{"id":24,"date":"2018-12-20T14:00:37","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T19:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/professional-writing\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2023-09-06T22:53:20","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T02:53:20","slug":"mary-jo-priest-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/professional-writing\/mary-jo-priest-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Jo Priest Award"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo of Mary Jo Priest (courtesy of Mary Jean Priest)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

Mary Jo Priest<\/strong> (\u201982) earned her B.A. with Miami University in Scientific and Technical Communication, now the Professional Writing degree. Upon graduation, she first worked for Industrial Data Technologies in Columbus, Ohio, where she wrote and designed technical information for internal and external company communications. After a few years, she chose to become a paralegal, a position where she continued to pursue her passion for writing until her death in 1995.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mary Jo Priest\u2019s family generously endowed an award, the Mary Jo Priest Award, in her honor, to recognize students who represent Mary Jo Priest\u2019s core values in her time at Miami and in her professional life: excellent students who demonstrate a passion for exceptional writing.<\/span><\/p>\n

More information on the Mary Jo Priest Award, including the multiple award categories and submission information, can be found on the Department of English Awards page<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Award Winners from Professional Writing<\/span><\/h3>\n
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2023<\/strong>
\nProposal or Report \u2014 Madalyn Willi
\nRhetorical Analysis \u2014 Caleb Chun
\nRhetorical Analysis \u2014 Julia Jacobs<\/p>\n

2022<\/strong>
\nRhetorical Analysis \u2014 Liz Browning
\nRhetorical Analysis \u2014 Nathan Gillin
\nRhetorical Analysis \u2014 Olivia Hennessey<\/p>\n

2021<\/strong>
\nReport or Proposal \u2014 Kendra Stiers
\nRhetorical Analysis \u2014 Jada Favers
\nRhetorical Analysis \u2014 Bailey Miller<\/p>\n

2020<\/strong>
\nRhetorical Analysis \u2014 Anthony Raffin
\nRhetorical Analysis \u2014 Sophie Thompson<\/p>\n

2019<\/strong>
\nPublic Argument \u2014 Delaney Heisterkamp
\nRhetorical Analysis \u2014 Annie Eyre
\nRhetorical Analysis \u2014 Jacob Nitzberg<\/p>\n

2018
\n<\/b>Report or Proposal \u2014 Liz Winhover<\/span>
\nPublic Argument \u2014 Leah Gaus<\/span>
\nRhetorical Analysis \u2014 Tobias Paul<\/span><\/p>\n

2017
\n<\/b>Report or Proposal \u2014 Evan Doran<\/span>
\nPublic Argument \u2014 Emily Ritchie<\/span>
\nRhetorical Analysis \u2014 Paige Bremner<\/span><\/p>\n

2016
\n<\/b>Report or Proposal \u2014 Haley Jena<\/span>
\nPublic Argument \u2014 Alison Block<\/span>
\nRhetorical Analysis \u2014 Holly Wilkerson<\/span><\/p>\n

2015<\/strong><\/span>
\nReport or Proposal \u2014 Courtney Katzmeyer<\/span>
\nPublic Argument \u2014 Allison Treen<\/span>
\nRhetorical Analysis \u2014 Alison Block<\/span><\/p>\n

2014<\/strong>
\n<\/b>Report or Proposal \u2014 Sam Sneeds<\/span>
\nPublic Argument \u2014 Alicia Auhagen<\/span>
\nRhetorical Analysis \u2014 Holly Jeric<\/span><\/p>\n

2013
\n<\/b>Report or Proposal \u2014 Elizabeth Nicole George<\/span>
\nPublic Argument \u2014 Alyssa Jane Jones<\/span>
\nRhetorical Analysis \u2014 Anne Meuser<\/span><\/p>\n

2012
\n<\/b>Public Argument \u2014 \u00a0Ali Czarnecki<\/span>
\nRhetorical Analysis \u2014 Laura Kretz<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mary Jo Priest (\u201982) earned her B.A. with Miami University in Scientific and Technical Communication, now the Professional Writing degree. Upon graduation, she first worked for Industrial Data Technologies in Columbus, Ohio, where she wrote and designed technical information for internal and external company communications. After a few years, she… Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2560,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-24","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/professional-writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/professional-writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/professional-writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/professional-writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2560"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/professional-writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/professional-writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/professional-writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}