Spring/Summer Quarter - Western Farmers Electric Cooperative
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Contest winners<br />
included a $3,000 scholarship from the regional<br />
contest, in addition to $3,500 for the state finish.<br />
Austin Branch, a senior at Norman High School North,<br />
received the third place scholarship award, consisting<br />
of a total of $5,000, including $3,000 for the regional<br />
finish and $2,000 for the state finals.<br />
Other finalists, listed with their school, included<br />
Kailey Kelley, Hinton High School; and Haley Madden,<br />
Portales (New Mexico) High School. These two each<br />
received $3,000 in scholarship dollars from the regional<br />
round of the contest and an additional $1,000 from the<br />
state finals.<br />
Video entries were judged on creativity, content,<br />
message delivery of geothermal themes and online<br />
voting, through social media, for each of the videos<br />
submitted. Plus in the final round, each of these factors<br />
was also included, in addition to an interview with the<br />
three judges. The videos of these five students are posted<br />
at http://www.gogogeochallenge.com.<br />
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The judges for this competition included Betty<br />
Thompson, Miss Oklahoma 2012; Michael Ming,<br />
Oklahoma Secretary of Energy; and Stephen McKeever<br />
– Oklahoma Secretary of Science & Technology.<br />
Ming pointed out that he was “fabulously impressed<br />
by the students and their innovative ideas”. The judges<br />
also commented on how each student was so respectful,<br />
not only during the interviews, but during the informal<br />
conversation as well.<br />
“These students are very accomplished and it seems as<br />
if it is all self-driven,” commented Thompson.<br />
Each of the co-sponsors for the challenge noted that<br />
they too were impressed by the work of the students<br />
in creating their unique videos. “This event has built a<br />
new grapevine with fruit that will last for many years<br />
to come and then multiply,” commented Will Lange,<br />
director, utility market development and hyper sales,<br />
with WaterFurnace.<br />
For Dan Ellis, president of ClimateMaster, the Go Go<br />
State fnalists in the Go Go Geo Scholarship Video Challenge are pictured with contest judges<br />
following their interviews. Those shown are (from left) Austin Branch, Norman High School<br />
North; Michael Ming, Oklahoma Secretary of Energy; Kailey Kelley, Hinton High School; Ean<br />
Bonjour, Stillwater High School; Casee Cole, Pond Creek-Hunter Junior-Senior High School; Haley<br />
Madden, Portales (New Mexico) High School; Stephen McKeever, Oklahoma Secretary of Science &<br />
Technology; and Betty Thompson, Miss Oklahoma 2012.<br />
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