College of Arts and Sciences
Spring 2015 Awards & Scholarships
The Department of English held its 2015 Awards Night on Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 6:00pm in the Multicultural Center, announcing the winners of awards from all areas of the program. Both graduate and undergraduate students were awarded more than $13,000 in scholarships and awards.
Congratulations to all the award and scholarship winners!
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Undergraduate Scholarships
- Barbara & John Blackburn Scholarship – Kimberly Ackers
- Paul Blackford Scholarship in British Literature – Marybeth Hornbaker
- Olive Fite American Literature Scholarship – Jessica Burke
- Irving Garwood Shakespeare Award – Rebecca Gonner
- Lila Linder Scholarship – Kimberly Ackers & Dakota Carlson
- Alfred Lindsey Memorial Scholarship – Aleatha Quarles
- John Merrett Scholarship in British Literature – Marybeth Hornbaker
- Beth M. Stiffler Scholarship – Marybeth Hornbaker
- Nai-Tung Ting English Scholarship – Sarah Lambach
- Wanninger Foundation Scholarship – Chris Ginn
- Scholar of the Year – Marybeth Hornbaker
Graduate Awards
- Syndy M. Conger Essay Award – Cody Cunningham
- John Mahoney Research Fellowships – Chelsea Brotherton & Julianne Kaiser
- Ron & Leslie Walker Graduate Fellowships – Julianne Kaiser & Lucas Marshall
Bruce H. Leland Essay Contest
*Read their pieces on the Leland Webpage (2014-2015)
ENG 100, Introduction to Writing
- 1st place – Sean Johnson
- 2nd place – Deja Brown
- 3rd place – Taylor Harris
ENG 180, College Writing I
- 1st place – Jasbir Bhangal
- 2nd place – Christine Jordan
- 3rd place – Breanna Davis
ENG 280, College Writing II
- 1st place – Morgan Hess
- 2nd place – Jefferson Gordon
- 3rd place – Joshua Diaz
Creative Writing Awards
*Read their pieces in the yearly Elements edition (2015)
*See the Creative Writing Winners Archive which includes commentary by the professional judges.
Lois C. Bruner Creative Nonfiction Award
- 1st place – Kirsten Dillender
- 2nd place – Sandra Sepaniak
- 3rd place – Alyson Eagan
Cordell Larner Award in Fiction
- 1st place – Emilee Cox-Deboer
- 2nd place – Kimberly Ackers
- 3rd place – Katelin Deushane
Cordell Larner Award in Poetry
- 1st place – Kimberly Ackers
- 2nd place – Matthew Medley
- 3rd place – Jon Naskrent
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