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Congratulations to the Winners of the 47th Annual IIT Lewis Department of Humanities Undergraduate Writing Contest

The winning entries for spring 2012:

FRESHMAN ESSAY PRIZE
1st: Matthew Seludo (Chemistry)
The Alchemist with a Thousand Lessons

2nd: Dane Christianson (Mechanical Engineering)
The Psychology of Happiness

EDWIN H. LEWIS PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION
1st: Mike Purdy (Journalism of Technology, Science, and Business)
Revolutionary Persuasion

2nd: Joannas Joseph (Chemical Engineering)
Positivism... Good or Bad?

3rd: Monica Samelson (Molecular Biochemistry & Biophysics)
Eleven Words That Sound Like "Orange": What Vietnamese Language Taught Me About Cultural Relativism

EDWIN H. LEWIS PRIZE FOR FICTION
1st: Irina Papuc (Physics)
Lastovya Lost

2nd: Jeffrey Wigen (Architecture)
The Boy by the Bedside

3rd: Samiat Jinadu (Psychology)
Mamma's Wish

MOLLIE COHEN POETRY PRIZE
1st: Obinna Okechukwu (Computer Engineering)
Penumbra; The Puppeteer; Flooding; Midnight; A Quarrel with Zero

2nd: Scott Michael Slone (Materials, Science, & Engineering)
The Man on the Bench

3rd: Allen White (Business Administration)
Yore Decadence

Our thanks to all the IIT students who submitted work in this year's contest. A lunch reception for all entrants and awarding of Amazon.com gift cards will be held on Wednesday, April 11 at 12:30 p.m. in the Collens Welcome Center.


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