CAH: Undergraduate Student Achievement Awards

The College of Arts and Humanities takes great pride in recognizing the excellent work of our undergraduate students and is pleased to announce the call for entries for the following undergraduate student achievement awards:

• The Thomas Gause Award for Achievement in Music: Performance
  This award is given annually in alternate years for outstanding work in composition or performance. The genre for 2008-2009 is performance. The award will be given to a CAH undergraduate student to recognize an outstanding performance of a recital, concerto or major role in an opera or musical theatre production. Submissions should include a copy of the program for the event and a CD recording of the performance.

• The Betty E. Evans Award For Achievement In Creative Writing: Poetry
  This award is given annually to a CAH undergraduate student to recognize a single work of creative writing. Genres alternate between short fiction, playwriting, and screenwriting one year, and poetry the next. The genre for 2008-2009 is poetry. Manuscripts must be computer-generated and include a title.

• CAH Award for Achievement in Non-Fiction Writing: Creative Non-Fiction
  This award is given annually to a CAH undergraduate student to recognize a single piece of non-fiction writing. The genres alternate between journalism and creative non-fiction. The genre for 2008-2009 is creative non-fiction. Manuscripts must be computer-generated and include a title.

• The George Stillman Award For Achievement In Art: 2 Dimensional Works
  This award is given annually to a CAH undergraduate student to recognize a single work of creative artistry. Categories alternate between 3 dimensional and 2 dimensional works. The category for 2008-2009 is 2 dimensional works. Entries must be submitted in photograph or slide form with the "top" clearly indicated and the title of the piece written on the photograph or slide.

• CAH Award for Achievement in Performance: Live Performance, Theatre or Music
  This award is given annually to a CAH undergraduate student to recognize a single performance. Categories alternate between recorded (film and video, broadcast journalism) and live (theatrical or music) performance. The category for 2008-2009 is live performance. Students wishing to enter their work for this category should include a one-page synopsis of the work and a copy of the work in either VHS or DVD formant (do not submint originals). All entries become the property of CWU, College of Arts and Humanities.

• The Raymond Smith Award For Achievement In Scholarship
  This award is given annually to a CAH undergraduate student to recognize a single scholarly work. As many as two awards may be given each year. Manuscripts must be computer-generated and include a title.

• CAH Outstanding Student Award
  This award is given annually to a CAH undergraduate student who has an excellent academic record and has demonstrated a commitment to improving our campus and/or local communites. Students must be nominated for this award by one or more faculty members. Nomination letters should address the criteria above and be accompanied by the student's resume.

Eligibility:

Must be an undergraduate student enrolled in at least 12 credits during Spring quarter 2009, with a declared major or minor in one of the eight CAH departments (Art, Communication, English, Foreign Languages, History, Music, Philosophy and Religious Studies or Theatre Arts), Latino and Latin American Studies, Asia/Pacific Studies, Film and Video Studies, or Africana and Black Studies.

• Students may submit entries in any or all of the seven competitions, but are limited to one entry per competition.
  Entries can be work submitted for a class, or created specifically for the award competition.

• For each entry, an official coversheet should be completed and submitted. Coversheets are available in CAH department offices, the Dean's office, and here

• The student's name should not appear on the entry proper to enable anonymous judging.

• To be eligible, the entry sheet and materials must be received in the CAH Dean's office (Hebeler 202 or Mail Stop 7518) by 5 p.m. on Monday, 6 April 2009.

Each recipient will receive a cash award of $100 and will be recognized, along with other honorees, at the College of Arts and Humanities Awards Banquet on 12 May 2009.