The Common Intellectual Experience (CIE) is a two-semester course taken by all first year students at Ursinus College. Each year, students are invited to submit CIE essays for the annual CIE Essay Contest. A committee of CIE faculty and Writing Fellows select winners based on how well the submissions meet the CIE writing goals: Construct clear, articulate, and compelling arguments and ideas; Thoughtfully analyze and effectively use at least one of the CIE readings; Explore (implicitly or explicitly) any of the central CIE questions in creative and meaningful ways. Winners present their papers at the annual Celebration of Student Achievement (CoSA) at Ursinus College.
Submissions from 2019
Inclusivity in Higher Education Core Curricula: Cultivating Justice in the Classroom, Joanna Timmerman
Submissions from 2018
Us Too? The #MeToo Movement and its Critics, Thea Pastras
Between the Mind and Body, Gabbie Pitt
Submissions from 2017
What it Means to "Take a Knee", Shayna Kushner
Submissions from 2016
Angel of Whom?, Garrett Bullock
The Repercussions of Having a Body, James Harkness
Art and Rebellion in Medea and Pleasantville, Annika Phillips
