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            The Celebration of Scholarship is one of the most important academic events on the Shawnee State University campus, and its purpose is to celebrate the achievements of its students in both the arts and academics.
            The event showcases student research and provides students with the opportunity to present their work to both faculty and student audiences. Students collaborate with faculty as mentors as part of scholarship and course-based work.
            The 2010 Celebration of Scholarship is showcasing a faculty research project, “The Santa Project” by Mattie Burton, Ph.D., and Mary Kate Dilt-Skaggs, MSN.
            “This project is an evidence-based project designed around the year-end holiday to teach levels of evidence to nurses in a fun and collaborative way,” Burton said.
            Two monetary awards will be given out for outstanding research, the Deans’ Awards and the Clark Memorial Library Awards.
            A $400 Excellence in Research award and a $100.00 award for the runner-up is sponsored by Clark Memorial Library to recognize excellence in research for a student paper presented during the 2010 Celebration of Scholarship. The library award recognizes excellence in an undergraduate research project that demonstrates use of the university library collections, information literacy and research skills. All submissions must be e-mailed to Connie Stoner at csalyers@shawnee.edu or delivered to Clark Memorial Library before Tuesday, March 16.
            The Deans’ Awards to undergraduate scholarship recognize ten outstanding students’ creative efforts, scholarly activities or public service activities. Each award is $100. All submissions must be e-mailed or delivered to Pat Spradlin at pspradlin@shawnee.edu before Tuesday, March 16.
            For more information on these awards, go to http://www.shawnee.edu/off/cml/celebrationsch/celebrationsch.html.
            A campus-wide cookout will close the Celebration of Scholarship on Friday, April 9 at noon. Everyone in the university community is invited to the cookout.
             The Ohio Writing Institute, a regional group sponsored by the Ohio Board of Regents and comprised of twenty local high school teachers will also participate in the Celebration of Scholarship.
            Door prizes will be awarded at a drawing at the conclusion of Drumm’s presentation on Friday afternoon. The top prize will be an Amazon e-book reader. Other prizes include gift cards and certificates for local merchants.
            The student body, faculty and the public are invited to these presentations and all of the student presentations. The Celebration of Scholarship is sponsored by SSU’s Development Foundation and the United States Enrichment Corporation.