At the end of the second year of the Grande École Program, students from each campus can participate in the Mayoux-Dauriac Prize.
With one prize per Arts et Métiers campus, it recognizes the student who, in both written and oral work, and in terms of both form and content, uses the French language with the greatest eloquence, finesse, and meaning.
A look back at the 2023 edition
THE MAYOUX-DAURIAC PRIZE: AN AWARD FOR MASTERY OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE
Created in accordance with the will of Maurice Mayoux, an Arts et Métiers engineer (Cluny class of 1920) and his wife Jeanne Dauriac,the Mayoux Prize rewards mastery of the French language.
This prize, worth €1,000, is open to students in their second year of the Grande École Program at each of the eight Arts et Métiers campuses and is organized bythe student council representatives. SOCE delegates on the campuses.
THE WINNERS OF THE 2023 MAYOUX AWARDS:
Aix-en-Provence:
- Number of participants: 6 candidates, including 3 female candidates
- Winning name: Cécile Bailleul, Aix class of 2021
This year, candidates were required to include in their application a personal essay of 5 to 10 pages on: "The arts are the jewel in the crown of culture. The professions are its foundation" (Paul Valery).
The winner stood out from the rest thanks to the originality and depth of her work on the proposed theme.
Angers:
- Number of participants: 4
- Winning name: Martin Huet, PGE 2A
Martin won over the jury with the quality of his oral presentation, during which he demonstrated great ease, the quality of his poems, and the application of his academic work. He also supplemented his application with a personal essay on the power of life, introduced by a quote from Spinoza: "We do not desire a thing because we judge it to be good, but we judge it to be good because we desire it."
Châlons-en-Champagne:
- Number of participants: 6
- Winning name: Théa CHANTEGREIL
Cluny:
- Number of participants: 3
- Winning name: Clarisse BOURBON
Clarisse says: " Clarisse, winner from Cluny, says: "I love French and literature in general, but especially grammar and spelling. The personal essay on Gandhi's quote 'It is easy to stand with the crowd; it takes courage to stand alone' was easier to write than the summary note on the challenges of deindustrialization in France, even though I was trained to write this type of document at the Saint-Etienne University Institute of Technology in Mechanical and Production Engineering. I read and added new bibliographic sources to my note. I would like to pursue a career in teaching. As for the field, I don't know yet, but precision engineering and micromechanics are areas in which I would like to continue my studies at the Arts. Next year, I'm going to Besançon to pursue a double degree with SUPMECATECH (formerly ENSMM)."
Lille:
- Number of participants: 8
- Winning name: Gaspard POUTE DE PUYBAUDET
Metz:
- Number of participants: 13
- Winning name: Thomas Malgouyres, 2nd year PGE student
Of the seven students selected to take the oral exam, two stood out, including one who won unanimous approval from the jury: Thomas, with a surprising oral presentation in Latin, in which he linked his passion for this dead language with history.
Paris:
- Number of participants: 9
- Winning name: Djian KOESTER-FRANÇOIS
Djian Koester-François used the French language in the context of a personal reflection with a reading note on the novel Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle, but also for educational purpo , presenting a music lesson related to the guitar in which he outlined a scientific approach and exploited his creativity.
The jury also commends the performances of the three other finalists, Julie Coheleach, Thomas Niane, and Thomas Wang.
