Award Winners
The Dr. Diane A. Pfaltzgraff Capstone Seminar Award
Each semester, the Contemporary Perspectives instructors review their students’ seminar projects to select nominees for the Dr. Diane A. Pfaltzgraff Capstone Seminar Award, which recognizes outstanding liberal-professional scholarship. At the end of the semester, a panel of Philadelphia University faculty members review the nominated papers to select the winners of the first place, second place , and third place awards.
The winning authors will receive a cash award, and the winning projects will be posted on the College Studies web site as a showcase for our students’ accomplishments and as a resource for future Contemporary Perspectives students.
Spring 2014 Winners
Nathan Ellenberger: 1st Place
Human Capital Flight in the Globalized Market
Sara Angert: 2nd Place
Branding LGBT Rights in South Africa
Fall 2013 Winners
Catalina Gomez: 1st Place
Poorism as a Global Trend in the Field of Marketing
Rachel Heister: 2nd Place
The Growing Organic Movement Due to GMOs and Agrochemicals
Spring 2013 Winners
Daniel Arroyo: 1st Place
Increased Awareness About Gay Rights
Elizabeth Jones: 2nd Place
The Environmental and Socioeconomic Effects of Overfishing Due to the Globalization of the Seafood Industry
Audrey Kender: 3rd Place
Water Conservation as a Response to the Global Water Crisis
Fall 2012 Winners
Gerard McGarity: 1st Place
LGBT human rights: how social media and Israel are making global impacts
Megan Freeman: 2nd Place
Addressing violence against transgendered individuals
Nicole Marcano: 3rd Place
Mental health counseling for sex trafficking victims
Spring 2012 Winners
Sarah Schaub: 1st Place
Interior design responses to climate change
Trisha Castor: 2nd Place
The impact of the global animal rights movement on fashion design
Chris Adams: 3rd Place
The global integration of mobile technology in education
Fall 2011 Winners
Lauren Quast: 1st Place
Antibiotic contamination of world waterways
Danielle Plante: 2nd Place
The textile industry responds to the global malaria epidemic
Eric Torrens: 3rd Place
Robotics and automated construction
Spring 2011 Winners
Nancy Helmy: 1st Place
Economic and political factors in the struggle to prevent and treat malaria
Laura Burger: 2nd Place
Vaccination and the economic burden of meningitis in sub-Saharan Africa
Alexandrea Jared: 3rd Place
Globalization and the increase in organ trafficking
Fall 2010 Winners
Grace Candido
Women's rights and gender equality in the animation industry
Laura Farnen
The evolution of graffiti and its impact on international design practices
Scott Granato
Alternative fuel development in the chemical and automotive industries
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