Writing Competition
The Kentuckiana Metroversity sponsors a competition in both CREATIVE writing and EXPOSITORY writing each year.
The Creative Writing Competition awards a first prize of $200 and a second prize of $100 in two categories: short fiction and poetry. There are two divisions – one for undergraduate students and one for graduate students.
The Expository Writing competition awards a first prize of $200 and a second prize of $100 in two categories: creative nonfiction or essay and research. There are two divisions – one for undergraduate students and one for graduate students.
In addition there will be an award for the entry that adresses the topic of “RACE, PLACE AND IDENTITY” and an INTERNATIONAL category for undergraduate students whose native language is not English.
Guidelines and Application Process →
2011-2012 Campus Coordinators
Director of Writing Competition – James Leary jleary0002@kctcs.edu
Bellarmine – Fred Smock freds@bellarmine.edu
Indiana Southeast – Leigh Ann Meyer lmeyer@ius.edu
Jefferson – James Leary jleary0002@kctcs.edu
Louisville Presbyterian – Kathryn Mapes lmapes@lpts.edu
Southern Baptist – Jim Orrick jorrick@sbts.edu
Spalding – Merle Bachmann (undergrad) mbachmann@spalding.edu Kathleen Driskell (Graduate) kdriskell@spalding.edu
UofL – Brian Leung brian.leung@louisville.edu
Award for Outstanding Instructional Development
The Metroversity Awards for Instructional Development were created to encourage the ongoing improvements of instructional development among full-time faculty of member institutions.
The Kentuckiana Metroversity, Inc. offers annually awards to persons who present the best designs for instructional development in college teaching.
Four winners are given cash prizes of $1000 each. An additional Special Merit Award of $1000 will be given to the top proposal. Funds are available for these Awards from a generous grant made by Mr. H. Charles Grawemeyer and from Metroversity Funds.
Adult Learner Awards
Kentuckiana Metroversity recognizes that adult students enrich our academic communities but also that attending college as an adult may be both complicated and challenging. To honor these nontraditional students and the faculty and staff that support them, Metroversity has created the Adult Student Learner Awards
Each Metroversity college or university will select overall winners from the nominees from their school. There will be both an undergraduate and graduate adult student winner as well as a faculty member and staff member selected from each insititution to receive an award. All of the nominees as well as the winners will recognized at the award ceremony on Thursday, March 29.
Guidelines are available here.
Please contact the representative fromyour institution to nominate a student, staff or faculty member for this award.
Bellarmine – Hannah Clayborne hclayborne@bellarmine.edu
Indiana Southeast – Kim Pelle kpelle@ius.edu
Jefferson Community and technical – Chanda Rodski chanda.rodski@kctcs.edu
Louisville presbyterian – Kathryn Mapes kmapes@lpts.edu
Southern Baptist – Haywood Armstrong harmstrong@sbts.edu
Spalding – Linda Beattie lbeattie@spalding.edu
UofL – Julia Onnembo jaonne01@louisville.edu