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 2015.
First-Year Writing Prizes
Matt Kelley/Granader Family Prize for Excellence in First-Year Writing
Anna Silver “The Force of Violence; The Power of Forgiveness” nominated by Carrie Wood, Great Books 191
Ardie Kamran “Keep Walking, Just Don’t Cry!” nominated by Scott Beal, LHSP 125
Granader Family Prize for Excellence in Multilingual Writing
Xiaoman Gan “Socializing is Not an Easy Thing” nominated by Scott Beal, Writing 120
Ziyan Yang “The Power of Attitude in Comparative Advertising” nominated by Lori Randall, Writing 120
Granader Family Prize for Outstanding Writing Portfolio
Akemi Tsutsumi “Akemi Tsutsumi’s E-Portfolio” nominated by Gina Brandolino, Writing 100
Kate Vogel “Kate’s Collection” nominated by Jennifer Metsker, Writing 100
First-Year Writing Prizebook (pdf) | Amazon
Upper-Level Writing Prizes
Granader Family Prize for Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (Sciences)
Anna Clinger “Tracking Seasonal Evolution of Subglacial Transport System at the Lemon Creek Glacier, Alaska, USA” nominated Sarah Aciego, Earth 442: Earth Surface Processes and Soils
Katherine Dougan “Effect of variable reproductive output and connectivity on populations of a host fish and its bacterial symbiont, with implications for future climate change” nominated by Ingrid Hendy, Earth 333: The Inexhaustible Seas? Marine Resources and Environmental Issues
Granader Family Prize for Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (Social Sciences)
Grace Judge “Detroit Bankruptcy and Redistribution” nominated by Mika LaVaque-Manty, PolSci 381: Political Science Research Design
Erica Mirabitur “Sense and Sensitivity: Theories and Empirics of Inflation Aversion at the Populace Level” nominated by Robert Franzese, PolSci 343: Comparative Political Economy of Developed Democracies
Granader Family Prize for Excellence in Upper-Level Writing (Humanities)
Katherine Koziara “President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address” nominated by Shelley Manis, Writing 420: Minor in Writing Capstone
Teresa Mathew “Pulling Off Desire” nominated by John Rubadeau, English 425: The Art of the Essay
Upper-Level Writing Prizebook (pdf) | Amazon