Award Winning Student Writing
The Purvis E. Boyette Memorial Award
The Purvis E. Boyette Memorial Award Fund was established as an endowed fund in 1988 through the generosity of friends and family of the late Professor Purvis E. Boyette. The income from this fund is to be used for prizes in a freshman English essay contest.
Purvis E. Boyette was an Associate Professor in the English Department at the time of his sudden death in 1987. Mr. and Mrs. Birdsong, parents of one of Professor Boyette's students, and his mother, Mrs. Lena W. Boyles, provided the seed money for this fund, which was added to by many others. This fund is actually the endowment for an award which had been made annually by the English Department for several years. The department faculty voted to name this prize the Purvis E. Boyette Memorial Award in honor of their highly-respected colleague, after his untimely death.
Fall 2012 Boyette Prize Winners
Past Winners
Spring 2012
1st Place - Ashley Richardon
2nd Place - Dayton Hunn
Fall 2011
Spring 2011
Fall 2010
Spring 2010
Fall 2009
Spring 2009
Fall 2008
Spring 2008
Fall 2007
2nd Place - Reed Wendorf-French
Spring 2007
Fall 2006
Spring 2006
Spring 2005
Fall 2004
1st Place - Thomas Boothby
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