Donna Nelson-Beene Award

2018-19 Award Submission Deadline: Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Kathryn Maria Dobbs Winner of Donna Nelson-Beene Award 2018

The winner of the 2017-18 award, Kathryn Maria Dobbs, is pictured (center) with her Dr. Donna Nelson-Beene (left) and her instructor, Dr. Ethan Jordan (right). Dobbs won the Donna Nelson-Beene Excellence in Research Writing Award with her paper "Stop Marching to the Beat of Your Own Drum: Respect the Traditions of Taiko."

Donna Nelson-Beene Excellence in Research Writing Award

The Donna Nelson-Beene Excellence in Research Writing Award is given for the best argumentative-synthesis research essay written in a UWP course, currently GSW 1120: Academic Writing. The purpose of this award is to acknowledge outstanding student work in GSW 1120 and to reward students for excellence in research-based writing.

The submission deadline for the 2018-19 Award is Wednesday, May 1, 2019. See submission guidelines below.

* DNB-2019-Award-Flyer.pdf
The Donna Nelson-Beene Excellence in Research Writing Award contest details (PDF)

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