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UCA’s Learning Communities and the Department of Writing are proud to publish essays from AfterWords, a first-year writing competition.

Roy Lichtenstein

Fame. Fortune. Fun.

Scroll through the names and titles below; click on the student's name (some have chosen to remain anonymous) to read his or her essay. Some students have chosen not to make their essays public, so there is no link.

AFTERWORD ESSAYS
Catherine Reid	Veronica Bausom	Spencer Griffin	Mariska Jordan
Taylor Williams	Patrick Bell	Steven Clark	Aaron Burnside	Kelsey Brown
Michael Musgrave	Amber Atkins	Casey Cameron "Seven Months"	Mara Dickerson: "One Sound, OneHeart--Band"	Jatrice Crumblin
Magnus Pauley	Kaleb Young	Jordan King: "Facing What's Under the Bed"	Jennifer Wagner: "Acceptance"
Charlee Sturch	David Freeman	Rachel Fairris	Julian Porch: A Scar on My Heart
Josh Gardner: "Donate Life"	Katie Lacefield	Jordan Burns	Matt Allen	Alejandro Valentin: "A Mess"
Erica Rummel	Lucas Nalley	Nick Lensing: "Fair or Foul"	Blake Bost: "The Answer We Already Know"	Taylor Johnson "How Much Is Too Much?"
Charaya Lathrop: "Flowers and Rivers"	Dominic Heien: "The Driving Power of Bass"	Andrew Frost: "Black Beauty"	Candice O’Rorke: "What Doesn't Kill Me, Can Only Make Me Stronger"
Colton Henry: "Overcoming"	Tyler Gray	James Johnson "An Alter Ego is Born"	Leslyn Graves	Sara Madron "Gone Too Soon"
Britnie Williams: "Good Habit Gone Bad"	Dustin Poynter	Alex Williams	Cheney Turman: "Statement"	Donnie Turner: "Nights Ops"
LeAnne Massanelli	Natalie Long	Ethan McMoran:"Craving the Caf"	Shelby Roofener	Andrew Elliot "The Divine Flasehood"
Josh Jones: "Mortality and the Conscious Waterfall"	AJ Addington: "A Day in the Life of a Gullible Eight Year Old" John Hockaday: "Just Work For It"	Alicia Freeman: "Whatever Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger" Dakota Atchley: "The Changing of Times"	Allison Mosley: "It’s Better to Take my Advice than to Learn the Hard Way"	Katie Christ
Tianpeng Sun: "Dude! Let's Go Get More Food!"	Kasey Kopp: "A Life Most Carbonated"	Stacey Harris	Shane Dobson:"The Convenient Diet"