“This is a time to envision all that can still be accomplished as we enhance our efforts at inclusion… and to celebrate diversity as a vital component of our culture of excellence.”
— From the 50 Years of Inclusion web site
Texas A&M is celebrating 50 YEARS OF INCLUSION with a contest open to all currently enrolled graduate and undergraduate Texas A&M students. We invite you to reflect, engage, and envision by writing on the topic of inclusion at Texas A&M University. We’d like your entry to commemorate this milestone in the history of Texas A&M.
You can get inspiration from http://inclusion.tamu.edu/index.html or from attending events sponsored by the anniversary committee.
Your creativity can be expressed in any way you’d like, in the form of an essay, report, creative writing or performance, conveyed on paper or via video. Your work must be original and should not exceed 3500 words or 3.5 minutes of video. Any citations, music, or art work that is not original must be properly documented and conform to fair use guidelines. The work should not be submitted to any other contest or publication venue. While collaborative works are allowed, only one prize per category will be available.
We will award 4 Amazon.com gift certificates of $250, one each for
- best graduate-level writing
- best graduate-level video
- best undergraduate-level writing
- best undergraduate-level video
Judges will be employees of the University Writing Center. University Writing Center employees and their dependents may not enter. Winning pieces will be made available to the public through the 50th Anniversary materials. Winners will be announced on November 26, 2013.
Deadline for submission is 5 p.m. Friday, November 15. Send submissions to uwc@tamu.edu. For videos, send a link to Vimeo or YouTube. Include your UIN in the email.
This program is sponsored in part by the Texas A&M University 50th Anniversary of Inclusion Committee. Any views or opinions expressed in this program are solely those of the speaker(s) and/or organizer(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the Committee.