Speakers

A highlight of the Founders' Day activities are two speeches given by Stanford students, who will be selected by a group of student colleagues in this year's Founders' Day Student Speaker Contest. Once again, in hopes of increasing student awareness and participation in the Founders' Day, President Hennessy has decided to provide each student speaker with a $1,000 cash award.

Here are the Student Speaker Contest winners biographies listed below.

Donna Winston
M.A. Social Sciences in Education, '04
Candidate for Ph.D. in Administration and Policy Analysis

Donna discovered Stanford and the American West nearly 6 years ago when starting her master's degree. She received her M.A. in Social Sciences in Education at Stanford in 2004. She has stayed on to complete her Ph.D in Administration and Policy Analysis. Her expected graduation date is this year. Over the years, she has been involved in the Graduate Student Council, Graduate Student Programming Board, Black Graduate Students' Association, Stanford Students for Relief and Stanford Muay Thai.

Michael Tubbs
Undergraduate, Political Science

Michael Tubbs is a freshman by way of Stockton, CA. He has been honored as a National Coca Cola Scholar and the Inaugural Alumni Legacy Scholar where he was singled out from over 90,000 applicants. He is also a motivational speaker, preaches sermons at local churches, 2008 NAACP National Debate Champion, Alice Walker Essay Contest Winner, and has been profiled in Quest magazine (as the cover story), the LA Times, and the San Francisco Chronicle. He is dedicated to mentoring youth and using the Social Gospel to arrive at Social Justice.