A Wayne State College student Henry Miller won an award for a paper he presented last week at a sociology conference in Kearney.

“Henry Miller did a nice job illuminating common coping practices of Native Americans who have attained college degrees,” said Todd Greene, associate professor of psychology and sociology. “He started his project in my social sciences research methods class, then continued to revise it on his own.”

Greene was proud of how well Miller presented his research to a room full of professors and peers, and called him an exceptional public speaker for his age.

Miller’s paper received the award at the 50th annual Nebraska Undergraduate Sociological Symposium held in Kearney. Schools such as UNL, UNO, UNK, Creighton, Midland, Doane, Nebraska Wesleyan and WSC competed, Greene said.

“I wish to point out that Dr. Monica Snowden’s students have won paper competitions many times,” Greene said. “Honestly, in all of the years that I have attended NUSS, I cannot think of a year that a Wayne State College student didn’t win first or second place.”

Snowden and Greene feel good about the award, saying it indicates that sociology students at WSC are getting top-notch educations in theory, research methods and other areas as well.