Thatcher Hoffman Smith Prize
Call for Entries for $40,000 Prize

The biennial Thatcher Hoffman Smith Creativity in Motion Prize to be awarded in 2007.

Nominations for the biennial $40,000 Thatcher Hoffman Smith Creativity in Motion Prize honoring the creative process are being sought by the University of Oklahoma College of Arts and Sciences.  The prize was established in 2002 to recognize and encourage the process of creativity as it unfolds and is expressed by individuals in diverse ways.  The deadline for Phase One of the application process is Nov. 15.

 Oklahoma City supporter and award founder Jeanne Hoffman Smith says she established the award to further society’s awareness of and focus on this important and often under-explored area.  “The goal of the prize is to stimulate a better understanding of the creative process itself and to motivate creative individuals to develop their own original ideas into projects,” she says.  “We are excited to announce the third round of submissions for this biennial prize.”

  “The prize has no boundaries.  This means it is not an art award or a history award or a writing award or a medical award.  It’s a creative award.  That’s where the world is going in all fields,” said last year’s recipient, Steven C. Levi.

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A&S December Convocation, Saturday, December 16

Dean Paul Bell and the faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences extend a cordial invitation to December graduates, their families and friends to participate in the college’s Convocation ceremony scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 16,  at 1 p.m. in the Lloyd Noble Center ,
2900 Jenkins Ave.

Instructions for graduates who plan on participating available online.

Frequently Asked Convocation Questions Answered Here.

 


Special Events:

November 14
A&S in DC – Dean Paul B. Bell Jr. and the Washington, D.C.-area members of the A&S Board of Visitors invite you to attend an alumni reception at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 14, at the Marriott at Metro Center, 775 12th Street NW.  In addition to hearing Dean Bell’s “state of the college” remarks, our reception will feature comments from Alphonso Maldon, A&S alumnus and senior vice president of the Washington Nationals Baseball Club.  You can register online by 5 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 9 to attend the free program.

November 15
Senator Fred Harris Lecture - Senator Fred Harris, Distinguished Visiting Professor of Political Science at the University of Oklahoma, will be giving a lecture entitled, "Working with Lyndon Johnson, Hubert Humphrey and Robert Kennedy, " as an oral history excerpted from his new book, "Does People Do It: A Memoir". The lecture will be on Wednesday, November 15 at 7:30 p.m. at the David L. Boren Lecture Hall, Room 1313, National Weather Center, South Research Campus. Reception with refreshments to follow. For more information, please contact the Department of History at (405) 325-6002.

December 5
Dean Paul B. Bell Jr. invites all A&S staff, students and faculty to join him at the annual A&S Holiday Open House, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Ellison Hall.

December 16
A&S Winter Convocation, 1 p.m., Lloyd Noble Center.

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Tips and Kudos :

Letters of Intent are being sought for the Thatcher Hoffman Smith Creativity in Motion Prize. Deadline is Nov. 15, 2006 for the $40,000 biennial prize. For more information, visit their Web site.

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