{"id":372,"date":"2021-10-06T16:50:13","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T16:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/essay-contest\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T12:06:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T16:06:40","slug":"essay-contest","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/essay-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Essay Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-primary-block alignfull\" >\n\t<div class=\"container grid-default wysiwyg__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"sidebar-menu \" aria-label=\"Site Menu\" id=\"page-nav\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sidebar-menu__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"sidebar-menu__header\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sidebar-menu__headerLabel\">College of Liberal Arts &#038; Sciences Menu<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"sidebar-menu__mobileToggle\" title=\"Toggle Menu\" :aria-expanded=\"mobileOpen\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"sidebar-menu__list\" v-show=\"mobileOpen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/about\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >About<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/undergraduate-programs\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Undergraduate Programs<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/las-graduate-programs\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Graduate Programs<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/three-year-programs\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Three-Year Programs<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/faculty-staff\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Faculty &#038; Staff<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/experiential-learning\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Experiential Learning<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/global-opportunities\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Global Opportunities<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/arts-sciences\/essay-contest\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Liberal Arts Essay Contest<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem hide-overflow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/sciences-complex\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Sciences Complex<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem hide-overflow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/phi-beta-kappa\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Phi Beta Kappa Society<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem hide-overflow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/student-awards\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >LAS Student Awards<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem hide-overflow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/sci-olympiad\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Science Olympiad<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"sidebar-menu__desktopToggle\" v-text=\"desktopLabel\" :aria-expanded=\"desktopOpen\">More Links<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__wrapper wysiwyg__wrapper--hasSidebar\">\n\t\t\t<!-- content from editor -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__content wysiwyg__contentContainer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-kristi-schultz-broughton-liberal-arts-essay-contest\">Kristi Schultz Broughton Liberal Arts Essay Contest<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Each academic year, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences invites students to participate in our liberal arts education essay contest. The contest is open to all currently enrolled Butler undergraduates who have completed two or more semesters at Butler or another post-secondary liberal arts institution, and the submitted essays are judged by a committee of Butler University faculty drawn from various disciplines. The student who writes the winning essay wins a $1000 prize and is featured on the LAS Essay Contest webpage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The essay contest is named in honor of Kristi Schultz Broughton.&nbsp;Although not a Butler grad, Kristi was an avid supporter of Butler.&nbsp;Kristi was an elementary school teacher and a Butler Mom whose life exemplified the values of liberal education and a commitment to teaching and learning.&nbsp;The contest is made possible through the generous gift of Kristi&#8217;s sister Karen Schultz Alter &#8217;85 and brother Steven R. Schultz &#8217;88.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<section class=\"link-list layout-links\" >\n    <div class=\"link-list__container link-list__grid-default\">\n                        <div class=\"list-list__linkWrapper link-list__grid-default\">\n                                <ul class=\"wysiwyg__ctaLinks\">\n                                                        <li>\n                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/essay-contest\/essay-contest-winners\/\" class=\"button-link-right button-link-right--color-blue-bright\" >Read previous years&#8217; prompts and winning essays<\/a>\n                                <\/li>\n                                            <\/ul>\n                                \n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<div class=\"acc-flex-container\">\n\t<div class=\"acc-title-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\">\n\t\t<button id='block_acf-block-69f22c8f9fc76-acc-row' class='acc-row' type='button' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='block_acf-block-69f22c8f9fc76_acc-content-panel'>\n\t\t\t<div id='block_acf-block-69f22c8f9fc76-acc-title' class='acc-title'>\n\t\t\t\t2025\u20132026 Essay Prompt\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" id='block_acf-block-69f22c8f9fc76-acc-img' class='acc-icon' src='https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/wp-content\/plugins\/butler-acf-blocks-new\/assets\/images\/nav_main_icon_open.png' \/>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div role=\"region\" aria-hidden='true'\n\t\tid='block_acf-block-69f22c8f9fc76-acc-content-panel' class='acc-panel' aria-labelledby=\"block_acf-block-69f22c8f9fc76-acc-row\">\n\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-does-reading-matter\">Does Reading Matter?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The evidence, statistical and anecdotal, is piling up: in an age of social media and other digital distractions, people are becoming less and less inclined to immerse themselves in a book. One recent study indicates that, over the past two decades, daily reading for pleasure among Americans has dropped forty percent. Middle school and high school teachers are asking their students to read fewer and fewer full-length books. Data released last year by the federal Department of Education indicate that the reading skills of high school seniors in the United States are the worst they have been in three decades. Does reading books even matter? Why or why not? How is your answer reflected in the place of reading in your own life?&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\t\t( function( $ ) {\n\t\t\tlet panel = document.getElementById('block_acf-block-69f22c8f9fc76-acc-content-panel');\n\n\t\t\t\/*\n\t\t\t * Need to set a value for maxHeight to initialize the accordion properly.\n\t\t\t * If we don't include this conditional, the accordion doesn't nicely transition to open\/close on the first click.\n\t\t\t *\/\n\t\t\tif ( 1 == 0 ) {\n\t\t\t\tpanel.style.maxHeight = 0 == 1 ? 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I was four years old when I moved with my mom and sister from the home I knew in Indiana to Mexico City. We had to pack our entire lives into just a few suitcases. When my mom told me I could only choose one thing from my room, I didn\u2019t hesitate. I walked over, picked it up, and held it tightly. I knew I wasn\u2019t leaving it behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\u201c\u00a1Mira, Noem\u00ed!\u201d I said with the biggest smile as I showed off my most prized possession: Angelina Ballerina. My cousins stood in awe as they stared at the glossy cover and the pink tutu of a tiny mouse. They didn\u2019t have books of their own, so this was something foreign yet very exciting for them. My mom would read the book out loud for us and translate in Spanish so we could all experience the magic of reading. We\u2019d turn the words on the page into a movie in our heads, and suddenly we weren\u2019t just dancing for fun in our living room \u2013 we were ballerinas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>For a young child, reading is an opportunity to broaden perspectives and, more importantly, start dreaming. It\u2019s one of the first times we can learn about worlds we haven\u2019t visited and lives we haven\u2019t lived. At a time when we were living in poverty and our daily focus was simply having enough food on the table, reading offered a different reality. Through those pages, I wasn\u2019t just looking at a story; I was learning to envision a future for myself that went far beyond my current circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Moving back to the U.S. in 4th grade presented a new set of challenges, specifically a language barrier that made every day a struggle to adjust. I turned to books as my main learning tool because, unlike a lecture, I could control the pace. I could stop, look up a word, and re-read a sentence until it made sense. The first time I read a full sentence in English and understood it without having to translate each word in my head was a major accomplishment. My next goal was to be able to read a full page, then a full book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>If you asked me when I truly learned how to read, my answer would depend on which version of myself you were talking to. I could point back to that four-year-old in Mexico City, smiling as my mom translated the story of a dancing mouse into Spanish. I could also point to my 4th grade self, finally piecing together a full sentence in English without needing a dictionary. At that point I thought I had reached the finish line, however, it wasn\u2019t until college that I realized reading is a skill that never actually peaks. As a Biology major, most of my courses are centered on information-gathering. 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