2023 Awards
K-State First Book Awards recognize individuals and groups who foster student engagement, enhance students' educational experience, and use creative applications of the themes from the common book of the year. We offer three awards: the Bill Miller and Debbie Leckron Miller K-State First Book Scholarship, a Student Group Award, and a Faculty/Staff Award.
Individual Award | Group Award | Faculty/Staff Award | Past Winners
| Bill Miller and Debbie Leckron Miller K-State First Book Scholarship | |
| Number of awards: | 2 |
| Amount of Award: | $1,000 |
| Eligibility: | Any current K-State student |
| Submission Deadline: | Friday, December 15, 2023 by 11:59 pm |
| Description: | Share your experience with the book. Your experience can be shared through a non-fiction essay, creative writing, music, video, visual art, performance art, or some other medium. Indicate the basis for your experience, such as the book, a classroom discussion, or a K-State First Book sponsored event, program, or assigned reading selection. |
| Apply: | Applications close Friday, December 15 at 11:59 p.m. |
| Student Group Award | |
| Number of awards | 1 |
| Amount of Award: | $250 |
| Eligibility | Center for Student Involvement registered student groups, K-State learning communities, and K-State residence |
| Submission Deadline: | Friday, December 15, 2023 by 11:59 pm |
| Description: | Please share your group’s experience with the book. You can share that experience through whatever medium you prefer. Entries should indicate in some specific way how your group interacted with the book and/or with one of the events on campus, such as the a lecture, a classroom experience, or some other event or program. For the group application process, please also provide a short (100-150 word) description of how your group would use the $250 award. (Note: The funds may not be donated to another group or organization, and the money must be spent by your group during the Spring 2024 semester.) |
| Apply: | Applications close Friday, December 15 at 11:59 p.m. |
| Number of awards: | 1 |
| Eligibility: | Current K-State faculty and staff |
| Submission Deadline: | Friday, December 15, 2023 by 11:59 pm |
| Description: | Faculty and staff are invited to submit their learning activities related to the common reading selection. Activities may include, but are not limited to, paper assignments, events, discussions, and programs. One outstanding activity will be selected based on:
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| Apply: | Applications close Friday, December 15 at 11:59 p.m. |
Past Winners
Faculty Winners 2022 - Andrew Smith 2021 - Lisa Tatonetti 2020 - Suzanne Porath 2019 - Traci Brimhall 2018 - Kathrine Walker Schlageck 2017 - Julie Pentz 2016- Donald Saucier 2015 - Be Stoney 2014 -Charles Sanders 2013-Dan Ireton, Joelle Pitts, and Ben Ward 2012-Laura Donnelly 2011-L. Sue Williams | Student Winners 2022 - Marquel Denstedt and Matthew Lane, Individual Award, and Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences or (MANRRS), Group Award 2021 - Tamara Monroy, Individual Award, and Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences or (MANRRS), Group Award 2020 - Grace Huynh and Bailey Roberts, Individual Award, and Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences or (MANRRS), Group Award 2019 - Leah Hennes 2018 - Bailey Nobrega 2017 - Cara Hopkins 2016- Mawi Sonna, Individual Award, and League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), Group Award 2014-Muriel Eaton 2013-Brett Bachman 2012-Jamie Westphal 2011-Shana Gordon, Eric Hampton, Mathew McKernan, Kelly Novosel, and Emilio Quezada |
