Kristi Schultz Broughton Liberal Arts Essay Contest
2012 - 2013
Congratulations to Andrew Erlandson, the winner of the 7th
annual Liberal Arts Essay Contest! The contest offers students the
chance to reflect on the value of a liberal arts education. The
prompt for the 2012-13 Contest was . . .
Primed to Serve, a Benefit of a Liberal Arts
Education
In Professor Marshall Gregory's forthcoming book, Good Teaching
and Educational Vision: Not the Same Thing as Disciplinary
Expertise, he writes of the importance of "[making] some kind of
positive contribution to the world: to do something to make the
world more sensible or more peaceful or more civil or more
intelligent, and more congenial to human flourishing." Write an
essay that analyzes how your liberal arts experiences (in your core
and major classes, your community requirements, your service work,
or other experiences) have inspired or prepared you to make similar
sorts of positive contributions to rationality, peace, civility,
intelligence, or human growth.
Read Andrew's winning essay,"Bologna and
Blogs: A Student's Journey Towards Actualizing The Purpose of His
Higher Education."