Since 1991, UM-St. Louis has recognized United Nations Day, Oct. 24, with a scholarship given annually in the form of a contest.
The contest was sponsored by the Center for International Studies and Dorothy Schneider, a St. Louis teacher, funded the contest. Schneider started a letter writing campaign that largely supported the resolution to create United Nations Day as a globally celebrated holiday.
Students were to explore the principles of the United Nations and conceptualize them either by artwork, essay or website design for the contest.
In the artwork category, there was a three-way tie between Toma Cirkovic, senior, studio art; Matthew Groeper, senior, studio art, and Thuyduong Phan, freshman, mathematics. Each of these winners received a $1,000 scholarship to UM-St. Louis.
Locmike Doung, sophomore, psychology, took first place in the essay, receiving a $2,000 scholarship to UM-St. Louis. Second place went to Eva Tucker, senior, studio art, who received a $1,000 scholarship from the university.
The first place winner of a $2,000 scholarship in the website design category was Edward Cory, senior, computer science. Stephen Jackson, senior, studio art, and Claire Jacques, senior, studio art, tied for second place; each received a $500 scholarship.
United Nations Day is celebrated in remembrance of Oct. 24, 1945, the day that the United Nations Charter was put into place.
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