Guidelines for Nomination and Selection

  1. Submissions for The Braun Awards for Writing Excellence at SVSU may be made in nine categories:
    1. General Education (please submit assignment with paper)
    2. College of Arts and Behavioral Sciences--Social Sciences (Departments:  Criminal Justice, Geography, History, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology; 300 and 400 level courses)
    3. College of Business
    4. College of Education
    5. College of Health and Human Services
      (Departments:  Kinesiology, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Social Work)
    6. College of Science, Engineering and Technology
    7. Multimedia - Undergraduate
    8. Graduate Programs
    9. Multimedia - Graduate
  2. Student work shall be nominated by a faculty member in the College or Program category for which the award is submitted; the faculty nomination shall state why this work is evidence of exemplary writing in that category. Students may request faculty members to nominate their work, and will be asked to verify the authenticity of their work. Nominations are not restricted to students whose majors are in that college. Current students only are eligible. Nominated works are not restricted to course work. Course work may be revised before submission to be appropriate for a wider audience. Submitted works shall have been written after Jan. 1, 2009. Honors theses, Faculty Association Scholarship projects, capstone projects, and the like are not eligible for nomination. Previously published work is not eligible for nomination.  Awards will be determined by the Selection Committee in each category.
  3. Students may submit works in multiple categories, but may submit only one work per category and may not submit the same work for awards in two different categories. If a faculty member deems that a work is more appropriate for another category, he/she may recommend that the student seek nomination from a faculty member in that category.
  4. Collaborative work is eligible. Collaborators will share the award.

  5. Faculty nominations in all 9 categories shall be submitted by March 19, 2010, to the Writing Center, Zahnow 308.

    Selection Committees for all categories shall be convened by the designated members of the University Writing Committee:

    Diane Boehm General Education; Graduate Programs
    Debra Wagner Health and Human Services
    Deborah Smith Education
    Amy Hlavacek Science, Engineering, & Technology
    Amy Hlavacek Multi-Media - Graduate

    Julie Lynch

    		Arts & Behavioral Sciences - Social Sciences
    Deborah Smith Multi-Media - Undergraduate
    Sourav Batabyal Business & Management

  6. Awards in the amount of $250 may be made in each of the nine categories. Publication of the winning papers will take place in two forms:
    • A print publication for local distribution
    • An on-line publication linked from this website.
  7. Awards will be presented at the Writing Awards Reception Tuesday, April 13, 2010.