Humanities Division Award Ceremony 2019-2020

On Thursday, May 14th, the Department of English, Philosophy, and Languages hosted the annual Awards Ceremony in which we recognized those graduating from our undergraduate and graduate students. This ceremony celebrated all students graduating September 2019, January 2020, and May 2020.

Below, you'll find a list of all students recognized at the ceremony.

GRADUATING ENGLISH MAJORS / GRADUATE STUDENTS

Undergraduate

SUMMER 2019
Rachel Balagot
Cheyenne Thornton

FALL 2019
Dewyna Ahmad *
Martha Roldan *
Valerie Soto
Samson Ventress
Stacey Watson *

SPRING 2020
Ashton Burton
Ashvini Coomarsingham *
Tori Gray
Skyluar James *
Samantha Offenback
Lenah Spencer
Amber Wright *

* Sigma Tau Delta member

Graduate

FALL 2019
Breana Ricketts (MFA)
Carol Telpha (MFA)

SPRING 2020
Shuvanna Alam (MA, Literature)
Joseph Mannino (MFA)
Ogochukwu Bibiana Ossai (MFA)


ENGLISH MINORS
Kyleigh Barao

GENDER STUDIES MINORS
Sophia Joy Cox-Wright
Nicole Price
Stacey Watson


POPPER-EDELMAN AWARD WINNERS
First Year Writing: Zachary Embry (ENG 16)
Core Literature: Hannah Fleshyman (ENG 64)
Upper Division: Sara Mohamed (ENG 178)

ESTHER HYNEMAN GRADUATE AWARD IN POETRY
Joey Mannino

MARILYN BOUTWELL GRADUATE AWARD IN FICTION
Ogochukwu Bibiana Ossai


Recognition was also paid to former beloved members of the department who passed away: Seyemour Kleinberg (1933-2020) and Kimarlee Nguyen (1986-2020). The department also honored Lewis Warsh on the occasion of his retirement and Jacob Matkov for his service to the department.

Watch the slideshow presented during the ceremony here:


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