2007 Braun Awards

Tenth Annual Braun Awards Publication

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.

GENERAL EDUCATION

Jenna Zulauf

"Stairway to Sin: An Uncharacteristic Breach in Dickens' Didactic Style" (118KB)

Dan Cook, Department of English, Nominator

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT

Kayleen Schumacher

"If Brazil Can Do It, Why Can't We?" (2,713KB)

George Puia, Dow Chemical Chair in Global Business, Nominator

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

Kayleen Shumacher

"Action Research: Establishing Ethics" (210KB)

Frank Dane, Finkbeiner Endowed Chair in Ethics, Nominator

CRYSTAL M. LANGE COLLEGE OF NURSING & HEALTH SCIENCES

Dana Corning

"Multiple Sclerosis: Finding Health Within a Chronic Illness" (653KB)

Mary M. Graiver, Department of Nursing, Nominator

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, & TECHNOLOGY

Jennifer Empkie

"Methods of Spermatogenesis in Freshwater Mussels" (4,525KB)

Sally Shepardson, Department of Biology, Nominator

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, & TECHNOLOGY

Brian Bittner

"Analysis of Reproductive Structures of Venustaconcha Ellipsiformis" (2,698KB)

Sally Shepardson, Department of Biology, Nominator

MULTIMEDIA – UNDERGRADUATE

Kevan Umberfield, Ryan Joseph, David Deckett, and Jennifer Deitsh

"The Threat From Below: Social Change After the American Revolution"

(video)

Brad Jarvis, Department of History, Nominator