The Ruth and Ted Braun Awards for Writing Excellence at Saginaw Valley State University have been established to create incentives for outstanding student writing and opportunities for student writers to be recognized and published.
Judging is conducted within each division by committees appointed within that division.
| John Timko |
| Dr. Erik K. Trump, Associate Professor of Political Science, Nominator |
| Dustin Kuhl and Larry Wascher |
| "Creating an E-Learning Environment " Dr. Farid Hallouche, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Nominator |
| Mark Hauman |
| "Low-Cost Strategies for Lessening CNA Turnover in Nursing Homes" Dr. Mark W. McCartney, Professor of Accounting, Nominator |
| Eldon Kohn |
| "Selling Poetry: Pushy with Pizzazz" Ruth Copp, Instructor of English, Nominator |
| Elvin Gjevori |
| Dr. Erik K. Trump, Associate Professor of Political Science, Nominator |
| Kristen Short |
| "The Experience of Living with ESRD and Hemodialysis" Dr. Mary Graiver, Professor of Nursing, Nominator |