2015-2016 Writing Prize Winners

Thanks to a very generous gift from the Granader Family, Sweetland’s prizes for outstanding writing in First-Year and Upper-Level Writing Requirement courses receive a significant monetary award along with having their work published in a series that collects the prize-winning writing in two volumes, Excellence in First-Year Writing and Excellence in Upper-Level Writing. Writing Prize winners were recognized at a ceremony in April 2016.

First-Year Writing Prizes

Matt Kelley/Granader Family Prize for Excellence in First-Year Writing

Thomas Aiello “Challenging Media Representations of the Global Refugee Crisis” nominated by Robyn D’Avignon, History 195

Caroline Rothrock “Walking into Eternity along Sandymount Strand: Regarding the Importance of Walking in the Works of James Joyce” nominated by Karein Goertz, RC 100

Granader Family Prize for Excellence in Multilingual Writing

Hyunju Lee “What Can You Do on Your Own?” nominated by Scott Beal, Writing 120

Ran Ming “Females in STEM Need a Stronger Voice” nominated by Jing Xia, Writing 120

Granader Family Prize for Outstanding Writing Portfolio

Jaelyn Jennings https://jaejenn.wordpress.com/ nominated by Gina Brandolino, Writing 100

Alexis Low https://alexisclow.wordpress.com/ nominated by Julie Babcock, Writing 100

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Upper-Level Writing Prizes

Granader Family Prize for Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (Sciences)

Ryan Levy “A Survey of Radioactivity Experiments” nominated by Hui Deng, Physics 441

Alexandra Peirce “How Universities are Trying to Prevent LGBTQ Sexual Assault” nominated by Julie Halpert, Environ 320

Granader Family Prize for Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (Social Sciences)

Sonia Tagari “Drought in California as a Continuation of High Modernism,Utilitarianism and Social Inequality” nominated by Omolade Adunbi, AAS322/Environ 335

Nicole Vozar “A Comparison of Elite Egyptian and Roman Tombs” nominated by Robin Beck (Travis Williams GSI), ANTHRARC 386