FYE Prize
Candace Carlucci Backus '66 FYE Prize in Honor of Student Academic Achievement in
the First-Year Experience
The First-Year Experience Prize, supported with the generosity of Candace Carlucci
Backus ’66, will be awarded annually to up to three projects by first-year students
in recognition of exceptional scholarly or artistic achievement in the fall’s Scribner
Seminars.
During the spring semester, the First-Year Experience Office will solicit nominations
from the previous fall’s Scribner Seminar instructors. Nominations may be either for
individual or collaborative projects, and may include any kind of exemplary work –
written, visual, or performative. The FYE will then contact nominees and ask them
to submit a sample of work from their Scribner Seminar. A committee of faculty will
establish the criteria, review the submissions and make up to three awards.
First-year students are encouraged to approach their Scribner Seminar instructors
and ask them to consider submitting a nomination in their name. The Office of the
FYE welcomes nominations of students whose work was truly exceptional and worthy of
community-wide recognition.
Congratulations to the Class of 2018 FYE Prize Winners:
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Anna Reeves, "The Land Sings Its Memory" (Seminar: American Memories, with Prof. Dan Nathan)
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Sophia Moritz and Tessa Minardi, "Westside Forgiveness Project" (Seminar: Making Things Right, with Prof. Larry Jorgensen)
