Julia Rose Atkinson Honored for First-Year Seminar Essay Writing

2018 Mar 6

On Feb. 27, Julia Rose Atkinson earned honorable mention in the Endeavor Foundation First-Year Seminar Essay Contest.

Her essay titled, "Rookie Mag: Complicating the Teenage Girl’s Image” was written for the seminar ENGL 162, The Past and Present of American Journalism.

The First-Year Seminars are writing intensive courses that introduce students to a variety of topics and writing associated with various disciplines. Students learn the methods used to collect, interpret, analyze and present evidence as part of a scholarly argument. Faculty teaching these classes highlight the type of writing associated with their respective disciplines, and help students develop, compose, organize and revise their writing.