UNC Charlotte students have received awards for their writing, presented during the University Writing Program’s Excellence in First Year Writing ceremony on Friday, April 17 in the Halton Reading Room at J. Murrey Atkins Library.
“Students engage in a tremendous amount of work in first-year writing, revisiting how they think, reflecting on how language has shaped them and on what it means enter academic and other on-going conversations, meet audie
nce expectations and find a voice,” said Joan Mullin, University Writing Program executive director. “We want to both recognize those students who effectively meet these goals and provide examples to subsequent students. The award winners, while exceptional, are not unusual; we also want the campus to see what students produce, what vocabulary they use in writing so that others can continue building on what they know students have learned.”
The student award recipients are: Amanda Withrow, Christopher Raia, Lawrence Lardieri, Katie Finch, Dylan Crotteau, Kristin Smoot, Ashley Williams, Son Huynh and Diane Gromelski.
The winner in the Essay category was Amanda Withrow, Best Essay Award, for “Forgotten Memories.” Recipients of prizes for honorable mention were Christopher Raia for “My Uncle and the Gay Activists Allliance” and Lawrence Lardieri for “Sunday Dinner.”
The winners in the Portfolio category for Best Portfolio was Katie Finch for “My Writing in a Nutshell” and recipients for Honorable Mention were Dylan Crotteau, “Life in UWRT 1103” and Kristin Smoot, “Writer’s Portfolio.”
In the Multimodal Project category, Ashley Williams,”An Inquiry into the Process of Transitioning,” was the winner for Best Multimodal Project. Son Huynh, “Impact of Technology,” and Diane Gromelski, “Under the Influence,” received awards for Honorable Mention in the Multimodal Project category.
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Images: Tyler Harris, CLAS Student Communications Assistant
