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Students: Participate in Essay Contest and Write about Your Favorite MC Faculty, Staff or Administrator!
Published at Nov 5 2009 12:00AM
Category: Need to Know
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 The National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) announces the second annual Community College Week-NISOD Student Essay Contest in honor of Scott Wright, past editor of Community College Week (1995-2000), recipient of the 1998 Award for Excellence in Higher Education Journalism, and the reporter who brought national attention to developmental education and the unique mission community colleges possess in providing an accessible education.
<b>Submission Deadline
November 6, 2009 </b>
<b>Essay Topic</b>
Describe your most rewarding learning experience with a faculty, staff, or administrator at your college.
$3,000+ in Prizes
$1,000 to the Student Author
$1,000 to the Faculty/Staff/Administrator Featured in the Essay
<b>Submission Guidelines </B>
Each contestant must be currently enrolled at the community college featured in the essay. The faculty/staff/administrator featured in the essay must also be currently employed at this same community college.
Each contestant may submit only one essay, and it must address the specific essay topic.
The essay text is limited to a minimum of 400 and a maximum of 500 words.
The following information must be submitted with the essay using our online form: (1) Essay title, author name, address, phone, and email address; (2) Faculty/staff/administrator name, address, phone, and email address; and (3) College name, address, and phone.
The essay must be submitted by NOON CST, November 6, 2009 via the online form on NISOD's Web site: http://www.nisod.org/student_essay/. We do not accept submission via email/fax/or by mail.
Essays will become the property of NISOD and Community College Week. Submission constitutes an authorization for NISOD and Community College Week to use the essays for research and grants. NISOD and Community College Week also have the authority to publish the results of the research and the text of the essays.
Editor reserves the right to make final editing decisions.
Contestants will be notified by Monday, February 8, 2010.
Additional Guidelines for the Winning Essay:
The student and the faculty/staff/administrator featured in the essay will forward their photos and bios to NISOD by March 1, 2010. NISOD will receive the college's logo by March 1, 2010.
If the college featured in the essay is not a NISOD member, the college will receive a complimentary NISOD membership for 2010-2011. If the college is a NISOD-member, the college will receive a complimentary NISOD membership for 2010-2011.
For further information, see http://www.nisod.org/student_essay/. |
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