University Writing Center

UWC 10th anniversary contest winners announced!

We’re pleased to announce the winners of the University Writing Center’s 10^th Anniversary Contest, sponsored by the UWC and The Association of Former Students.

Video Division

• Winner:  Daniel Miller for “An Introduction to Chaos Theory with the Lorenz Attractor”
• Honorable Mention:  Christina Truong for “Behind the Lens: A Look at Media and Broadcast Objectivity”

Writing Division

• Winner:  Hannah Sears for “Southern Summer Night”
• First Runner-up: Laura Oatman for “Memoirs of a Semi-Rabid Fangirl”
• Honorable Mentions: Rebecca Curry for “Sustainability in Construction,” Inhwi Cho for “Your Only Guide to Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse: Study of Infectious Diseases,” and Elaine Minden for “The Relationship Between Ready-to-Eat (RTE) Cereal Consumption and BMI in Children and Adolescents”

Daniel Miller’s winning video was a project for MATH 442, a course in mathematical modeling taught by Jean Marie Linhart, a lecturer in the math department. Miller, a senior majoring in math and electrical engineering, edited the original video down to meet the contest guidelines. You can view his submission here.

Hannah Sears originally wrote her winning writing entry, a work of short fiction, for English 345, a creative writing class taught by Assistant Professor Angie Cruz. Sears, now a senior, continued to revise the piece before submitting it to the contest.  You can read her work  Southern Summer Night here.

You can also read Laura Oatman’s personal essay about being part of the Harry Potter fandom, which was selected as the first runner-up in the writing division: Memoirs of a Semi-Rabid Fangirl.

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