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2006 Awards Week in D.C.
Christopher Svetlik, left, Kona Shen, second from left, and Eugene Kim, far right, receive the first, second, and third place awards at the 2006 National Peace Essay Contest Awards Banquet on June 22 from Institute President Richard Solomon (center).
This year almost 1,000 students submitted entries to the National Peace Essay Contest—while thousands more participated in related writing and other classroom exercises in high schools around the country.
Over the years, more than 1,300 state winners have participated in the Washington Awards Week. Many of these "alumni" have gone on to study foreign policy issues in college, or have pursued careers in international affairs.
This year, the Institute's Peace Essay Contest staff organized an exciting program for the state winners during their week in Washington. Activities included:
- A challenging three-day simulation
- Meetings with distinguished foreign policy scholars and public officials in Congress and the Administration
- Visits to historic national monuments and museums
- An awards banquet where all of the state winners were honored and the national winners announced
Awards
First, second, and third prize awards were announced at the Awards Banquet on June 22. Kona Shen of Seattle, Washington, was awarded the first prize $10,000 college scholarship for her essay which compared the decision of Argentina and Brazil to forego nuclear arms development with the nuclear arms race between India and Pakistan.
Christopher Svetlik of Texas was awarded the $5,000 second prize scholarship for his essay on "Striking at the Source: Confronting the Dual Sources of Nuclear Proliferation," and Eugene Kim, from Minnesota, won the $2,500 third prize scholarship for his essay on "Comprehensive Approaches to Nuclear Nonproliferation."
Read Hawaii's state winner Shelby Williams' banquet speech.
Read Minnesota's state winner Eugene Kim's banquet speech.
Read more about the winners, the prizes, and the 2006 Awards Week Program.
Photo Galleries
Note: Photos are unavailable from Day 4 - June 21.
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