The College of Liberal Arts is now recruiting applicants for the he Headliners Foundation Undergraduate Scholarship 2011 – 2012. This is $3,000 award for students who excel in writing and who have a serious interest in journalism.

The application is available on line and should be submitted directly to the Headliners Foundation: (http://www.headlinersfoundation.org/scholarship.html).  Dr. Carver will be happy to respond to any questions you may have about your applications.

Students who are gifted writers and who have written for The Texan or other publications are encouraged to apply. In 2005 three students from the College of Liberal Arts—Delaney Hall, Rebekah Perry, and Rachel Pearson—were awarded Headliners Scholarships. In 2006 awards went to Kim Garza, Ryan Guerrero, Daniel Carter, J.J. Hermes, and Tobias Salinger. In 2007 four of our students—Ingrid Norton, Monica Riese, Jesse Cordes Selbin, and Margaret Sharp—were awarded Headliner’ Scholarships. In 2008 we had five winners: Andrew Kreighbaum, Jonathan Tjarks, Brad Gray, Monica Riese, and Leah Finnegan. In 2009 Andrew Kreighbaum and Lauren Winchester hold Headliner’s Scholarships. This year Andrew Kreighbaum, Elana Estrin, and Molly Wahlberg hold Headliners’ Scholarships.  Many of these students are LAHers and we would like to add many more students to this list for 2011-2012.

The deadline for this year’s competition is Friday, February 11.

The Topic

In the Dictionnaire Philosophique (1764), Voltaire wrote, “Le mieux est l’ennemie du bien” (“The best is the enemy of the good”), a saying often quoted, often repeated in various forms. The late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan in a 1987 speech, for example, put it this way: “If we get into the mind-set where the good becomes the enemy of the best, we will get nothing.” Write an essay in which you agree or disagree with Voltaire’s assertion. Needless to say, the more well developed your thoughts, the more specific your language, the better.

Eligibility: Current Liberal Arts Honors Freshmen and Sophomores

Specifications: 750-1000 words, titled, double-spaced, and typed, with your name in the upper-right hand corner. No cover page.

Awards:

1st Prize: $1500

2nd Prize: $500

3rd Prize: $250

Submission Deadline: Friday, January 21, 5:00 p.m. in the Liberal Arts Honors Office. The judges reserve the right to withhold awards in the absence of prize worthy essays