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Ever wondered what Hallmark winners actually do to win awards? Well, the cat's out of the bag! The 2003 Scholarship Hallmark Award winners did some pretty amazing things! The projects highlighted here are just a sample of the many creative Honors Study Topic projects completed by these accomplished chapters. In an effort to reach children and promote positive lifestyle choices, the chapter at Washington State Community College in Marietta, Ohio, sponsored an art contest among area elementary schools. Members challenged the young students to draw a picture of what good health looks like. Chapter members solicited help from local businesses to provide prizes that promoted both scholarship and physical fitness. In the end, more than 200 students participated in the "Picture of Health" contest. "Alpha Rho Gamma stands proud in knowing that we sketched out a design of good health and encouraged children to complete the picture while growing to become healthy adults," the chapter wrote in their essay. The Phi Theta Kappa members at St. Petersburg College in St. Petersburg, Florida, carried out a comprehensive Scholarship Hallmark program, reaching out to not just the chapter and campus, but to the community and region as well. Particularly impressive, the chapter sponsored a campus-wide "To Your Health" week, which featured various health topics on a campus bulletin board, a book drive for children's books on health, games, workshops, and a campus Mini Honors Day with speakers on "The Science and Ethics of Genetic Engineering." In conjunction with the week's intense array of activities, the chapter sponsored an essay competition, which challenged students to write essays relating to environmental health, genetics, infectious diseases, aging, the mind/body connection and lifestyle choices. Society members at Tomball College in Tomball, Texas, took advantage of technology to host a streaming video seminar entitled, "New Cures for Old Diseases." Dr. Bill Simcik, a biology professor at Tomball College, led the seminar discussion of the use of gene therapy to treat diabetes, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and immune deficiency diseases. The seminar was projected in real time over the Internet throughout the Texas Region, allowing for interactive discussion of this hot issue. The event was such a success that the chapter volunteered to lead a workshop at their regional convention on how to conduct a streaming video seminar. In Tennessee, Cleveland State Community College members hosted a discussion series on several health-related issues. Advertised as "Lunch With Bill Moyers and Phi Theta Kappa," the chapter invited campus and community members to participate in brown-bag lunch discussions based on the six-part video series Healing and the Mind With Bill Moyers. The lunch series continued with book discussions of Visions: How Science will Revolutionize the 21st Century by Michio Kaku as well as discussions of articles on genetics, bio-terrorism, bi-polar disorder and autism. The chapter also capitalized upon the creative talents of its members to create coloring/activity books promoting the benefits of good health and personal hygiene. The books were distributed to local elementary schools.
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