Francis Hoffman Award for Excellence in Writing

Nominations are now being accepted for the Francis Hoffman Award for Excellence in Writing.

Deadline

Nominations are due April 2, 2021.

Criteria

Faculty and/or students may nominate any paper written by any Health and Human Development undergraduate student in the Summer 2020, Fall 2020 or Spring 2021 for the award. Papers can include any paper written for a class, a chapter of a thesis, article submitted for publication, or other forms of professional writing. Self-nominations are accepted. 

Amount

Each department will have $375 to award, departments may nominate 1 to 3 papers to forward to the College for recognition. Departments may have their awardees selected by their scholarship or awards committee, their undergraduate program committee, or by separate committee for the Hoffman award. Departments should notify Heather Zimmerman of their award decisions by April 2, 2021.

Process

Individuals submitting a nomination should attach a copy of the cover sheet to the paper to be submitted. Nominations should be dropped off to the locations indicated below for each department. All addresses are University Park, PA 16802.

• Department of Biobehavioral Health, Marc Dingman (mad193@psu.edu), ATTN: Hoffman Writing Award
• Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Navin Viswanathan (nxv175@psu.edu), ATTN: Hoffman Writing Award
• Department of Health Policy and Administration, Mark Sciegaj (mxs838@psu.edu), ATTN: Hoffman Writing Award
• The School of Hospitality Management, Amit Sharma (aus22@psu.edu),  ATTN: Hoffman Writing Award
• Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Bo Cleveland (hhc10@psu.edu),  ATTN: Hoffman Writing Award
• Department of Kinesiology, Melissa Bopp (mjb73@psu.edu),  ATTN: Hoffman Writing Award
• Department of Nutritional Sciences,  A. Catharine Ross (acr6@psu.edu),  ATTN: Hoffman Writing Award
• Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management, Burch Wilkes (gbw104@psu.edu),  ATTN: Hoffman Writing Award