Student Resilience Reflection Contest
From climate change to now a pandemic our world is changing. These changes are and will continue to impact our natural and social systems. In the spring of 2020, the Resilience Studies Consortium challenged students to creatively express what resiliency means to them in a changing world. Students across the RSC submitted reflections on "Resiliency in a Changing World".
Winners of the 2020 Student Resilience Reflection Contest
First place ($500)
Brenda Lanphear
Western Colorado University, MFA in Nature Writing program
Essay: “Reflections on Resiliency during a Global Pandemic”
Second Place ($200)
Evonne Ellis
Western Colorado University, MFA in Nature Writing program
Essay: “Resiliency in a Changing World: Reflections from Nature”
Third Place ($200)
Elizabeth Bauer
Western Colorado University, Master of Environmental Management
Essay: “The Sagebrush Gospel”
Fourth Place ($50)
Dijon Bell
Paul Smiths College, Psychology Major
Poem: “Downpour”
Fifth Place ($50)
Samantha Hunter
Western Colorado University, Master of Environmental Management
Essay: “Dear Abby”
From climate change to now a pandemic our world is changing. These changes are and will continue to impact our natural and social systems. In the spring of 2020, the Resilience Studies Consortium challenged students to creatively express what resiliency means to them in a changing world. Students across the RSC submitted reflections on "Resiliency in a Changing World".
Winners of the 2020 Student Resilience Reflection Contest
First place ($500)
Brenda Lanphear
Western Colorado University, MFA in Nature Writing program
Essay: “Reflections on Resiliency during a Global Pandemic”
Second Place ($200)
Evonne Ellis
Western Colorado University, MFA in Nature Writing program
Essay: “Resiliency in a Changing World: Reflections from Nature”
Third Place ($200)
Elizabeth Bauer
Western Colorado University, Master of Environmental Management
Essay: “The Sagebrush Gospel”
Fourth Place ($50)
Dijon Bell
Paul Smiths College, Psychology Major
Poem: “Downpour”
Fifth Place ($50)
Samantha Hunter
Western Colorado University, Master of Environmental Management
Essay: “Dear Abby”