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Congratulations to the 4th Annual Petko Award Prize Winners
Congratulations to the 4th Annual Petko Award Prize Winners
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2007 WINNERS STUDENT BOOK COLLECTION COMPETITION |
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Webcast: Get Flash to see the webcast. On Friday, May 18, 2007 the UCR Libraries held the 4th Annual Awarding of the Adam Repan Petko Memorial Prize for the Student Book Collection Contest Competition for one undergraduate and one graduate winner.
Graduate Winner – Sarah Grant, Anthropology
Topic: "For the Price of a Cup of Coffee: Towards a ‘Collective’ Understanding of Commodities" 
Undergraduate Winner – Daniel Polk, History Topic: "Modern Mexican Identity"
Graduate Honorable Mention Recipient – Leigh E. Engel, Art History
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| (Click Here for a full listing of all entrants, their departments and collection titles.) | |
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We were honored to have present at the ceremony for the fourth year in a row, Dr. Edward C. Petko, of Sherman Oaks, California, our benefactor and son of Adam Repán Petko. Dr. Petko is also the donor of the operating printing presses in Special Collections. The presses are kept in working order for the use of UCR students in the seminars and demonstrations given by Sheryl Davis, Assistant Head of Special Collections, Gwido Zlatkes, Archives Processing Librarian, and Sara Stilley, Special Library Assistant for Printing and Preservation..
Dr. Melissa Conway, Head of Special Collections, was Master of Ceremonies for the event. Dr. Ruth M. Jackson, University Librarian, presented all four awards. The judges for the 2007 competition were as follows: Chair, Heidi Hutchinson, Special Collections Cataloger and Traven Archivist; Kuei Chiu, Bibliographer, Asian Studies, Humanities and Arts; and Geetha Yapa, Science Reference Librarian. Dr. Petko was asked to speak about his experiences in childhood and adolescence that stimulated his lifelong passion in book collecting and handpress printing. The ceremony concluded with the presentation of a gift books to all ten entrants, hand picked and enthusiastically presented by Chair Heidi Hutchinson. For the third year in row, the gift book were generously donated by the University of California Press. A reception followed at which the winners and all entrants had the opportunity to meet Dr. Petko. The winning collections will be on display in Special Collections for approximately three months beginning in June. |
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| The UCR Libraries’ Student Book Collection Competition is named in honor of Adam Repán Petko (1896-1995), who immigrated to the United States in 1912. The late Mr. Petko’s own love of learning inspired his philanthropic interest in the literacy of his fellow immigrants. He was particularly concerned with the education of the children of immigrants, many of whom had been denied any chance for a formal education in their own countries. This contest honors Mr. Petko’s memory by providing a unique opportunity to undergraduate and graduate students at UCR to display their talents in assembling and organizing a personal book collection. It is the intention of the donor, Dr. Edward C. Petko, the son of Adam Repán Petko, that this competition be an annual event. | |
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A full listing of all the contestants, their departments, the names of their collections, and the gift books they received follows:
Leigh E. Engel (Art History)
Sarah G. Grant (Anthropology)
Mirtza R. Millard (Entomology)
Undergraduate entrants:
Richard T. Greer (Religious Studies)
Kyle G. Levy (Political Science)
Ivan P. Ninichuck (History)
Danielle K. Pearson (Psychology)
Daniel V. Polk (History)
Elena Y. Vitoshka (Political Science)
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| Special thanks to this year’s hardworking judges, Chair Heidi Hutchinson, Kuei Chiu, and Geetha Yapa, as for those who worked behind the scenes to make this year’s competition a success. Among those are Ken Furuta and Krista D. Ivy, who presented two workshops on preparing for the Petko Competition (attended by our 2007 undergraduate winner). Ken Furuta also worked on publicity and website updates with Michael Yonezawa. Darian Daries, Heidi Hutchinson, Mary Jones, Eric Milenkiewicz, and Sara Stilley, of Special Collections and Secured Collection worked diligently throughout the year on all aspects of the Petko Competition. | |
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For further information please contact:
Dr. Melissa Conway Head, Special Collections Rivera Library melissa.conway@ucr.edu (951) 827-3233 |
Posted on 5/24/07 by M. Yonezawa
