Publication Pandemonium! winners
It is time to announce the winners of the first annual Publication Pandemonium! competition, which ran from Oct. 21 to 27. More than fifty students, faculty, and staff participated in this first-ever school-wide, publication-themed quiz competition!
In first place with the most participants (16 people participated with a passing grade score above 70%), drum roll please, is the Medicine program!
Congratulations, folks! For winning the participation prize, the SMHS Medicine program will receive $500 in open access publication funding, courtesy of Dr. Colin Combs, associate dean of research and chair of UND’s Department of Biomedical Sciences, and Dr. Ken Ruit, senior associate dean for education, medical accreditation, and faculty affairs.
Now for the individual student winners. There were multiple students tying for first, second, and third place scores, so we have many “winners.” As such, one person will be chosen randomly for each of the prizes.
The following four students tied for first place, each with a score of 92.86:
- Audrey Marjamaa, Medicine
- Kora Norland, Occupational Therapy
- Nathan Fix, Medicine
- Ryan Froom, Medicine
Out of those four, the randomly chosen prize-winner is: Kora Norland! Kora wins $500 in open access publication funding, as well as a piece of UND merch.
Eight students tied for second place with a score of 85.71:
- McKenzie Burian, Medicine
- Kyle Wegner, Medicine
- Rachel Kuechle, Physical Therapy
- Annika Price, Medicine
- Cherry Yamane, Indigenous Health
- Lauren Jorda, Medicine
- Myckynzie Schroeder, Medicine
- Emma Weisner, Medicine
The second place prize-winner is: McKenzie Burian. McKenzie will receive a prize of UND merch.
And finally, seven students tied for third place with a score of 78.57:
- Ashlea Nienow, Physical Therapy
- Sadie Olson, Physical Therapy
- Bailey Riehl, Medicine
- Cameryn Ryan, Indigenous Health
- Lindsey Martens, Medicine
- Dani Douri, Medicine
- Allie Reiffenberger, Occupational Therapy
Our prize-winner in third place is: Bailey Riehl. Bailey wins a prize of UND merch.
And finally, what you’re all waiting for: the answers! To view the complete questions and correct answers for the Publication Pandemonium! quiz competition, navigate to the SMHS Library Resources Open Access Research guide, where there are also lots of Open Access Week 2024 resources.
A very heartfelt thank you to everyone who participated as well as our sponsors, Dr. Combs and Dr. Ruit, and a big round of applause for our winners!
