CWRU Writing Program Awards
AY 2020-2021
Emmons_Video.mp4Welcome from Kimberly Emmons
Director of the Writing Program
Oviatt Professor of English; Associate Professor
Congratulations!
Writing is at the heart of our shared academic enterprise. It is an essential skill and a flexible tool that generates questions, shapes knowledge, and inspires action. On this website, the Writing Program celebrates the many successes of Case Western Reserve University writers and writing instructors.
While the circumstances of this academic year have made it impossible to gather together for our annual recognition ceremony, we hope that this asynchronous tribute will stand in for a heartfelt, in-person celebration.
Please enjoy the congratulatory messages from Provost Vinson, Dean Ward, Associate Dean Whiting, and Professor Cowart. Then, learn more about each of our award recipients by following the links below.
Vinson_Video.mp4Ben Vinson, III
Provost & Executive Vice President
Hiram C. Haydn Professor of History
Ward_Video(2021).movJoy Ward
Dean, College of Arts & Sciences
Professor of Biology
Whiting_Video.mp4Peter Whiting
Director of SAGES and Associate Dean, College of Arts & Sciences
Professor, Earth, Environmental, and Plantary Sciences
Cowart_Video.mp4Georgia Cowart
Interim Chair, Department of English
Professor of Music
2020-2021 Writing Program Teaching Award Recipients
Click on recipients' names to learn more about their accomplishments and to watch their video reflections on teaching and writing.
Jessica Melton Perry Award for Distinguished Teaching in Disciplinary & Professional Writing
2020-2021 Writing Program Essay Prizes
SAGES First & University Seminar Essay Prizes
The SAGES First and University Seminar Prizes highlight the best student writing produced in SAGES seminars each semester. Seminar leaders nominate student essays at the end of each course. These essays are reviewed by a committee of SAGES Teaching Fellows, graduate students, and SAGES administrators, who select several essays to recognize. The Writing Program works with the prize winners to prepare the essays for publication, and they are recognized annually at the Writing Program Awards. These essays provide a glimpse into the rich array of genres and texts that SAGES students create across many disciplines as they move through the SAGES sequence. This booklet contains the prize-winning essays from 2020-2021.
Click on the image to the right to read the best student writing from SAGES First and University Seminars over the last year.
Additional Congratulations
There are many things to celebrate this year, including Writing Program Faculty winning campus-wide teaching and mentoring awards and undergraduates winning English department awards. Click here for more accolades.