Freedom of Expression Essay Contest Award
Applicant must be enrolled full- or part-time at UW Oshkosh. Applicant must submit an essay answering the prompt provided at the “The Supreme Court and the Constitution: The Future of the Rule of Law in the U.S.” event on October 24, 2024. More information on the event can be found here: uwosh.edu/community-engagement/. A recording of the event will be posted following the event. Awards will be given for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. The awards will be paid out in Spring 2025.
This award is funded through the Kleinschmidt Family Foundation Freedom of Expression Fund, which was established to prioritize and foster freedom of speech programming on the UW Oshkosh campus.
- Award
- 1st: $3,000, 2nd: $2,000, 3rd: $1,000
- Scopes
- Center for Civic & Community Engagement, Graduate Award, Undergraduate Award
- Deadline
- 11/14/2024
- Supplemental Questions
- This essay has two parts. You should address tonight's event and answer the questions below. Quality essays will use multiple examples and direct quotes, when possible, from tonight's event. You may also bring in additional outside sources as long as they are cited. Writing quality, detail, depth and thoughtfulness of argument, and accuracy of event description will also be considered while scoring the essay.
- 1) The speakers tonight discussed the role of the Supreme Court and the future of the rule of law in the United States, sometimes they agreed and sometimes they disagreed. Was the conversation tonight a good example of civil discourse and free speech? Why or why not? How did the speakers represent the best (or worst) of how civil dialogue and the exchange of competing ideas can or should occur at UW Oshkosh?
- 2) In a political environment where many people across the political spectrum—left and right—disagree strongly about issues, what is the value of free speech on a college campus?
- This essay has two parts. You should address tonight's event and answer the questions below. Quality essays will use multiple examples and direct quotes, when possible, from tonight's event. You may also bring in additional outside sources as long as they are cited. Writing quality, detail, depth and thoughtfulness of argument, and accuracy of event description will also be considered while scoring the essay.