assignments and contests

qlc assignment

New students, here is your assignment! Please come to your K Week Common Reading Discussion Group with your QLC!

 

photo and essay contests

Many of today's college students have participated in the Flat Stanley Project or the My Travel Teddy program, designed to promote literacy and written communication among primary and junior students through hands on exploration. Similarly, we have developed the CREativity Project, designed to provide and support active learning opportunities for students to apply their knowledge gained in the classroom to out-of-class experiences.

The following Common Reading Experience (CRE) contests are designed to engage UK students in analyzing this year's common book in relation to their personal experiences.

CONTEST PRIZES

First Place winners of the following contests will receive:

  • Dinner with author James McBride during his campus visit on October 1, 2009
  • Guaranteed admission to McBride's presentation, "The Color of Water: Meditations on Identity."
  • A leadership position on the Common Reading Selection Committee to help choose a book for the 2011-12 CRE

First, Second, and Third Place as well as Honorable Mention photos and essays will be displayed on the CRE website.

All photos will be displayed on campus during McBride's visit on October 1, 2009.

"Picture Me Reading" Photo Contest
(Open to all currently-enrolled UK students.)
We want to know where you are reading The Color of Water this summer! Enjoying the book with breakfast in bed? Reading while you catch some rays by the pool? Taking the book as a travel companion on your adventures around the country or world? Show us your most creative reading locale and/or where you read best!

How to Participate

    1. Read the Photo Contests Rules
    2. Complete the Photo Contests Entry Form (note, you will need to enable the ActiveX content or Macros to fill out the form)
    3. Submit the Photo Contests Entry Form and your photo as e-mail attachments to CommonReading@lsv.uky.edu by Friday, September 25, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. (indicate "CRE Photo Contests" in the subject line)


"The Colors of Our World" Photo Contest
(Open to all currently-enrolled UK students.)
Are you interested in photography? Do you see the world as an image we can learn from? If so, we hope you will participate in this contest! You will likely relate to or question many of the people and experiences in the book. We encourage you to take photos that represent the people, themes, issues, and/or experiences in the book.

How to Participate

  1. Read the Photo Contests Rules
  2. Complete the Photo Contests Entry Form (note, you will need to enable the ActiveX content or Macros to fill out the form)
  3. On the Photo Contests Entry From, be sure to answer, "How does this photo represent the people, themes, issues, and/or experiences in The Color of Water?"
  4. Submit the Photo Contests Entry Form and your photo as e-mail attachments to CommonReading@lsv.uky.edu by Friday, September 25, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. (indicate "CRE Photo Contests" in the subject line)

"Dear...: A Tribute to Freshman Year" Essay Contest
(Open to all incoming UK freshmen.)
In chapter 10, titled "School," of The Color of Water, James McBride reflects on the changes he saw in his brothers and sisters as they went off to and came back from college, as well the transformation he saw in himself as his identity developed.

How to Participate

  1. Read the Essay Contest Information and Guidelines (contains excerpts from The Color of Water and contest rules)
  2. Write an essay in the form of a letter (addressed to the person of your choice: parents/guardians, sibling(s), high school friend(s), etc.) as if you have flashed forward to the end of your freshmen year and are detailing how you have changed and how you have stayed the same.
  3. Complete the Essay Contest Entry Form (note, you will need to enable the ActiveX content or Macros to fill out the form)
  4. Submit the Essay Contest Form and your essay as Word attachments to CommonReading@lsv.uky.edu by Friday, September 25, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. (indicate "CRE Essay Contest" in the subject line)