Thomas Jefferson Essay winners

Three students have won top honors in this year's Thomas Jefferson Essay Competition. They are Stephanie Newbold, Daniel Callaway and Andrea Petrini.

Last night the students that participated in the Thomas Jefferson

Essay Competition were honored at our annual dinner. In addition the

three prize winners were announced.

The students who submitted essays are:

Shannon Brown

Daniel Callaway

Joshua Carver

William Duffy

Amy Miller

Elizabeth Moody

Benjamin Moody

Stephanie Newbold

Robert Patterson

Angela Petrini

Joanne Pruitt

Laura Richardson

Neil Smith

Jessica Vitak

Emily Waschak

If you are in touch with any of these students, please

congratulate them for participating. All of the essays were

excellent.

While all were excellent, three were deemed to be especially

noteworthy.

The third prize winner ($400) was Andrea Petrini, a rising sophomore

majoring in journalism from Vineland, New Jersey. The title of her

essay was “The Enlightenment of Thomas Jefferson”. Andrea’s academic

advisor is Don Grady.

Second prize ($600) was awarded to last year’s winner, Daniel

Callaway, a senior music theater major. His academic advisor is

Catherine McNeela. The title of his paper was “Thomas Jefferson:

Minister of Enlightenment”. After graduation, Dan will be moving to

London and starring in a musical version of “Little Women”.

The first prize ($1,000) was awarded to Stephanie Newbold for her

essay, “The Influential Legacy of Thomas Jefferson”. Stephanie

is working in the Chief of Staff’s office at the White House this

semester as part of her Washington Center experience. Stephanie, who

was in attendance, will graduate in May 2001. Her academic advisor is

Betty Morgan.

We congratulate Stephanie, Dan, and Andrea.

I want to thank Jim Barbour, Clyde Ellis, Joan Gundersen, Rosemary

Haskell, Richard McBride, Betty Morgan, Doni Wilson, George Troxler,

and all other faculty for their efforts with the contest this year.

All faculty who encouraged students to participate should also be

applauded. Special thanks to Mark Albertson for all his efforts and

Jane Gilliam for being the infrastructure that ties everything

together. Of course, we must also remember Philip Carret who made

this whole thing possible.

John Burbridge