| About the Award | Instructions for Submissions | The 2008 Award Recipients |
To further support undergraduate research, the WSU Libraries will be offering the Student Research Excellence Award this spring. An award of $1000 will be given to the best project, and $250 will be awarded to each of three honorable mentions. The winners will be acknowledged during a ceremony at the Holland & Terrell Libraries in April. Per University regulations, award monies will be deposited to the winners’ WSU student accounts.
The Award is open to any WSU undergraduate student at the Pullman campus. Submissions will consist of a research project completed for a WSU class during 2007, an endorsement from the professor, and an essay describing the use of library research materials. Honors theses that are completed before the deadline are eligible. See the Instructions for Submissions section below and the forms links above for more information.
Submissions must be turned in to the Library Administrative Office (Holland & Terrell 221) by 5pm on February 29, 2008.
If you have questions, please contact Beth Lindsay, Assistant Dean for Public Services and Outreach at 335.6134 or elindsay@wsu.edu.
The Student Research Excellence Award is open to WSU undergraduate students. Individual projects completed during the Spring, Summer or Fall terms of 2007 are eligible for submission.
Submission packets will include:
Deliver your submission packet to the Library Administrative Office, Holland & Terrell Libraries, Room 221, by 5pm on February 29, 2008.
Your submission will be photocopied for the reviewers. Please do not bind your materials, place in 3-ring binders or use staples. Use paper clips, envelopes or folders.
Projects will be reviewed by a panel of WSU librarians using the following evaluation criteria:
The WSU Libraries have selected the winners of the second annual Student Research Excellence Award on the Pullman campus. Undergraduate students were invited to submit a research paper they had written for a WSU class during 2007, along with an essay outlining their research strategy, use of information sources and skills in evaluating sources.
A team of library faculty read all of the submitted projects and evaluated the works based on the evidence of advanced and original use of library resources and collections; of exceptional ability in locating, selecting, evaluating and synthesizing research materials; of significant personal learning and development of a personal agenda of research and inquiry; and of overall quality of the project, including clarity of expression, quality of writing style, and content that illustrates use of a broad range of sources and research materials and that contributes to or suggests future directions for research.
There was a tie for first place; both winners will receive a prize of $1000. Alison Kirpes, a senior in English, submitted her Honors thesis, “From Harlot to Human Being: The Revised Anna Karenina.” Her advisor for the project was Birgitta Ingemanson. Also winning first prize is Jorgen Olson, a senior in history, who entered a paper written for Theresa Jordan’s History 300 class entitled “Nationalism and the Vision of Music.”
Three runners-up have also been named. Each will receive a $250 prize. These awards go to Molly Boers, Haley Paul, and Rachel Waniata. Boers, a senior in fine arts, was recognized for her Honors thesis “Suspicious Reception: Public Reaction to Three Portraits of Marie Antoinette.” Paul, a senior in anthropology, submitted her Honors thesis entitled “Bigger, but Better? An Examination of Food System Scale and Its Connection to Long Term Sustainability.” Waniata, a senior in music, entered her Honors thesis, “The Choral Styles of F. Melius Christiansen and Robert Shaw: A Comparison.”
All of the winners will be honored at an awards ceremony on April 21 at 1pm in the Holland and Terrell Libraries Atrium. Everyone is welcome to attend.