First-year Composition

• First Place: Cadet Justin Klein (International Studies major, Class of 2013), “The Dangerous Illusion of ‘Gun-Free Campuses.’”  Instructor: Mrs. Sue Coleman-Croushorn

Writing Across the Curriculum

• Capstone Courses and Departmental Honors Theses
  • First Place: Cadet Joshua Dixon (International Studies major with minors in mathematics and in science and security, 2010), “Iran: A Nuclear Power: What Ahmadinejad will do with a Nuclear Bomb.”  Instructor: BG Charles F. Brower
  • Second Place: Cadet John Curtis (History major with minors in philosophy and science and security, 2010), “A Man of Many Faces: Saint Paul and Early Christianity.”  Instructor: Col. Rosemary Sheldon
    
• Writing in the Disciplines
  • First Place: Cadet Tanner Sewell (Psychology major with minors in philosophy and writing, 2010), “Thomson’s Defense of Abortion: The Responsibility Objection and the Non-Existence Problem.”  Instructor: Dr. Duncan Richter
  • Second Place:  Cadet Jessie Rende (English major with a concentration in writing, 2011), “Marriage and Power in Shakespeare’s King Henry V.”  Instructor: Col. Emily Miller

Undergraduate Research Initiative

• First Place:  Cadet Saif Vazquez (International Studies major, 2010),“Defense of the Dominican Military?  An Examination of the Dominican Military’s Role in Its Present Society and the Case for Disbandment.”  Instructor: Col. Richard Kilroy, Jr.
• Second Place:  Cadet Gerald Popko (Physics major with minors in astronomy and mathematics, 2010), “Imaging Polarimetry: Towards Mapping Galactic Magnetic Fields.”  Instructors:  Lt. Col. Daniela Topasna and Lt. Col. Greg Topasna
• Third Place:  Cadet Luke Leichty (English major with a concentration in writing, 2011), “Beowulf: Medieval and Modern.” Instructor:  Col. Alan Baragona

Institute Honors Program Senior Thesis

• Humanities/Social Sciences:  Cadet Even Rogers (English major with a concentration in writing, 2010), “The Postmodern Pilgrim: Portraits from the Road to Santiago.  Advisor: Col. Robert L. McDonald
• Science:  Cadet Cadet Dominik Wermus, (Double major in Physics and Applied Mathematics with minors in astronomy and writing, 2010), “The Effects of Stochastic Variables in the Startup of an Nd-YAG Laser.”  Advisors: Col. John Thompson and Col. Troy Siemers
• Engineering: Cadet Christopher Dommert (Civil Engineering major, 2010), “Low Budget Arsenic Treatment for Lesser Developed Countries.” Advisor: BG R. Wane Schneiter