The Kenneth Andrew Gram Memorial Scholarship

The scholarship is awarded in memory of Kenneth Andrew Gram, a gifted writer and graduate of UC Santa Cruz’s Creative Writing Program, who passed away in 2009. His parents, John and Dawn Gram, established the Kenneth Andrew Gram Memorial Scholarship Endowment in 2013.

This award is presented annually by the Creative Writing Program in UCSC’s Literature Department. Awards are given based on financial need for a student “showing a quest for knowledge and curiosity,” who is accepted in the Creative Writing Program and recommended by a faculty member.

KHUSHAL GUJADHUR
Literature (Creative Writing)
2021-22 Kenneth Andrew Gram Scholar

Khushal Gujadhur is an Indian American Literature student in the Creative Writing concentration at UCSC. Since Fall 2021 he has been a Creative Writing Intern and co-hosts the Living Writers series. Khushal works in Special Collections and Archives at McHenry Library as a prolific scanner. His current research focuses on the invisible histories of Asian American communities in Santa Cruz. As a student, he is dedicated to growing as a poet and engaging with the Modernist literary tradition. Outside of school, Khushal is a jazz musician trained in saxophone and flute.