The Alexander Grass Award
The Alexander Grass Award for the best undergraduate essay written by a University of Florida student on a subject in Jewish Studies. The award carries a cash prize of $500.00. Up to two runner-up awards of $250.00 each.
A committee made up of three members of the faculty in Jewish Studies meets each Spring semester to judge submissions. The Committee will consider essays written for courses in the past Spring semester and the current Fall semester (i.e., Spring, 2007 and Fall, 2008). Essays can be submitted by either a faculty member or by the student with the course instructor's approval. Essays must be on a theme related to some aspect of Jewish Studies, though the essay need not have been written in a Jewish Studies course. Essays should be between 10-15 pages in length. Essays written for either the senior thesis requirement or as an independent study are ineligible. The essay must include a cover sheet with the author's name, the title of the essay, and student identification number.
The deadline for submissions is March 3rd, 2008. Submissions should be sent to:
Professor Mitchell Hart
Department of History
025 Keene-Flint Hall
PO Box 117320