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.
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]
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!!
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