[International] Announcing the Second Annual Liberal Arts Essay Scholarship Competition

[Karlin Stukenberg <stukenbk@uwosh.edu>]

Announcing the Second Annual  Liberal Arts Essay Scholarship Competition
Sponsored by the University of Wisconsin System Advisory Group on the Liberal Arts (SAGLA)
This undergraduate essay competition is a part of the UW System's partnership with the Association of American Colleges & Universities in the
LEAP Campaign (Liberal Education and America's Promise) to promote understanding of the purpose and value of a liberal arts and science education.
Award:
Three scholarships for $2,000 each (one to a student from the UW Colleges and two to students from the UW comprehensive and doctoral institutions); and Recognition at a University of Wisconsin System ceremony.

Eligibility:
The competition is open to any UW System undergraduate student with a current GPA of at least 3.4 who is also either:

A) currently enrolled in the UW Colleges and has completed a minimum of 30 credit hours by the end of the Fall Semester 2006, with at least one semester (Fall 2007) as a full-time student  remaining; or

B) currently enrolled in a UW System comprehensive or doctoral institution and has completed a minimum of 60 credit hours by the end of the Fall Semester 2006, with at least one semester (Fall 2007)  as a full-time student remaining.

Application:
An original essay (1,000-1,250 words in length, double-spaced and type-written)

Topic: Choose a contemporary issue or problem that you consider significant and write an essay demonstrating the ways in which your liberal education helps to understand, contextualize, and address the issue or problem.

A title page must be included with the following information: title of essay, student name, major, institution, college and home  address, email address, and telephone number.

Submission: UW Oshkosh may submit three (3) essays to UW System.  A committee of UW Oshkosh Faculty and Staff will select the essays to be submitted to UW System.

To be considered, please submit your essay ELECTRONICALLY to:
                Karen Bowen
                  Office of the Dean
                    bowen@uwosh.edu
Deadline:
Deadline for submission is February 12, 2007.

Final Judging:
Final selection of winning essays will be determined by a group of judges from the UW System Advisory Group on the Liberal Arts (SAGLA).  Recipients will be notified in spring 2007.

Lane Earns, Provost and Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs

Al Hartman, Dean
College of Business Administration

John Koker, Interim Dean
College of Letters and Science

Rosemary Smith, Dean
College of Nursing

Fred Yeo, Dean
College of Education and Human Services

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