome back year for the Multimodal Contest, with eight schools and winners for this year. The Grand Prize Winner for this year comes from the School of Communications. The winning group consisted of: Noah Jordan, Michael Faccibene, Jess Kalinowski. Congratulations to them, and congratulations to all of the winners from this year. Let’s take a look at the rest!
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School of Arts and Sciences:
🏆 Winner: Emily Holland ‘22 (Strategic Communications)
Emily Holland’s infographic is titled “Peer Review Activities in Classrooms: Current Difficulties and Solutions.” This winning piece aims to aid individuals interested in peer editing to offer potential problems with the standard peer review process and inform them of possible solutions. Individuals involved with education such as teachers, college students in educational programs, parents or professors are the intended audience for this type of work.
Runner-up Kayla created a podcast entitled, “Nansemond River High School Vs. The Lion King: Copyright Claims.” ___________________________________________________________________________________________
School of Communications:
🏆 Winners: Noah Jordan ‘23 (Media Analytics), Michael Faccibene ‘22 (Strategic Communications, Media Analytics & Business) & Jess Kalinowski ‘22 (Strategic Communications & Media Analytics)
This group’s winning piece, “Reddit as a Marketing Tool,” was a project created for small business owners who are looking to grow their business in both popularity and sales. The purpose was to inform the audience about the untapped potential of Reddit as a marketing tool. The intention for the audience is to use the text as a guide for future company success in that field. This project uses visually appealing text and images that maintain a professional appearance to ensure the audience understands the message.
See the full project here.
Runner-up Ana created a motion design called, “Make your Bed.” ___________________________________________________________________________________________
School of Education:
🏆 Winner: Jack Corby ‘22 (Policy Studies)
Jack made an advocacy brief titled, “The Benefits of Place-Based Education (PBE) and the Need For More Research.” The project is for the superintendents of Washington DC, Houston, TX, and the Oakland, CA school districts. The brief is advocating for Place Based Education in those three districts, intended to inform those about PBE and highlight its needs. It uses clear, concise language, in depth background research and an emphasis on its message.
Runner-up Lila created an Advocacy Brief/Infographic called, “Supporting Breastfeeding in the Workplace.” ___________________________________________________________________________________________
School of Health and Sciences:
🏆 Winner: Jennifer Gehrin ‘17 (Exercise Science)
Jennifer made an infographic entitled, “Central Sensitization Patient Handout.” The infographic’s purpose is to provide education to patients about their pain that can be used during treatment to help physical therapists explain chronic pain in patient centered language. It can also be used as a tool to inform physical therapists that explain a patient’s diagnosis.
Runner-ups Brendal Vargo, Shannon Franklin & Nathan Tometich created their poster called, “Poor Concurrent Validity of Wearable Sensors for Joint Angle Measurement During Gait.” ___________________________________________________________________________________________
School of Law:
🏆 Winner: Cassandra Saxton (Law)
Cassandra won for her drawing, “A Word in 420.” The piece is for practicing law students, and is supposed to specify a complex emotion. This artwork represents the guilt and pressure that black law students are under, which is expressed visually, also using descriptive words.
Runner-up Destinee Astheimer created a video presentation titled, “Negotiating Service Agreements.” ___________________________________________________________________________________________
CORE:
🏆 Group Winners: Julianna Fazzino 25’ (Biochemistry), Abby Hollenbeck, Emma Brunell, Ben Kaplan & Alyssa Wise ‘25 (Acting & Arts Administration)
The winning group’s magazine is titled “The Crisis of Somalia: The Terror of Al-Shabab.” This booklet targets college students to educate them on this particular crisis in Somalia. It is also a useful tool for local organizations and research groups that explore this issue and other conflicts in similar declining countries.
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Campus Involvement:
🏆 Winner: Kayla Shaw ‘22 (Strategic Communications & Communication Design)
Kayla created Table Tents titled “Blue Ribbon Diner Seasonal Table Tents.” These table tents are designed to persuade people to try out one of Blue Ribbon Diner’s specialty seasonal milkshakes. The table tents strive to amplify in-store visitation by both new and loyal customers and frequent revisitation to exponentially increase revenue.
Runner-up MJ Segal created a Legal Brief titled, “Public Housing Eviction Due to Death of Guardian Brief.” ___________________________________________________________________________________________
Internship:
🏆 Winner: Lily Kays ‘23 (Political Science)
Lily’s podcast was called “Queer and Divine: Conversations with Spirit and Pride.” The podcast’s audience is intended to be students who identify with the LGBTQ+ community that also have a religious and spiritual identity (or lack thereof). It creates a space for guests to share their stories and educate each other about their messages, working to make them feel like they are not alone in their own journeys within an intersection that is not often discussed.
Listen to the full project here.
Runner-up Ridley Randolph created a promotional video entitled, “GLC Elon Day.”
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2020 Winners
2020 Multimodal Contest Winners
For this year, we had a total of eight submissions, with the School of Education being excluded. However, this is an exciting step in the right direction compared to the previous two years. The Grand Prize Winner for 2020 is Marjorie Anne, Coming from the School of Arts and Sciences for her piece titled, “Meeting Muslims.” Below is the complete list of 2020 winners from each school.
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School of Arts and Sciences
🏆 Winner: Marjorie Anne ’20 (Journalism)
This winning piece from the Grand Prize Winner is titled, “Meeting Muslims.” The piece is intended for individuals seeking to learn more about Islam and those who have inaccurate preconceived ideas about Muslims. It also is intended to act as a resource for journalists, teachers and students, in hopes to provide them with an alternative view of what practitioners of Islam look like in the United States.
The runner-up for this category was Nyah Britt for their piece about the Growth of Japanese Animation. ___________________________________________________________________________________________
School of Business
🏆 Winner: Charlotte Billingsley ‘21 (Entrepreneurship and Professional Sales)
This winning piece is titled, “Extremity.” Unfortunately the video is private, but it mimics a “shark tank style” format, where the audience targets investors. In addition, it’s intended for those who love to travel, take photos/videos and be adventurous. It aims to inspire people to live an extraordinary life. ___________________________________________________________________________________________
School of Communications
🏆 Winner: Kristie Chan ‘21 (Broadcast Journalism)
This winning piece is titled, “Trading Strikes for Strokes: A Paraplegic’s Journey of Perseverance.” This video targets the adult paraplegic community and uses the subject’s personal experiences to serve as a heartwarming and inspiring lesson to them. His lesson serves as a persuasive message to change the mindset of individuals who are overcoming a challenging obstacle.
The runner-up for this category was Anna Sizemore, who created an infographic titled, “Kill the USA Death Penalty.”
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School of Health and Sciences
🏆 Winner: Charles Franceschi
This winning piece is titled, “PFPS (Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome) Handout.”
The runner-up for this category was Megan Farrell, who created a short film titled, “AROM Cervical Lateral Flexion.” ___________________________________________________________________________________________
School of Law
🏆 Winner: Jackie Gauntlett ’19 (Doctor of Law)
This winning piece is titled, “Subject Matter Jurisdiction Flowchart.”
The runner up for this category, was Megan Reilly-Dreas for creating a podcast titled, “Torts Study Session.” ___________________________________________________________________________________________
CORE
🏆 Winner: Isabella Magliocchetti ‘20 (English Literature and Political Science)
This winning piece is titled, “Female Oppression in Sports Films: Intersecting with Socioeconomic Status and Feminine Stereotypes.”
The runner-up for this category is Shaun Goodman who created a TED Talk inspired piece titled, “3 Ways a Gap Year Abroad Enhances Your College Experience.” ___________________________________________________________________________________________
Internship
🏆 Winner: Anton Delgado ‘20 (Journalism and International/Global Studies)
This winning piece is titled “Wildfire-Vulnerable Communities Search for Ways to Live with Growing Threat.”
The runner-up for this category was Brooke Wilkens who created a brochure titled, “Greenwich at a Glance.” ___________________________________________________________________________________________
Campus Involvement
🏆 Winner: Alexandra Grillo ‘20 (Psychology)
This winning piece was titled “Do Infants Modify Their Manual Interactions with Objects When Trying to Stand in Different Contexts?”
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2019 Winners
2019 Multimodal Contest Winners
For this year, we had a total of five winners, and five categories that received submissions. The Grand Prize Winner for this year was Elena Hernandez in the School of Arts and Sciences, for her piece “Be Human Centered.” Congratulations Elena, and congratulations to everyone who participated this year. Let’s take a look at the rest!
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School of Arts and Sciences
🏆 Winner: Elena Hernandez ’19 (Communication Design)
This submission is titled “Be Human Centered.” She created interactive mini case study stories that, alongside online resources, give her audience tools to apply empathy in their work and daily lives. She included a creative component of letting her audience choose their own adventure scenarios highlighting the importance of an empathetic mindset and inspiring people to be more empathetic.
The runner-ups for this category were Imanol Yepez-Frias and Jerrod Tanner for a podcast posted on SoundCloud, called “Ohio Podcast Mixdown.”
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School of Business
🏆 Winners: Suzzanne Zenoni ’19 (Accounting), Jonathan Connolly ’20 (Accounting), and Caroline Resetar ’19 (Accounting)
This submission is titled “CJS Tutoring.”
The runner-up for this category was Stefanie Milovic, for a video posted on YouTube called “Pairing Paws Explainer Video.”
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School of Communications
🏆 Winner: Oliver Fischer ’19 (Journalism)
This submission is titled “Conservators Center Brings Big Cats to Burlington.”
The runner up for this category was Kaitlyn Heit, for a mock Instagram campaign post she created for Tarte Cosmetics.
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Graduate Program
🏆 Winner: Nan Yang ’20 (Doctor of Physical Therapy)
This submission is titled “Myotome Video.”
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Internship
🏆 Winner: Hannah Podhorzer ’19 (Communication Design and Public Health)
This submission is titled “Infographic Day Six.”
The runner up for this category was Noah Brown for an article he wrote called, “Raising Early Stage Capital: A Cautionary Tale.”
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2018 Winners
2018 Multimodal Contest Winners
This was the first year of the contest. Despite the fact that it was the first Multimodal Contest, there was an impressive turnout for submissions from some of the schools and more, including Student Life, Graduate Program, and COR. Even though there wasn’t a Grand Prize Winner and not every school was able to participate this year, the initial participants made a positive first impression.
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School of Arts and Sciences
🏆 Winner: Mackenzie Clarken ’18 (Strategic Communications)
This submission was titled Sophrosyne Tarot Deck.
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School of Business
🏆 Winners: Nicole Bunder ’18 (Strategic Communications and Professional Sales), Caroline McLaughlin ’18 (Business Administration), Alaina Fennell (Business Administration), and Campbell Wentworth-Ping ’18 (Business Administration)
This submission was titled The Fossil Group IMC Campaign.
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School of Communications
🏆 Winners: Maritza Gonzalez ’18 (Journalism), Juliana Walker ’18 (Journalism), Heather Munro ’18 (Journalism), Zachary Hrinuk ’18 (Journalism), and Matthew Williamson ’18 (Journalism)
This submission was titled The Faces of Homelessness in Alamance County.
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Graduate Program
🏆 Winner: Sarah Donahue ’18 (Interactive Media)
This submission was titled AstroGoldie and the Eight Planets.
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Student Life
🏆 Winner: Kayla Hoey ’18 (Journalism)
This submission was titled Panic: Pencil it In. Exploring high functioning
mental ilness in college-aged students.
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CORE
🏆 Winners: AJ Genovesi ’21 (Media Analytics), Molly Jenks ’21 (Journalism and Performing Arts), Caroline Mansfield ’21 (Strategic Communications and TV/Cinema Arts), Kristiana Ringer ’21 (Environmental and Sustainability Studies) and Jacob Whyte
This submission was titled AFGHANISTAN: AFLAME, AFFLICTED, OR AFLOAT.
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