Legacy Receives Academic Accolades

RACC STUDENT PUBLICATION EARNS TOP HONOR

READING, PA (Sept. 11, 2014)

Reading Area Community College's scholarly journalLegacy recently received the top award in the Eastern Division of the Community College Humanities Association's 2014 Literary Magazine Competition.Legacy XIII Becoming Us was named the first place winner for the annual awards.

In addition to the overall honor, several RACC students received individual recognition in various categories.

Poetry
2nd Place -- Catherine J. Mahony, Fault Line
Honorable Mention – Nicole Gausch, Crimson
Script/Story
1st Place – Catherine J. Mahony, Conduits of Mourning
3rd Place – Brandy Aulenbach, Listen to Me
Nonfiction/Essay
1st Place – Roxanne Peters, Older Workers
2nd Place – Janelle M. Zimmerman, A Compassionate Science
3rd Place – Jan Loose, Flesh and Blood
Art
1st Place – Alexandra Terrell, The Universal Language
3rd Place – Desirae Lesher, Fall Harvest

Each year, RACC students submit original creative poems, photography, art and other works for publication inLegacy. The publication is run completely by students, including the editors, and is overseen by Dr. Bahar Diken, an Associate Professor at RACC.

New this year, RACC developed two classroom courses that will cover Legacy's design, editing and production process. The courses are part of the new Creative Writing associate degree program.

Becoming Us can be viewed on RACC's website.

http://www.racc.edu/StudentLife/Clubs/Legacy/pdf/LegacyXIII.pdf