CCU Institutional Repository: Previous ORPA Winners

2024-2025

• Winner: Breck Frauenholtz for the paper, "Pauline Justification in Second Century Apologetics: Diognetus, Justin Martyr, and the New Perspective on Paul."
• Runner-Up: Sophia Schmidt for the paper, "The Benefits of Undergraduate Research Experiences in Molecular and Developmental Biology."

2023-2024

• Winner: Breck Frauenholtz for the paper, "Prominent Speech: Matthew's Use of Verb Tense-form in Imperfect and Present Verbs of Speech."
• Runner-Up: Jaden Nurmi for the paper, "The use of τε in the Acts of the Apostles."

2022-2023

• Winner: Julea Chappa for the paper, "How to Effectively Lower the Pump Price: Analysis of Gasoline Discount Programs in Lakewood Colorado."
• Runner-Up: Hannah Pipp for the paper, "More than mere existence: An anthropology of dynamic living."

2021-2022

• Winner: Isaac Rodgerson for the paper, "1 Clement and Unity: Tracing Threads of Hospitality, Brotherly Love, and Humility that Form the Figure of Unity."
• Runner-Up: Jessica Strock for the paper, "The Musical Journey of The Lord of the Rings."

2020-2021

• Winner: Michaela Hertrich for the paper, "Dying Well: Martyrdom and Salvation in BWV 57."
• Runner-Up: Grace Havel for the paper, "A Sweeping Movement: The Legacy of the Great French Harpists."

2019-2020

• Winner: Sarah Peters for the paper, "God's Hand in the Evangelism of Western Africa."
• Runner-Up: Micaela Burrow for the paper, "Ubuntu at Home and Abroad: A Pragmatic Analysis of Cross-Cultural Hospitality."

2018-2019

• Winner: Sheridan Brown for the paper, "In Manus Tuas, Domine: The Accusation, Trial, and Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots."

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