The Department of English is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2019-2020 literary awards:

• The Laureate Award for Expository Writing – Navami Panduranga Shenoy
• The Libuse Reed Award – Emma Rose Neeper
• The Ernest F. Amy Award – Emma Rose Neeper
• Robert Flanagan Prize – Meghan Edwards
• Class of 1870 Memorial Prize for Fiction Writing – Alexander Emerson
• Class of 1870 Memorial Prize for Academic/Scholarly Writing – Capri Pappas
• Class of 1870 Memorial Prize for Poetry Writing – Charlotte Gross
• Class of 1870 Memorial Prize for Creative Non-Fiction Writing – Caroline Williams
• Class of 1870 Memorial Prize for Screenwriting/Playwriting – Jack Dugan
• Wheeler Poetry Prize – Giulianna Meltzer
• The Emma Sparks Memorial Prize – Hannah Bush
• Frederick L.

When I got the group email from Professor Butcher asking if someone wanted to introduce Martha Park for the Sagan National Colloquium, I waited a couple of hours before responding. “If no one has responded, then I can do it,” I wrote. The idea made me nervous because I don’t like public speaking.…

When I was in college back in the sixties, the only telephone in our dorm was a payphone at the end of the hall. If anyone called (your parents, a girlfriend), the RA usually would answer the phone and then yell out, “Hey, Musser! Your mother’s calling!” So everyone in the hall knew who was calling you.…

When I applied to be on the English Department Student Board, I didn’t realize that a part of our job was to evaluate the English faculty for their performance review. The first step of the process is that student board representatives from all departments are invited to attend a meeting with the Faculty Personnel Committee (FPC) to learn about how their feedback fits into faculty review.…