The eighth annual McGraw-Hill Poster Contest is set for Friday, April 24 at 9:30 a.m. in the foyer of the Whatley Center for the Performing Arts at Northeast Texas Community College. This contest recognizes and rewards creative student scholarship in Northeast Texas. Area high school seniors, college and university students are welcome to compete. The first place prize is $400 with an added McGraw-Hill textbook coupon for $150. Second place will receive $300, third place $200 and fourth $100.† Some 20 community judges will determine a project?s contribution to scholarship, its persuasiveness and the quality of the poster?s overall appearance.
Since 2011, NTCC Presidential Scholars have dominated the contest. In that year, a non-honors history major, Jared Adams, won first place. Since then, Isaac Griffin (2012), Stephani Calderon (2013), and Noah Griffin (2014) have won the top prizes. All three were also winners of extremely competitive national awards such as the Guistwhite, the Jack Kent Cooke award, and the All-USA Team.
Students wishing to enter the contest should send an abstract of 100 words to Dr. Andrew Yox, Honors Director, at†ayox@ntcc.edu†explaining why their project represents an original work of scholarship by April 22. Yox can also offer advice and help regarding posters and protocol for the one-hour contest. The winners will be announced at 11 a.m. in the Whatley Foyer on April 24.
"NTCC sponsors are again indebted to McGraw-Hill Education corporation for financial assistance, and we thank Learning Technology Representative, Austin Hatzinger from Iowa for his special help," Yox said.
Visitors are welcome to learn from the contestants. Admission is free. Anyone wishing to participate should contact Yox. The winners of previous poster contests are displayed on the poster page at ntcc.edu/honors.
