Political Science Students Honored with Student Engagement Award for Fall Election Initiative
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – As this year’s presidential Election Day approaches, a trio of Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi students are working to educate young voters on the importance of their impact. Joshua Garcia, Emily Maldonado, and Anthony Ortiz, Islander political science majors led by mentor Dr. Sanne Rijkhoff, Assistant Professor of Political Science, earned a $2,000 award from the Texas Voting Summit’s Votes & Videos competition – a project spearheaded by the Campus Vote Project.
The award, inspired to push the boundaries of voter engagement at institutions of higher education, is intended to help students provide information about registration for voting, explain the process of voting in Texas, and inform students about the races and elections on the ballot this coming November. Among the uses of the award is the distribution of Safe Voting Kits among students that include information about ID requirements, and hand sanitizer along with a mask to ensure that everyone can cast their ballot safely. The winning students also attended this year’s virtual Texas Voting Summit.
Read MoreThe award, inspired to push the boundaries of voter engagement at institutions of higher education, is intended to help students provide information about registration for voting, explain the process of voting in Texas, and inform students about the races and elections on the ballot this coming November. Among the uses of the award is the distribution of Safe Voting Kits among students that include information about ID requirements, and hand sanitizer along with a mask to ensure that everyone can cast their ballot safely. The winning students also attended this year’s virtual Texas Voting Summit.
