Second Place, Larry Fullerton Photojournalism Scholarship - Alexandria Skowronski / Ohio UniversityEvie Rose, daughter of Jon Rose, wakes up her favorite inhabitant of Canary Acres named Bernie on April 7, 2019. Jon Rose owns the animal sanctuary for abused and neglected animals and runs in on his property, and the potbelly pig Bernie was abandoned after he kept escaping the house. Bernie is also known for being able to open cabinets.
Second Place, Larry Fullerton Photojournalism Scholarship - Alexandria Skowronski / Ohio UniversityA tattoo coverup by Billy Joe White over a persons hateful tattoo at Red Rose Tattoo on November 17, 2019. "The most rewarding part is knowing that a lot of times this is just a step in these peoples transitions into becoming a better human being," says White.
Second Place, Larry Fullerton Photojournalism Scholarship - Alexandria Skowronski / Ohio UniversityDeane Webb, Ohio University's women's volleyball coach, gets caked by the seniors Lizzie Stephens (arm), Meredith Howe (left), and Shayla Phillip (right) after their senior night game on November 16, 2019.
Second Place, Larry Fullerton Photojournalism Scholarship - Alexandria Skowronski / Ohio UniversityJessica Stinson (left) preforms an energy healing on Isabella Tigner on her clogged ears in her meditation room located inside of The Makers Loft in Nelsonville, on February 1, 2020. Stinson is a psychic, medium, and energy healer who has many testimonials from people's lives that she has changed.
Second Place, Larry Fullerton Photojournalism Scholarship - Alexandria Skowronski / Ohio UniversityEmery Morales (left) and her mother Ryann (right) attend the "Impeach Trump" rally outside the Capitol Building and across the street from the US Senate on the morning of December 18, 2019; the day Congress voted in favor to impeach President Trump. "We're here today because we want to encourage the Congress and the Senate to impeach the president, and I want to show the kids to stand up and do the right thing even if it's the hard thing."
Second Place, Larry Fullerton Photojournalism Scholarship - Alexandria Skowronski / Ohio UniversityTom Westervelt and his daughter Megan spend time cherishing their relationship on February 2, 2020, just two month's after Mom's passing. Megan was having her father in from Colorado to strengthen their relationship and work on projects around her home.
Second Place, Larry Fullerton Photojournalism Scholarship - Alexandria Skowronski / Ohio UniversityA crowd gathers at the #WontBeErased rally lead by the OU LGBTQ Center on College Green at Ohio University on November 2, 2018.
Second Place, Larry Fullerton Photojournalism Scholarship - Alexandria Skowronski / Ohio UniversityOfficer Andrew Foster of the Athens Police Department hunts for squirrels in the woods behind his house on November 11, 2018. Foster took two weeks off from work this hunting season to spend time with his family and hunt.
Second Place, Larry Fullerton Photojournalism Scholarship - Alexandria Skowronski / Ohio UniversityLizzie Stephens, captain of the Ohio University Volleyball Team, chants in the middle of the huddle on her senior night before the game on November 16, 2019.
Second Place, Larry Fullerton Photojournalism Scholarship - Alexandria Skowronski / Ohio UniversitySophia Smith is a seven-year-old girl from Streetsboro, Ohio who is learning how to walk again, in her home and in therapy, on March 12, 2018, after a recent foot and nerve surgery. Smith was born with spastic diplegia, a form of cerebral palsy, and was in a wheelchair until she was three. She learned to walk then, but it was very limited and was in a wheelchair after other surgeries later in life including the most recent surgery; here she is learning how to walk again.
Second Place, Larry Fullerton Photojournalism Scholarship - Alexandria Skowronski / Ohio UniversityMelissa Smith (right) works over the phone to manage the Ultimate Wash car washes in Northeast Ohio while her children Maddie (left) and Sophia (center) play during their garage sale on May 18, 2019. Melissa works from home when she can because she takes Sophia to her physical therapy appointments, as many as 3 times a week.
Second Place, Larry Fullerton Photojournalism Scholarship - Alexandria Skowronski / Ohio UniversityAfter being pulled out of school for occupational and physical therapy, Sophia is very tired in the car on November 20, 2018. Many of her days, doing everyday activities, are exhausting for her.
Second Place, Larry Fullerton Photojournalism Scholarship - Alexandria Skowronski / Ohio UniversitySophia plays around with her brother Charlie on December 28, 2018, at the Cleveland Clinic just before her cast removal from her last surgery in November.
Second Place, Larry Fullerton Photojournalism Scholarship - Alexandria Skowronski / Ohio UniversitySophia is comforted by her mother Melissa (right) as her doctor removes her cast from her November surgery on December 28, 2018. Sophia wanted more physical support on her feet, because that is what she is used to, saying, "I am scared - I don't want to walk barefoot."
Second Place, Larry Fullerton Photojournalism Scholarship - Alexandria Skowronski / Ohio UniversitySophia's Cleveland Clinic physical therapy doctor "Miss Rocky" stretches Sophia's foot to asses how the tendons are placed on November 20, 2018. In just 10 days, Sophia will have to undergo yet another surgery to re-place her tendon to the opposite side of her foot so that her foot does not cave inward.
Second Place, Larry Fullerton Photojournalism Scholarship - Alexandria Skowronski / Ohio UniversitySophia takes some of her first steps by herself in the Cleveland Clinic on November 20, 2018. This is a big step for Sophia physically and mentally; it shows how far she has come, and also how far she still has to go.
Second Place, Larry Fullerton Photojournalism Scholarship - Alexandria Skowronski / Ohio UniversitySophia laughs while helping her little sister Maddie wash her hands after making a craft during their garage sale on May 18, 2019.
Second Place, Larry Fullerton Photojournalism Scholarship - Alexandria Skowronski / Ohio UniversitySophia struggles to lift herself off of the floor without the help of her walker on March 12, 2018. During this time, she is restrained to her walker as she us recovering from a past surgery.
Second Place, Larry Fullerton Photojournalism Scholarship - Alexandria Skowronski / Ohio UniversitySophia uses weights in pool therapy to work on muscle function with her physical therapist at the Cleveland Clinic on July 19, 2018. As seen here, Sophia's feet cave inwards due to tendon placement, and she will have to undergo yet another surgery to fix it.
Second Place, Larry Fullerton Photojournalism Scholarship - Alexandria Skowronski / Ohio UniversitySophia goofing around between occupational and physical therapy appointments at the Cleveland Clinic on November 20, 2018.
Second Place, Larry Fullerton Photojournalism Scholarship - Alexandria Skowronski / Ohio UniversityDan Harris relaxes on a Ruleville, MS, street corner with some neighborhood friends after a long day. "I grew up around these parts, and I left for a long time in my life, but I came back for the end to spend time in this land with these people," says Harris on October 24, 2019.
Second Place, Larry Fullerton Photojournalism Scholarship - Alexandria Skowronski / Ohio UniversityAndrew Hall, first year graduate student at Ohio University, takes a break from crawling through the narrow spaces inside of Rapps Cave at the West Virginia Association for Cave Studies on the March 3, 2018 in Frankford, West Virginia. Many graduate geology students are under the supervision of Geology Department Chair Dr. Greg Springer and come to the WVACS field house to collect samples for research; Hall's research consists of measuring the length and depth of scallops, formations in the cave walls, to determine how fast the water that formed the cave moved through.
