$5,000 in prize money available in UNL, Subway essay contest

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has teamed up with Nebraska's Subway Restaurants to encourage students to engage, connect and balance. If students write about the experience, they can win one of five $1,000 cash prizes.

The essay contest, limited to full-time UNL undergraduates, encourages students to explain in 250 words or fewer how they have been helped by a UNL professor to engage, connect and balance in order to better succeed in school. Students may enter online at http://engage.unl.edu. Essays will be judged by a panel of UNL students (who are not eligible to enter).

The deadline for entries is Oct. 2; winners will be notified Oct. 25. Winners will be announced on Subway's radio spots on Pinnacle Sports Network Oct. 30 during the Nebraska-Missouri football game.

The essay contest is part of a multifaceted campaign including radio advertising and messages on campus and in Subway's stores. The campaign plays on Subway's theme, "Choose Well," emphasizing healthy food choices, and UNL's messages encouraging students to 'engage, connect and balance' in order to succeed in school.

According to UNL officials, to engage means to involve oneself intellectually in a course's subject matter through active participation in class and to make the extra effort to go beyond course requirements. To connect is to become an active participant in the UNL community, and to balance refers to managing one's lifestyle so that physical, intellectual, emotional and spiritual needs are met.

CONTACTS: Meg Lauerman, Director, University Communications, (402) 472-0088; and
Carl Rosberg, Subway, (402) 379-9867