<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt">JAMES AUGUSTUS WILSON WRITING AWARD FOR
OUTSTANDING PAPER ON AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN TOPIC</span></b><b></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">James Augustus Wilson was
born in Williamsport, PA in 1874.  He was the grandson of formerly
enslaved people who had both purchased their freedom. In 1893, putting
himself through school, Wilson graduated from Hampton Industrial
School in Alabama, and then graduated from Plattsburgh Normal School in
1902.  He went on to study at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT, where
he distinguished himself by winning the prestigious Wesleyan Prize for best
Commencement Essay.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Students should submit their best
work(s) for evaluation.  Papers will be judged on content, clarity,
thoroughness, and quality of writing.  The honoree </span><span style="font-size:12pt">will receive </span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">a book
dealing with African-American issues, along with</span><span style="font-size:12pt"> an
award certificate, and be recognized during the Annual Awards Ceremony for
the School of Arts & Sciences.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">If you have a qualifying paper to
submit from the spring or fall 2021, or spring 2022 semesters, please email
your paper as an attachment to Jennifer Bleaux at </span><a href="mailto:blea9777@plattsburgh.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt">blea9777@plattsburgh.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"> by
Monday, April 4, 2022, and it will be considered by the evaluation committee.</span><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Batang,serif;color:black"></span></b></p>

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contact Dr. Elizabeth Onasch at </span><a href="mailto:eonas001@plattsburgh.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt">eonas001@plattsburgh.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black">.</span></p></div>