Spring 2009 w-course writing contest

     There were 34 paper submissions for the Contest.  The Winners of the Spring 2009 W-Course Writing Contest are listed below.  Click on the links to read the winning papers.  The 5 winners will be recognized and prizes will be awarded at the University Honors' Convocation on Sunday 5/3/2009.

     Please join the Writing Across the Curriculum Committee in congratulating this year's contest winners!! 

1st Place:     Bob Uhl
Paper Title:   'The Problem of Anthropocentric Thinking in Ralph Waldo      
                    Emerson's  Nature'
Course:        English 361W  American Renaissance
Professor:    Dr. Paul Petrie

2nd Place:    Robin McCombe
Paper Title:    'The Stag and the Unicorn:  a marriage of Pagan and Christian                    Images on a Tenth Century Transenna'
Course:       Art 306W  History of Medieval Art
Professor:    Dr. Camille Serchuk

3rd Place:    Jessica Forcier
Paper Title:    'Words Make a Difference:  Memory and Storytelling in The
                  Things They Carried'
Course:    English 301W Intro to Literary Analysis and Critical Theory
Professor:    Dr. Cyntia Stretch

Honorable
Mention:    Dana Rozanski
Paper Title:    'Trash Miles'
Course:    Geography 362W  Urban Geography
Professor:    Dr. C. Patrick Heidkamp

Honorable
Mention:    Colin Ryan
Paper Title:    'Cape Wind and the Potential Effects on Cape Cod'
Course:    Geography 273W Land Use Planning
Professor:    Professor Joseph Dagostino