Past Winners

The scholarship was founded in the 2012-2013 school year as a way to show Honors Graduation’s support for our future leaders. Browse the archives to see previous winners.


2023 Build A Better Future Scholarship

PROMPT

Using the LAUNCH framework for design thinking, create a project designed to improve your community. Work includes a proposal, artifact/prototype, and final reflection.

Winners

2022 Build A Better Future Scholarship

PROMPT

Using the LAUNCH framework for design thinking, create a project designed to improve your community. Work includes a proposal, artifact/prototype, and final reflection.

Winners

2021 Design A Better Future Scholarship

Prompt

Using the design thinking cycle, create a project designed to improve your community. Work included a proposal, artifact/prototype, and final reflection.

Winners
  • Kayla Klurman- Top Winner, receiving $5,000 grant money to continue funding her project
  • Ishva Mehta
  • Hannah Storrs
  • Alexis Brotherton
  • Ben Kim, Swetha Palakur, & Johnathan Polucha
Prize Amount

$10,000 for each project towards their college tuition.
$5,000 grant awarded to the top winner to continue funding their project

Their Work

Kayla Klurman– Kayla’s Care Bags

Read Kayla’s blog post featuring her project here.

Ishva Mehta– The COVID Literacy Project

Read Ishva’s blog post featuring her project here.
See Ishva’s website here.
See Ishva’s video here.

Hannah Storrs– Your Voice Counts

Read Hannah’s blog post featuring her project here.
See Hannah’s YouTube Channel here.

Alexis Brotherton– Agriculture Field Day

Read Alexis’s blog post featuring her project here.

Ben Kim, Swetha Palakur, & Johnathan Polucha– Parkinson’s Disease Keyboard

Read their blog post featuring their project here.

Watch their submission video here.

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2020 Design A Better Future Scholarship

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Prompt

Using the design thinking cycle, create a project designed to improve your community. Work included a proposal, artifact/prototype, and final reflection.

Winners
  • Cailtlin Gill
  • Oumou Kaba
  • Hilton Stallworth
  • Ziora Ajeroh
  • Sarah Lee & Angela Rhee
Prize Amount

$10,000 for each project towards their college tuition

Their work

Caitlin Gill

http://www.specialwordsforspecialpeople.com/

Read our blog post on Caitlin here.

Oumou Kaba

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C67QwXEBPPE

https://www.instagram.com/herworldunited/?igshid=1usoja7eo3erw

Hilton Stallworth

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XlyCgB6HsWi24gmxCTLweeYZ0FTWb8YP/view

Read our blog post about his project here.

Ziora Ajeroh

Sarah Lee & Angela Rhee

Read about their work on this blog post.

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2019 Design A Better Future Scholarship

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Prompt

Using the design thinking cycle, create a project designed to improve your community. Work included a proposal, artifact/prototype, and final reflection.

Winners
  • Anthony Neil Tan (top awardee who will receive an additional $5,000 toward funding another iteration of his project)
  • Xelah Baca
  • Elizabeth Hansen
  • Sruthi Kundur
  • Cobi Reed
Colleges
  • Anthony, UC Berkeley
  • Xelah, Colorado State University
  • Elizabeth, Marquette University in Milwaukee
  • Sruthi, Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale
  • Cobi, Texas Tech University
Prize Amount

$10,000 each toward college tuition

Their Work

Anthony Neil Tan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G66HfL5aUto

Xelah Baca

Elizabeth Hansen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLQQjCqQZ2k

Sruthi Kundur

Cobi Reed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMg3StLO7Fs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1C-Z4c0gOg

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2018 Design A Better Future Scholarship

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Prompt

Using the design thinking cycle, create a project designed to improve your community. 3 rounds included a proposal, artifact/prototype, and final reflection.

Winners
  • Bryan Banuelos (top awardee who will receive an additional $5,000 toward funding another iteration of his project
  • Austin Fitzgerald
  • William Rand
  • Alexis Showalter
  • Isaac Stone
Colleges
  • Bryan will be attending University of Utah.
  • Austin will be attending University of Chicago.
  • William will be attending St. Olaf College.
  • Alexis will be attending Illinois State University.
  • Isaac will be attending Washington University in St. Louis.
Prize Amount

$10,000 each toward college tuition

Their Work

Bryan’s Warrior Dream Program:

Austin’s MindStrings violin tutoring program:

William’s OHBreathe wellness program:

Alexis’ CyberCitizens tech class business for seniors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEtOoPigCJA&feature=youtu.be Isaac’s Invisible Cane device to assist the blind to navigate surroundings

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2017 Multimedia Scholarship

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PROMPT
  • Represent your views about the concepts of education vs. learning.
WINNERS
  • Creative Writing: Chloe O’Donnell, accepted
  • Music: Caroline Guske, accepted
  • Video: Sunny Turner, accepted
  • Art: Joshua Hineman, accepted
  • Photography: Matthew Zarrelli, accepted
COLLEGES
  1. Chloe will be attending Tisch School of Drama at New York University.
  2. Caroline will be attending the Berklee College of Music.
  3. Sunny will be attending Lynn University.
  4. Joshua will be attending Point Park University.
  5. Matthew will be attending the University of Central Florida.
PRIZE AMOUNT

$1,000 each toward college tuition

THEIR WORK

Chloe’s creative writing piece: “What a Creative Memoir”

Click here for the pdfCaroline’s music piece: “Silenced by the Bell”Click here for the lyrics

Sunny’s video: “Where Does the Good Go?” https://vimeo.com/203023301 Joshua’s art piece: “Outside of the Box”

Matthew’s photography piece: “Weight of the World”

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2016 Multimedia Scholarship

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PROMPTS
  • Describe an experience of ownership over your learning and why it was meaningful.
  • What is your opinion on how education affects the quality of life?
WINNERS
  • Creative Writing: Rebekah Albach, accepted
  • Music: Collin Anderson, accepted
  • Video: Lucy Devin, accepted
  • Art: Jane Shallcross, accepted
  • Photography: Brooke Wright, accepted
COLLEGES
  1. Rebekah will be attending Wellesley College
  2. Collin will be attending Brigham Young University
  3. Lucy will be attending the University of Colorado Boulder
  4. Jane will be attending Western Washington University
  5. Brooke will be attending Mesa Community College, Red Mountain Campus
PRIZE AMOUNT

$1,000 each toward college tuition

THEIR WORK

Rebekah’s creative writing piece: “Jipipapa”

Click here for the pdfCollin’s music piece: “Bold”

Click here for the lyricsLucy’s video: “The Box”

Jane’s art piece: “Ripples”

Ripples

Brooke’s photography piece: “Engulfed”

Brooke Wright- Submission

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2015 Multimedia Scholarship

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PROMPT

What does it mean to be a contributing member of society?

WINNERS
  • Art: Ashtyn Berry, accepted
  • Music: Blake Bogenrief, accepted
  • Video: Isiah Bowie, accepted
  • Creative Writing: Diamond Patrick, accepted
  • Photography: Moriah Yeh, accepted
COLLEGES
  • Ashtyn Berry will be attending the University of Utah
  • Blake Bogenrief will be attending the University of Iowa
  • Isiah Bowie will be attending the University of Kansas
  • Diamond Patrick will be attending the University of St. Thomas
  • Moriah Yeh will be attending Northwestern University
PRIZE AMOUNT

$1,000 for each

THEIR WORK

Ashtyn’s art piece:

leavebehindatrailofgreen

Blake’s music piece (lyrics here):

Isiah’s video:

Diamond’s creative writing piece:Click here to view the pdfMoriah’s Photos:

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2014 Essay Scholarship

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Prompts
  1. What is an important issues your field is facing today and how will you contribute to changing it?
  2. How will your desired occupation influence society, whether at an individual or global standpoint?
  3. What motivates you and how will you apply that to your college education and beyond?
Winners
  1. Christine Lee, accepted
  2. Anderson Vereyken, accepted
  3. Jamie Lagman, accepted
  4. Tory Rose Full, accepted
  5. Nakoma Ehrhart, accepted
Colleges
  1. Christine will be attending University of Southern California
  2. Anderson will be attending U. C. Irvine
  3. Jamie will be attending U. C. Davis
  4. Tory will be attending U. C. Berkeley
  5. Nakoma will be attending University of Kentucky
Prize Amount

$1,000 for each

Their essays
  1. Christine’s essay here
  2. Anderson’s essay here
  3. Jamie’s essay here
  4. Tory’s essay here
  5. Nakoma’s essay here

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2013 Essay Scholarship

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Prompt

What experience in school, but outside the classroom, changed your life or helped you learn a valuable lesson?

Winner

Morgan Ruesch

College

University of Utah

Prize Amount

$1,000

His essay

2013 Winner PDF

Where is he now?

“I am doing well and have had a successful year of school so far. I am incredibly grateful for the scholarship that I received from Honors Graduation. You say it is a fairly small scholarship in comparison to others, but in reality it has been a huge help for me. Last summer I worked hard to pay for this school year but still did not have enough to make it through the whole year. The scholarship I received from you gave me the money I needed to make it through this year debt free. It was enough to pay for both semesters of books and several class fees as well. That was a great help! I am still attending Utah State University. My major is Mechanical Engineering with an emphasis in aerospace. Currently, I am a sophomore and plan to graduate in May of 2016. This major is very demanding on a students time and having the help of this scholarship gave me the chance to focus more on my studies than on working. I wouldn’t be able to get nearly as good of grades if I was spending more time working. Once again, I really appreciate the opportunity to receive this scholarship. It has been a great help in my education.”

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