Each year from 2016-2019, the CIE program held a CIE Essay Contest. A committee of CIE faculty and Writing Fellows selected winners based on how well the submissions met the CIE writing goals: 

• Construct clear, articulate, and compelling arguments and ideas.
• Thoughtfully analyze and effectively use at least one of the CIE readings.
• Explore (implicitly or explicitly) any of the central CIE questions in creative and meaningful ways.

Past Winners

2018-2019

Gabbie Pitt, “Between the Mind and Body”

Joanna Timmerman, “Inclusivity in Higher Education Core Curricula: Cultivating Justice in the Classroom”

Britney Dyszel

2017-2018

Shayna Kushner, “What It Means to ‘Take a Knee’”

Thea Pastras, ”Us Too? The #MeToo Movement and Its Critics”

Matthew Paulus

2016-2017

Garrett Bullock (1^st place), “Angel of Whom?”

Annika Phillips (2^nd place), “Art and Rebellion in Medea and Pleasantville”

James Harkness (3^rd place), “The Repercussions of Having a Body”

Madison Moses (honorable mention), “Subject: A Dose of Reality”