Essay Contest!

Essay Contest:  Greening Gannon

Open to Gannon undergraduate and graduate students

First place prize: $100

Second place prize: $50

The first- and second-place winners will be published in The Gannon Knight’s Perspective section.

 

What is one specific change an individual at Gannon or Gannon University should adopt to conserve the Earth’s resources?  Why?

 

400-500 words

A committee will award the prizes based on the following criteria:

·         Focuses on one particular change

·         Uses research from reliable sources effectively

·         Well argued (uses good reasons with substantive evidence to back up claims)

·         Uses language and level of detail appropriate to a general audience

·         Well organized

·         Well written

Due no later than 5 p.m. on Wednesday, October 5^th, 2011.

 

Submit essay electronically to Ann Bomberger (bomberge001@gannon.edu), Assistant Professor of English.

Questions may be directed to Prof. Bomberger at bomberge001@gannon.edu or ext.5366.

 

Sponsored by the
Gannon Goes Green Committee, the English Department, and the Deans’ offices
as part of Gannon’s No Impact Week (October 1-9, 2011).