English Honors and Prize Winners

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The faculty of the English department wish to congratulate the following seniors, who have completed the degree in our major with honors:

  • Taylor Brown
  • Bethany Flom
  • Lisa Francavilla
  • Alexander Frank
  • Roxanna Maisel
  • Catlan McCurdy
  • Christopher Pugh
  • Sarah Whittemore
  • Elizabeth Wozobski

Thanks to the generous endowments in the names of former students and faculty, the English Department is also able to recognize the outstanding achievements and promise of several remarkable students each year. We take pride in announcing these prizes and their recipients in 2007-08:

The Astere E. Claeyssens Prize for the best original work in playwriting
Timothy Guillot

The DeWitt Clinton Croissant Prize for the best essay on drama or the theatre
Sophia Carter

The E. K. Cutter Prize for excellence in the study of English
Molly Curtis

The Alice Douglas Goddard Prize for the student earning the highest cumulative average in American literature courses
Sarah Whittemore

The Hasan Hussain Prize for the best theses in the English and Creative Writing Major
Stephanie Monte
Jessica Wilde

The Vivian Nellis Memorial Prize for special promise in Creative Writing
Abby Hexter

The Sylvia S. Speck Prize in English Literature for exemplary academic achievement in English literature
Kathryn Golcheski

Academy of American Poets Prize
Amy Katzel

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR HONORS STUDENTS, OUR PRIZE WINNERS, AND TO ALL GRADUATING SENIORS
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