First and Second Year Students
Third and Fourth Year Students
Second Place
Koby Andrews-Howards
Seattle University
Refugee Narratives: Testimony to the Importance of Admitting Ignorance (PDF)
Contest Details
The winning essays were reviewed by three panels of judges. A special thank you goes out to the panel of our finalist judges:
- Steve Mullin, President of the Washington Roundtable
- Scott Kennedy, External Relations Manager at the Seattle Chamber
- Andi Smith, Director of External Relations for Governor Inslee
- WaCLA member institutions
The student essays responded to the following prompt, in 500 words or less:
A liberal arts education is characterized, in part, by the idea that understanding many different ways of knowing helps students develop into effective and responsible members of their communities. Choose a current issue in your community and explain how you think about it as a liberally-educated citizen.
Michael Zimmerman
Vice President for Academic Affairs
The Evergreen State College