Another Wilkes Honors College Student, Christina Turn, Receives National Recognition

Jan. 22, 2010: Wilkes Honors College student Christina Turn, has been selected from 190 entries nationwide for an award in a national civic engagement competition, by an esteemed panel of judges that includes the Dean of Iona College, a Columbia University Professor, and Charles Bass, former member of the House of Representatives.

The Wilkes Honors College now has had two of the honorable mention recipients in the first two national competitions held at ourvoiceourcountry.org.
Between the two competitions Wilkes Honors College students were competing against 753 other entries nationally. The earlier recipient, last September, was freshman Kelly Novinski.

The www.ourvoiceourcountry.org's Scholarship Competition requires participants to identify what they believe to be the most urgent problem facing our nation, and to nominate an expert in the field ready to post an achievable solution -- which may later be presented to key leaders in Congress as an outcome.

Ms. Turn chose "Ending the Cycle of Poverty  and Homelessness" as her topic.