Gottuso, Saskia. Chancellor’s Medalist Nomination Paper, Spring, 2022.

When I wrote my application for the Chancellor’s Medalist Award, I had to think critically about all the endeavors and side-journey’s-if you will-that I’ve been on since I started college. I didn't know whether to begin with my days in community college, or keep it strictly associated with UWB. I decided to explain the latter, due to the word limit. I believe this was a good decision (even if I didn’t have that boundary). My time at EvCC was over three years ago and seemed irrelevant to the paper.

Attentive and precise thought was also necessary to choose which parts of my mental health I should disclose. It’s tough, because I have proof of medication, therapist and psychiatrist, but there is a point at which the information should stop being shared. I did not include the name of my caretakers or medications. I explained the help I have been getting, but not with too much detail. I also found this difficult because of my various experiences with professors at UWB. Some want a lot of evidence and explanation; some don’t. In terms of ingenuity, I had to find a way to represent my achievements without coming off like I'm bragging. Which includes solid word choice, and concise, clear flow.

I turned this in early, so I won’t find out if I won or not until the end of this month (April 2022). If I do get it-good content will come as a result for my portfolio. It would be awesome to document that occurrence. Nonetheless, I’m happy to have had the opportunity in the first place. An abundance of my assignments in my classes for IAS have required censorious and imaginative thinking. Although this essay wasn’t correlated to a course, I ended up using the developed skills (I learned through IAS) to help with this task.