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2010 Essay Contest Rules

2010 Women of Achievement Award guidelines

Each year, in the month of March, the Women's Studies Program sponsors programs in celebration of Women's History and Awareness Month. Programming is currently underway for March 2010.

As part of our celebration of Women's History & Awareness Month, the EIU Women's Studies Program invites students to submit essays or scholarly papers that incorporate a feminist perspective to our writing contest.

Papers written during the previous calendar year (spring, summer, or fall semesters) or the spring semester in which the submissions are due are eligible.

A cash award will be presented to the contest winners -graduate and undergraduate- at our annual awards reception at the Tarble Arts Center during Women's History & Awareness Month in March.

Deadline for entries is 4:00 p.m. on the first MONDAY in February.

Also during our annual celebration of Women's History and Awareness Month at EIU, the Women's Studies Program sponsors "Women of Achievement" Awards. Anyone can nominate a woman who has made significant contributions to our community or to EIU. Deadline for submissions is 4:00 p.m. on the first MONDAY in February.

For details, contact the Women's Resource Center at 581-5947.

To view a list of previous Women of Achievement Award Winners, see below.

Suzanne Enck-Wanzer, 2009 Student Awardees-Kayleigh McRoberts(undergrad level essay), Kristi Kohlonberg(graduate level essay), Rebecca Griffith(Outstanding Women's Studies Student) with Janet Marquardt

2009 WHAM Awards Reception

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Women of Achievement Awards 1980-2009

1980 – Mary Rogers
1981 – Vanlou Nan Trank, Margaret Soderberg, Koralie Murad
1982 – Patty Tucker-Ladd, Marsha Hausser, Sharon Bartling
1983 – Carol Elder Schmudde, Peggy Brayfield, Isabel Parrott
1984 – Eulalee Anderson, Camille Compo, Barbara Hill, Ellen Schanzle-Haskins
1985 – Rosemary Shepherd, Janet Norberg, Toni Collins
1986 – Olga Durham, Sandy Rives, Angelynn Richardson
1987 – Susan Woods, Genie Lenihan, Jana Raymond
1988 – Judith Anderson, Bonnie Buckley, Nancy Taitt
1989 – Virginia Davis, Debra Camren-Anderson, Cynthia Jackson
1990 – Andrea Bonnicksen, Ruth Dow, Sandra Gallion, Janice Grewell
1991 – Sue Stoner, Carol Sanders, Karen Medina
1992 – Melody Allison, Kathleen Roberts, Antoinette Spinner, Evette Pearson
1993 – Luciana Gomes, Tanya Wood, Mathiel Crane
1994 – Carolyn Smith, Edith Hedges, Nanditha Balasubramanian
1995 – Betty Boyer, Johnetta Jones, Christine Krashak
1996 – Mary Anne Hanner, Jacqueline Record, Hazel Watson
1997 – Linda Coleman, Jacqueline Bacon
1998 – Margaret Hollowell, Cathy Reynolds, Christina Hardin
1999 – Judith Moll, Therese Supple Kincaid, Anne Zahlan
2000 – Nancy Owen, Gail Mason, Courtney Mcdermott
2001 – Carol Stevens, Birdina Gregg
2002 – Jonelle DePetro, Kristy Poteete, Patsy Black
2003 – Jayne Ozier, Deborah Shrum
2004 – Janet Marquardt, Joanna Swick, Stephanie Michaelis
2005 – Kathy Bower, Clare L. McCulla
2006 – Diana Veach, Robin Beach, Tammy Veach, Annette Samuels
2007 – Pam Hood, Sue Kaufman
2008 – Ann Fritz, Angie Hunt
2009 - Teri McCarthy, Dianne Nelson

2009 Women of Achievement - Teri McCarthy and Dianne Nelson

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