The English department hosted an award ceremony on Friday, May 5 to honor award winners. Here are photos from the event.
2023 English Honor Society:
Kelly Barker, Molly Carriero, Jacqueline Carroll, Cynthia Choo, Casey Conniff, Lindsay Cook, Elizabeth Corney, Jenna DeLeo, Fiona Gavin, Sara Hecht, Donovan Hill, Rebecca Jacobson, Keenlyn Kilgore, Lauren Kourey, Grace Kully, Jessica Laino, Madeline Lay, Ava Lundell, Trinity Murphy, Elizabeth Nacion, Erin Neilsen, Adrianna Ogando, Julianna Perri, Graciela Petrelli, Rachel Reardon, Katherine Reed, Elena Rouse, Sarina Sandwell, Clare Sceski, Cecile Schuller, Catherine Wood, Karina Zakarian
Core English Literature and Writing Seminar Most Distinguished Scholarly or Critical Essay: Madison Rhodes, "Myth in Toni Morrison's
The Bluest Eye" written for Dr. Ellen Bonds, English 1975, Fall 2022
Cynthia Choo, "Eve's Beauty: Fallen or Sublime?" Written for Dr. Lauren Shohet, English 3350, Milton, Fall 2022
Sarina Sandwell, "Silence as a Manifestation of Sexual Trauma in The Waste Land" Written for Dr. Megan Quigley, English 3620, Fall 2022
Margaret Powell Esmonde Memorial Award Best Graduate Essay:
Theo Campbell, "'Not Man: Woman': Freeing Leopold Bloom from Her Closet" written for Dr. Joseph Lennon, English 8680, Fall 2022
Margaret Powell Esmonde Memorial Award Honorable Mention:
Jamie Wojtal, "Legibility and Annotation: Reading Images and Words by Red Star, Thomas Harriot, and Theodore De Bry"
George D. Murphy Award in Poetry Winner
Makena Kerns, "Carrying Your Luggage," "Dandelion Yellow," "White Noise"
English Department/ Creative Writing Program Award in Prose Winner:
Dylan McMahon, "Candlelight," "City Vomit"
Creative Writing Awards, Runners-Up:
Poetry: Natalie Anderson, "this place is bitter," "Rewritten Women," "new beginnings," "the river"
Prose: Connor O'Malley, "Peg"
2023 Medallion of Excellence:
Ava Lundell
