UW-System’s Liberal Arts Essay Competition
UW-La Crosse Deadline February 1, 2012
Sponsored by the University of Wisconsin System Advisory Group on the Liberal Arts (SAGLA).
Eligibility
This competition is open to any UW System undergraduate student in academic good standing
(UW College or four-year institution) who has completed a minimum of 30 credit hours by the
end of the Fall Semester 2011.
Award
Three awards for $2,000 each are available (one to a student from the UW Colleges and two to students from the UW comprehensive and doctoral institutions). UW-L is a comprehensive institution.
This Year’s Topic
Liberal education is often thought of as something that happens
within the classroom. How, though, have other experiences you
have had on your campus helped you understand and appreciate a
liberal education? You
may choose from a wide range of extra- and co-curricular
experiences, such as student organizations, study abroad,
service learning, undergraduate research, lectures, recitals,
exhibits, plays, or films. Feel free to choose a single
experience or an array of experiences, whichever best fits the
development of your own liberal education. Your essay should
create a clear picture of the experience(s) and should also make
a clear connection between your experience(s) and your liberal
education.
As you plan your essay, you may wish to check on the liberal
education learning outcomes at http://www.aacu.org/leap/vision.cfm
. Some of these outcomes could help inform your understanding
of the larger framework of liberal education.
Submission
- The deadline for submission of essay and transcript is February 1, 2012. Please note that the UW System webpage about this competition has a deadline in late February. The February deadline is the date by which our office has to submit the finalists we’ve selected for consideration at a state-wide level. Make sure you submit your materials to us by February 1, 2012, or you will miss the deadline and we won’t be able to consider your submission!
Submit the below items electronically via e-mail attachment to provost@uwlax.edu. Only electronic submissions will be accepted.
- Original essay:
- Submission must be 1,000-1,250 words in length.
- Submission must be typed and double-spaced.
- Essay must include a title page with the following information:
- Title of essay
- Your name
- Your major
- The name of the institution you attend
- Your college
- Your home address
- Your e-mail address
- Your telephone number
- The following statement: “I hereby affirm that this is an original essay and my own work.”
- Unofficial UW-L transcript available on WINGS.
- Original essay:
Selection Notification
- Three essays will be selected by a UW-L review committee for submission to the UW System Advisory Group on the Liberal Arts. Applicants of the three selected essays will be notified by February 25, 2012.
- 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 by UW System in spring 2012.
Essays from Previous Winners
- Sixth Annual Liberal Arts Essay Scholarship Competition
- Fifth Annual Liberal Arts Essay Scholarship Competition
- Fourth Annual Liberal Arts Essay Scholarship Competition
- Third Annual Liberal Arts Essay Scholarship Competition
- Second Annual Liberal Arts Essay Scholarship Competition
- First Annual Liberal Arts Essay Scholarship Competition
