The College of Arts and Sciences Diversity and Inclusion Committee announces a Diversity and Inclusion Composition Award. This award will be given to one undergraduate and one graduate student who have completed coursework in the CAS.

Eligibility

• Currently enrolled Western Michigan University undergraduate or graduate student. 
• Student has composed and submitted an original composition for grade in a College of Arts and Science course during the spring 2012 or fall 2012 semester. Such examples may include an essay, fiction/nonfiction, poetry, documentary, or other academic/creative work.
• Composition demonstrates excellence in themes related to diversity and inclusion. “Themes of diversity and inclusion involve the dimensions of race, ethnicity, and national and regional origins; sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation; socioeconomic status, age, physical attributes, and abilities; as well as religious, political, cultural, and intellectual ideologies and practices” (Western Michigan University’s Diversity and Multiculturalism Action Plan).

Award

The prize is $500 for an undergraduate student and $500 for a graduate student. Entries are judged on their relevance to diversity and inclusion and on the overall quality of the composition.

Deadline

Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013

Application

Applicants should submit the following:

• Verification from the instructor for whom the applicant completed the appropriate work (may be a simple written, signed note or email from the instructor’s WMU Webmail account)
• A PDF document of the composition if composed in essayistic or print form
• A flash drive, hyperlink to, or dvd of the composition for non-traditional formats

Submit to:
College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Office
2304 Friedmann Hall
or to Lauren Carney at lauren.carney@wmich.edu