University Writing Award winners announced
Released: April 29, 2008
The possibilities of the written word remain unlimited. One can convey meaning, power and expression in various capacities, including but not limited to, expository essays, creative writing and research papers. As part of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater’s strategic plan to promote the pursuit of knowledge and academic development for students, faculty members submitted student writing pieces to the University Writing Awards Committee for consideration. From there, the University Writing Award Winners were announced April 24, 2008:
Grand Prize
- Senior Keia Wegner
Superior
- Senior Stephen Bennett—essay exam—“From Ancient Misconceptions to an Ongoing Debate: The Evolution of Scientific Views of Women’s Bodies”
- Senior Holly Erickson—expository essay—“War Stories and The Necessity of Fiction”
- Senior James Gapinski—essay exam—“Societal Change and Textual Reconciliation in the Middle Ages”
- Senior Amanda Meunier—professional writing—“What Time Is It?”
- Senior Keia Wegner—research paper--“Freedom, Sexuality and Wealth: Free Women of Color in Spanish New Colonial New Orleans”
Outstanding
- Sophomore Patrick Broderick—expository essay—“Downstream Democracy”
- Senior Patrick Callen—research paper—“A Humanist Under Threat: Shostakovich and the Soviet Regime”
- Senior Patrick Davis—prose—“Combating Bulemia”
- Sophomore Phil Gassert—expository essay—“Totalitarian States”
- Junior Nathan Karls—prose—“Easter”
- Junior Anna Weisling—research paper—“From Acoustic to Digital: A History of Electronic Music”
Honorable Mention
- Post Bacclaureate Stephanie Lawton—research paper— “Condemning Capitalism and Ben Johnson’s Epicoene”
- Senior Vickie Lubner—research paper—“Mother’s Little Helper, 1900-Present: The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same”
- Senior Emilee Meindl—creative writing—“I Have His Eyes”
- Freshman Kathryn Showers-Curtis—essay exam—“The Feeble” Messenger: A Struggle Between Personalities Intertwined in Quality”
- Senior Laura Strommen—research paper— “Between Two Worlds: Homogeny, Racial Heritage, and the Quest for Identity”
- Senior Brooke Weilgosh—creative writing—“Corporate Ladder”
- Senior Aidan White—personal response paper—“Under the Knife: Interacting with a Surgery Simulator”
- Senior Emily Zeien—research paper—“First Again: Wisconsin’s Public Health Nursing Program on Native American Reservations”
A total of $1,950 was awarded to 19 students.
- LeQuez Spearman,spearmanlt22@uww.edu
