OFFICERS
Basil Carpenter, President
Howard Beckley, President Elect
Joyce Wilson , Immediate Past President
Chuck Thompson, Treasurer
Jane Earle, Program Chairman
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Joann Vollmer,British University Summer Scholarship Chairman
Norma Shultz, Historian
Joyce Wilson,Hospitality
Nickolas Dawkins, Membership
DIRECTORS AT LARGE
John Willhardt
Beverly Cotten
Polly Cox
Grey Gorman
Bruce Haefner
Abbi Kaplan
Michele Hyer
STAFF
Kitty Comstock, Secretary
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About our Programs
Our current educational activities include the following:
British University Summer School Scholarships
Since 1957 we have sponsored yearly scholarships for Denver area high school teachers for summer studies at British universities and the Globe Theatre.
In 2009 we sponsored two teachers. If you would like to see what the basic forms look like and or to learn about this program feel free to down load the application and brochure. The courses offered, and the dates of the courses,vary a little each year, however the forms are the same.
The 2010 brochure is available. Please click on this link
The 2010 Application form is here click on this Link feel free to call the Denver ESU Office: 303-755-1752. Leave your name and contact information. We will get back to you.
Shakespeare Competition
We sponsor an annual Shakespeare Recitation Competition. The date for the competition is typically early March.
The winner of the Branch competition receives an all expense paid trip to New York City in April,to compete with other Branch winners at the Lincoln Center, and vie for the first prize of a summer study course at the British Academy of Dramtic Art's Midsummer Conservatory Program in Oxford, England.
The Denver Branch winner typically performs at our Annual meeting in July.
You are welcome to download this year's forms to get an idea of how the program works and what to plan for in your school.
For the School Participation Form click on this link
Teachers please download this memo with information on how to conduct the competition in your school.
The National Organization has a list of recommended Monologues and Sonnets for students to use. Here's the Link to the list.
Here are the guidelines for your students. These are helpful hints and rules. Click on this Link
Teachers may want to use these colorful flyers to invite their students to compete it the in-school competition. Here's the Link
Once you've held your in-school competition here's the form for the winner's info.
the Link
Please call our office 303-755-1752 for more forms and details of our program.
The Walter Hines Page Scholarships
Each year we host a Page Scholar, an educator from England or New Zealand, who comes to this country to share ideas and to study developments in his/her specialized fields. We arrange for school visits, housing in members' homes and a reception for the scholar, which usually includes a short presentation plus question and answer session.
Ambassador Book Awards 2009 Winners
A Special Award was conferred this year in celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the ESU's Luard Scholarship to an author whose work illuminates African American experience, Toni Morrison.
The 2009 Ambassador Book Award winners are:
American Studies category:
Christopher Benfey, for A Summer of Hummingbirds (Penguin Group)
Current Affairs category:
Jane Mayer, for The Dark Side (Doubleday Publishing)
Fiction category:
Steven Millhauser, for Dangerous Laughter (Alfred A. Knopf)
Poetry category:
Alan Shapiro, for Old War (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Biography and Autobiography Categories:
Donald Worster, for A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir (Oxford University Press)
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