Once again, the University of Wisconsin System is sponsoring a scholarship competition focused on liberal education.
The essay competition, which was established to support and promote liberal education throughout the state’s public university system, invites students to discuss the transformative nature of their educations by focusing on an experience that changed how they viewed themselves and the world.
This year's topic is focused on the "practical economic value" of liberal education in the workplace. All undergraduate students eligible to compete recently received a message encouraging them to do so.
The competition is funded by private funds and is part of the UW System’s Liberal Education Initiative, which seeks make the goals and outcomes of liberal arts education accessible and valuable to all UW students, regardless of major or degree program.
Three winners will each receive a $2,000 scholarship to help fund the remainder of their undergraduate education.
This competition is open to all UW-Madison undergraduate students in academic good standing (3.0 cum GPA) who have completed a minimum of 30 credit hours by the end of the Fall semester 2010.
Information and application:
http://www.lssaa.wisc.edu/scholarships/documents/LAES2011Announcement.pdf