Summer Engagement Contest 2023 (Office of Undergraduate Student Life)
This is an optional reading contest meant to showcase different perspectives students have after reading our 2023 First Year Read. The first-place winner will receive a $200 bookstore credit and the second-place winner will receive a $100 bookstore credit. Pick one of the prompts listed below and create a submission that captures the essence of the prompt or question.
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Writing Options (roughly 500 words):
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Michael Schur emphasizes that we fail to be ethical all the time. He recommends that we embrace failure, and “fail better” next time. Describe a time when you failed to live up to your ethical standards and explain how it will help you “fail better” going forward.
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Write an inspirational speech that you would hypothetically present to the Class of 2027 drawing on the main themes and ideas of the book.
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Graphic Design/Art Options:
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Based on the reading how would you redesign the cover of this book? Your redesign could be in the form of a painting, drawing, graphic design, or any medium you see fit.
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Create a comic strip to accompany any chapter in the book.
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Entertainment Options:
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Design a game to teach ethics to college students. The game is expected to develop participants' ethical decision-making skills and to make sound judgments when resolving and mitigating ethical dilemmas.
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Design a roughly two-minute movie trailer for How to Be Perfect.
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All contest entries must be submitted by August 11 to student_life@stevens.edu.
