The 2024 Freshman Celebration
The 19th Annual Freshman Celebration
November 20 & 21, 2024 in the Â鶹AV Northridge Center
Â鶹AV the Freshman Celebration
The first Freshman Celebration at Â鶹AV took place in 2006 with participation limited to Freshman Connection students. In 2007 the Celebration was opened to all students enrolled in a fall U100 class. As enrollment has continued to grow, so has the Celebration.
Each fall, freshmen taking University 100 are invited to participate in a campus-wide celebration of their first-semester academic achievements. This showcase, the Freshman Celebration, is modeled on Â鶹AV's Undergraduate and Graduate Student Research and Creative Works Symposium. The student projects often (but not always) are related to the their Information Competence Research or Community-Based Learning Project.
Judges’ Grand Prize Awards
DIGITAL PROJECT
Professor Imaya Rincon’s Deaf/Hard of Hearing/Deaf Studies U100 Cohort
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IN-THE-ROOM PROJECT
Professor Malinda Hackett’s Kinesiology U100 Cohort
“The Mindful Body: A Student’s Guide to Healthy Living During the First Year of College”
People's Choice Awards
DIGITAL PROJECT
Professor Anna Avetisyan’s U100 Class
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IN-THE-ROOM PROJECT
Professor Sharon Lim’s Child & Adolescent Development U100 Cohort
“Kiss of Wellness”
Runners Up (in alphabetical order)
Judge’s Grand Prize Runners Up
DIGITAL PROJECTS
Professor Jonathan Martinez’s FreshStart/EOP U100 Cohort
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Professor Anjum Padyal’s Kinesiology U100 Cohort
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IN-THE-ROOM PROJECTS (photos coming soon)
Professor Sharon Lim’s Child & Adolescent Development U100 Cohort
“Kiss of Wellness”
Professor Karla Montenegro-Gonzalez’s FreshStart/EOP Cohort
“Your Guide to Packing for an Emergency”
People’s Choice Award Runners Up
DIGITAL PROJECT
Professor Imaya Rincon’s Deaf/Hard of Hearing/Deaf Studies U100 Cohort
Professor Keli Rowley’s U100 Class
IN-THE-ROOM PROJECTS (photos coming soon)
Professor Edwin Aguilar’s First Year Experience/Student Housing Cohort
“Tree of Lights”
Professor Debbi Mercado’s U100 Class
“Inside Out: The Emotional State of a First Year Student”
Judges' Grand Prize Criteria
- Critical thinking (defined in the at the University Library as “The process of effectively examining and questioning information in order to weigh evidence and make choices and/or take action”.
- Including appropriate credit to sources, if applicable
- Significance and importance of content and/or meaning
- Creativity, artistry, and aesthetic value
