Ohio State student earns prize in public policy essay contest

Winners to be awarded today in Washington, D.C.

COLUMBUS – Senator John Glenn will present awards to this year’s student winners of The John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public Policy’s Essay Competition today (5/14) at a reception in Washington, D.C.

The competition is co-sponsored by the Glenn Institute and The Ohio State University School of Public Policy and Management.  Both the school and the institute strive to serve as a catalyst for public policy discourse.   

The Public Policy Essay Competition, open to all full-time juniors and seniors at U.S. colleges and universities, provides an opportunity for students to reflect on an important policy issue, “The Internet and the Future of Democracy.”  

The importance of this group’s engagement in public policy debate is underscored by the comments of Glenn: “Involving students in public service is essential to democracy and central to the work of the Institute.  The Institute is especially proud of promoting the link between education and public service.” 

Ohio State’s Executive Vice President and Provost Edward J. Ray adds, “At Ohio State University we are continually looking for opportunities to promote academic excellence.  For college students to achieve academic excellence, they need to have particularly strong writing skills.  To get them engaged in important problem solving, we need them to think about important issues of the day and how they might solve them.”

This year’s winners of the Public Policy Essay Competition are:

Jonathan Karush, University of Pennsylvania, First Prize ($5,000)

Max Vilimpoc, The Ohio State University, Second Prize ($2,500)

Wendy Wong, University of California at Berkeley, Third Prize ($1,500)

Joseph Kim, University of California at Berkeley, Fourth Prize ($1,000)

The School of Public Policy and Management will also be presenting its Excellence in Public Service Award to Dan L. Crippen, director of the Congressional Budget Office and a 1981 graduate of the school’s doctoral program.

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