We are so proud of Jared. He won the Harold F. Martin Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award and he was awarded it by the President of the University. Also he won the W. W. Newell Award for a paper he wrote on LDS Children's Folklore. I have been meaning to post about these for a while...but I guess that is life with three little rascals. Jared was invited to Penn States main campus to receive his award. We were lucky to have a friend offer to take the older kids so we had a nice drive up and back to spend some time together. Emerson slept for us the whole ride down and back...we didn't know what to do with all the time we had. It was great! Jared is doing so well, we are so proud of him!!
This was on the Penn State website...look at that handsome fella!
November 28, 2012
Jared S. Rife, lecturer and Ph.D. candidate in American studies
at Penn State Harrisburg, received the 2012 William Wells Newell Prize
at the American Folklore Society’s annual meeting in New Orleans for his
paper on children's folklore. Rife’s article, "Playing with the Sacred:
LDS Children's Games for Boredom and Entertainment," also was published
in the annual “Children’s Folklore Review.”
The third consecutive Penn State Harrisburg student to win the
international award, Rife, of West Hanover Township, based his research
on sacred qualities and children's play during church services of
Mormons, mainly, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints (LDS).
"Jared's inquiry into cultural expectations of children's behavior in
the Mormon church gives insight into the values and goals of religion
as a social experience," said Distinguished Professor of American
Studies and Folklore Simon Bronner.
With more than 2,200 members, the American Folklore Society studies
and conveys knowledge about folklore throughout the world. Annually, the
society’s Children’s Folklore section awards the W. W. Newell Prize,
named after the society’s founder, by selecting the best student essay
on children's folklore from among numerous entries.
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Way to go, Jared! I'd love to read your paper - is there a link to where we can read it?
And look at how big Miss Emerson is! Wow! Hard to believe our girls' first birthday is right around the corner!
Love and miss you guys!
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