Writing Showcase
The FASTrack Writing Showcase Portfolio is a program designed to recognize exemplary writing. Students whose work appears in the showcase will receive awards of $250.
- Ainsley Mandell, “The Commonplace Book”
Ainsley Mandell is being recognized for her skill in reflective writing. Students in FASTrack writing courses create a reflective blog, called their commonplace book, where ...
- Amber Schmidt, “Six Closed Doors”
Amber Schmidt is being recognized for sophistication of craft and powerful voice. In a multimedia project that bridges the semesters, FASTrack students are challenged to ...
- Ash Crantas, “Education of a War-Torn Land”
Ash Crantas is being recognized for her work in substantive revision while crafting a complex analysis. In her essay, Crantas critically examines the ways in ...
- Beth Sherbo, “Illegal Labor: A Benefit to the Economy”
Beth Sherbo is being recognized for critical thinking, ethical source-use/appropriate citation, and the understanding that effective argumentation involves balance, respect, and academic precision. In FASTrack ...
- Chasity Caston, "The Fingerprint of Divorce Laws in Mississippi," Annotated Bibliography
Chasity Caston is being recognized for her facility in analyzing, evaluating, and synthesizing sources. Her research is an example of how the work we do ...
- Damarcus Cage, “Ending the Violence”
Damarcus Cage is being recognized for excellence in digital argumentation. FASTrack Writing 101 students are asked to remix their argument essays into short videos. Cage’s ...
- Griffin Blaber, “Tastes Great, Less Filling: Clayton Worfolk’s ‘San Quentin’s Giants’”
Griffin Blaber is being recognized for his original and provocative thesis that challenges the work of others. In an essay composed for FASTrack Writing 101, ...
- Lauren Hamme, “One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: The Journey Toward Gender Equality”
Lauren Hamme is being recognized for active reading, critical examination of evidence, and seamless integration of sources. In her cause and effect argument, Hamme unravels ...
- Ryan Richards, “Not So Little Women”
Ryan Richards is being recognized for sophisticated synthesis and creativity in an essay incorporating three very different texts: her personal experience, one short story, and ...
- Terrell Gray, “Class in the Classroom”
Terrell Gray is being recognized for effective audience awareness and establishment of ethos. In his essay, Gray synthesizes two pieces that challenge the current state ...
- Ainsley Mandell, “The Commonplace Book”
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