Cornerstone for Business Events
You are Invited!
A Cornerstone for Business Screening of Bicentennial Man (1999)
Introduced by Professor Pinto, Assistant Professor, Cornerstone
- When: Wednesday, February 21, 2024
- Where: Loeb Theatre, 7:00 to 9:30 pm
- Who: Students in SCLA 101 or 102 & Cornerstone faculty
- Doors Open at 6:45 pm
- Refreshments will be served
story, The Bicentennial Man (1976). Asimov’s fictional robot, Andrew, spends centuries enduring
modifications, hoping to be accepted as human. This is the premise of the 1999 film, Bicentennial
Man, a sentimental science-fiction fantasy, that is part comedy, part drama. Starring Robin
Williams and Sam Neill, this is a fun, thoughtful movie
Spring 2024 Contest: “The Future of Work”
Our Cornerstone contest seeks short stories, essays, poetry, artwork, and videos based on our readings in Transformative Texts (SCLA 101 or 102).
Our theme is the Future of Work. Our readings address the impact of work on humankind over time. For many years, occupations were assigned to particular families or communities, constituting a key and stable feature of one’s identity. By the Industrial Revolution, though, some thinkers asserted that our labor and the things we make had become increasingly separated from who we are, through the division of labor and mechanization. Marx would call this “alienation.” Another revolution is underway today. In the age of AI, our whole concept of work and our relationship to work is changing once again.
How do you see your work life going forward? Are we moving to a society wherein machines will do more of our work? Will our sense of self and how we make a living separate or become more closely aligned?”
Eligibility: Any student currently enrolled in SCLA 101 or 102
Criteria: Artwork, essays, short fiction, videos, and poetry inspired by Transformative Texts. A committee composed of Cornerstone and DBS faculty will judge submissions based on originality and creativity.
Prizes: Amazon Gift Cards. First Place: $95; Second place: $65; 3 honorary mentions: $35. Winners will automatically be nominated for publication in The Cornerstone Review.
Timeline: Submission deadline: April 1st, 2024. Please send your submissions to cornerstonecontest@outlook.com. All files must be labeled with your last name. In your entry, please list your full name and your professor’s name. Winners announced: April 17th, 2024
Cornerstone for Business Fall 2023 Contest Winners “Wealth”
Our first-place winner is Zach Alvin, a student in Professor Rhodes Pinto’s SCLA 101 class. He is a first-year student planning to double major in Supply Chain Management and Finance. Zach wrote a short story titled, “Adam Smith Would Have Been an AC/DC Fan” that tells the tale of a conversation with the reincarnation of Adam Smith.
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Zarni Win and Pranav Ramnath are our second-place and third-place winners respectively. Zarni is a First Year Engineering student seeking to transition to Mechanical Engineering; he was in Professor Andy Baker's SCLA 102. Pranav is a First Year Engineering student seeking to transition to Computer Engineering; he attended Professor Robert King’s SCLA 101 class.
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Honorary Mentions
Charlie Bendell Supply Chain Management |
Brady Eggleston B.A & Information Management |
Samantha Magro First-Year Engineering |
Cooper Thelen Economics |
Will Shearin General Management and Finance |
Fall 2023 Contest “Wealth”
Our Fall Cornerstone contest seeks short stories, essays, poetry, artwork, and videos in SCLA 101 and 102.
Our theme is Wealth. Your readings this semester have often focused on wealth of various kinds and on the dilemmas surrounding making and keeping wealth as well as issues of equity and personal satisfaction.
This fall, we are looking for artwork, essays, short fiction, videos, and poetry that engage with the questions of wealth, inspired by your readings in Transformative Texts. What does wealth mean to you? Why is it important? Is it our nature to “pursue riches and avoid poverty,” in the words of Adam Smith? How much is enough? Is there never enough? Does its pursuit lead to happiness?
Eligibility: Any student currently enrolled in either SCLA 101 or 102.
Criteria: Artwork, essays, short fiction, videos, and poetry inspired by Transformative Texts. A committee composed of Cornerstone faculty will judge submissions based on originality and creativity.
Prizes: Amazon Gift Cards. First Place: $95; Second place: $65; 3 honorary mentions: $35. Winners will automatically be nominated for publication in The Exchange: Reflections on Literature, Art, and Business.
Timeline: Submission deadline: November 6, 2023. Please send your submissions to businessADUG@purdue.edu. All files must be labeled with your last name. In your entry, please list your full name and your professor’s name. Winners announced: December 1, 2023