CSEES would like to congratulate the undergraduate and graduate student winners of the 2016 Midwest Slavic Association Student Essay Competition. Adam Broeckaert of Lafayette University won the undergraduate contest with his essay, "The Ability of New Member States to Dictate the EU Agenda: The Case of Poland's Geopolitical Agenda." Ognjen Kojanic won the graduate student essay contest with his essay, "Countering the Exclusion of the Working Class through Worker Ownership in Neoliberal Croatia." Both winners will receive a yearlong membership to the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES). Congratulations to the winners and all who participated in the competition!