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STUDENT NEWS / April 17, 2008

Students Take Home President's Writing Awards

The committee for the Boise State University President’s Writing Awards has announced the contest’s 2008 winners. The committee received entries from across the curriculum, and the number of entries was up 20 percent this year. The following students will receive their awards during an event on April 24:

• Personal Essay: Toby Reynolds, first place for “It Never Leaves You”; Anna Demetriades, second place for “Ascension.”

• Critical Analysis: Erica Martz, first place for “Redefining Pioneers: Gender, Racial Identity and Place in Pearl Cleage’s ‘Flyin’ West’ ”; Jake Lutz, second place for “An Observation of Cruelty in Alden Nowlan’s ‘The Bull Moose.’ ”

• Research-Based: Vivianne Sanchez, first place for “The Construction of Poblano Identity in Colonial Art and Architecture: Talavera Pottery and Cathedral Architecture in Puebla, Mexico, 16th-18th Centuries”; Matthew Mayer, second place for “Binary and Ternary Complexes Involving Small Molecules and Carbonyl Reductase.”

• First Year Writing: Viktoriya Yugay, first place for “Personal Bubble”; Brenda Revard, second place for “Hiding Ourselves.”

• Multilingual First Year Writing: Soichiro Fujimori, first place for “Living On”; Liga Spjute, second place for “One More Day.”

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Media Contact: Julie Hahn, University Communications, (208) 426-5540, juliehahn@boisestate.edu

Boise State University’s new Finish in Four program guarantees that eligible students who follow a planned course of study can complete their degree in four years. If not, Boise State will pay for the additional required courses. More information about Boise State’s graduation guarantee can be found at www.boisestate.edu/finish4
 

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Last reviewed on Thursday, April 17, 2008