The Kristi Schultz Broughton Liberal Arts Essay Contest is an annual competition which encourages Butler undergraduates from all colleges to write a short essay in response to a prompt about the value of the liberal arts education they are experiencing at Butler. The author of the winning essay receives a $1,000 prize. The committee, comprised of LAS faculty and BOV members, selected Katelyn Breden as this year’s winner. You can follow the link below to read her essay.
2015 topic – Vision for the Future
In describing Butler 2020 (http://www.butler.edu/butler-2020/) the university makes use of six different verbs to articulate the university’s vision for its future, a vision deeply informed by and invested in the liberal arts. Select one of the verbs that are part of the vision for Butler 2020 and write an essay describing how your liberal arts education has made that verb part of your own vision for the future. In other words, think about and illustrate how you will be better able to enact that verb as a result of your liberal arts education.
Winning essay, “Butler 2020:Integrate.Exemplify excellence in the liberal arts, professional education, and their effective integration,” by Katelyn Breden.
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