2007 Merrifield Award deadline approaches Faculty are asked to remind students that all papers to be considered for the annual Merrifield Competition Award must be submitted to the Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, no later than 4:30 p.m. Friday, April 27. The $1,500 UND scholarship provided by the Alumni Association and Foundation is awarded annually, based upon a competitive review of original research papers that utilize primary resource materials held in the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library. More information concerning research criteria and paper guidelines is available in Special Collections, located on the library's fourth floor. Papers this year will be juried by Sandy Slater, head, Special Collections, and the following faculty members: Carl Barrentine, humanities and integrated studies; David Flynn, economics; Anne Kelsch, history; and, Yvette Koepke-Nelson, English. Brochures that outline the competition guidelines are also available from these faculty members. -- Sandy Slater, Head, Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, sandyslater@mail.und.edu, 777-4625