On Friday, November 11, 2022, the English Department awarded some outstanding Undergraduate and Graduate  students for their excellent academic and teaching performance. 

The award categories included the Emerson Award, the Marion P. Hardman Scholarship, the Sutherland-McManus Award for Literary Criticism, the Stuart Brown Excellence in Writing and Teaching Endowed Fund, among others. The awards with their awardees were as follows.

Undergraduate Awards

Elizabeth Jean Wichert Endowed Memorial Scholarship: Paulina Burnside

Thomas A. Erhard Endowed Memorial Scholarship: Jessica Barrio 

Dr. Larry L. Wilson Endowed Memorial Scholarship: Riley Robertson 

Joseph H. Forsyth Endowed Scholarship: Jessica Barrio 

Marion P. Hardman Scholarship: Anabel Medrano  

Mary Powell Ambrose Memorial Scholarship: Devynne Hadley

Sutherland-McManus Award for Literary Criticism: Jenna Kiegel

Sutherland-McManus Award for Non-Fiction Prose: Maria Mendoza

Emerson Award: Jenna Kiegel

Robert A. Wichert Memorial Awards: [Delayed to Spring by the Foundation]

Graduate Awards

Charles M. and Pamela Sphar Endowed Scholarship: Lucy Eyong & Stephanie Garcia 

Elizabeth Jean Wichert Endowed Memorial Scholarship: Rabiatu Mohammed

Mary L. and Ellis Wright Endowed Writing Scholarship: Melissa Espinoza & Shane Inman 

Sutherland-McManus Award for Literary Criticis: Melissa Espinoza

Sutherland-McManus Award for Non-Fiction Prose: Shane Inman

Emerson Award: Shane Inman

Stuart Brown Excellence in Writing and Teaching Endowed Fund: Kelebogile Phalaagae

Verna Newman Rule Award:

Junior: Devynne Hadley

Senior: Paulina Burnside

Graduate: Rabiatu Mohammed

Paideia Awards

1st Prize: Aiyanna Taylor 

2nd Prize: Dylan Nichols 

3rd Prize: Jeremiah Mitchell 

The Department also celebrated the Undergraduate and Graduate Class of Fall 2022. 

In attendance were members of the faculty, students, friends, and families of the award recipients.

Congratulations to all the award winners!!