Congratulations to our many talented graduate students in English, a number of whom took top honors for University-level awards at last Friday’s Shanklin Ceremony and throughout the year:
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award:
- Tom Schaefer, Creative Writing
Also nominated for this award were Rocco Lungariello and Tristan Palmgren
Distinguished Thesis Award:
- Beth Kaufka, Creative Writing
Outstanding Graduate Student:
- Erin Dietel-McLaughlin, Rhetoric and Writing
Also nominated for this award were Toby Coley and Jeremy Schneider
Outstanding International Graduate Student:
- Ruijie Zhao, Rhetoric and Writing
Also nominated for this award was Florence Bacabac
Shanklin Awards for Research Excellence:
- Top Prize: Heather Pristash, Rhetoric and Writing
- First Runner Up: Ruijie Zhao, Rhetoric and Writing
Katzner Bookstore Award:
- Spring 2008: Erin Dietel-McLaughlin, Rhetoric and Writing
- Fall 2007: Elizabeth Fleitz, Rhetoric and Writing
Devine Fellowship Awards in Poetry and Fiction
- Kate Lane (Fiction)
- Megan Ayers-Vidmar (Fiction)
- Angela Gentry (Poetry)
- Rocco Lungariello (Poetry)
Non-Service Fellowships (Rhetoric and Writing)
- Elizabeth Fleitz
- Robert Graves
- Bethany Snyder-Morse
We should all be very proud of our students across programs!
