Mary Baldwin University

Mary Baldwin College students attended the Active Citizens Conference at The College of William and Mary on February 15-16, 2013, and received the Democracy Cup from the Campus Election Engagement Project for Mary Baldwin's participation in the Live Election Broadcast in November. The award includes a cash prize to help finance college coverage of this fall's gubernatorial election. The conference focused on educating, unifying, and inspiring college students who are active in their communities. To qualify for the Democracy Cup, students were asked to submit applications and three-minute videos about their election experience. The judges then looked at how students engaged their peers in the election process. On November 6, 2012, MBC students participated in an election night simulation by gathering results and broadcasting them from a newsroom to an audience. The Live Election event was the result of months of organizing and hard work by several communication and political science students. Four other colleges in the Commonwealth of Virginia, including Mary Baldwin, were awarded certificates. More than 200 students from Virginia colleges and universities attended the conference. Students attended several workshops that covered topics such as cultural sensitivity, how to start a nonprofit, and ways to improve next year's election process. The students who attended the conference are:

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