This award was inspired by S&T 2012 alumnus Ryan Shubatt. Ryan is a petroleum engineer, artist, athlete, and musician. He chose to maximize his time here at S&T by developing multiple facets of himself—he was a true Renaissance student. With the Renaissance Student Award, we want to encourage and recognize more students like Ryan, who aspire to be well-rounded individuals who engage their whole persons in all that they do.

The Renaissance Student Award will be presented to a graduating senior who demonstrates substantive engagement in some creative pursuit in the arts and humanities and meets multiple criteria on this list. The student:

1. is successfully self-actuating in more than one discipline;
2. shows expertise in several facets of self-development;
3. exhibits talents, skills, and engagement in music, theater, sports, visual art, dance, writing; languages, communications, and/or philosophy;
4. integrates two or more facets of interest and development in the above areas in a unique and productive manner;
5. is able to share, perform, and apply his or her talents and abilities to create a better world for self and others;
6. shows initiative;
7. shares with others applicable insights gained from his or her studies, practice, travels, and perspective;
8. shows evidence of the accomplishments in the above areas (for example, through written, recorded, filmed, or created media or live performance);
9. participates in multi-cultural environments.

The completed application process involves the following:

1. Fill out the online application below.
2. Elicit 3 reference letters, at least one of which must be from a Missouri S&T faculty member. Other letter writers can include employers, coaches, mentors, other faculty, etc. Choose your letter writers carefully. They must be able to attest to your achievements.
3. Submit a personal essay of 500-600 words.

Essays and letters of recommendation can be sent to alp@mst.edu.

The deadline for submitting the application is March 24

Application also be found at http://alp.mst.edu/renaissanceaward