Rhiannon Poolaw received the Jessie Mae Hines Language Arts Scholarship. Towards the end, Hodgson recognized the scholarship recipients for the past The department will be doing all those same things but will also be working with the Salvation Army, the Lawton Food Bank and the Detty Homeless Shelter. There are only three areas the internships and student research are conducted – department study for international students, software development with the Multimedia Department and the City of Lawton, and grant writing. Sara Rios received honors in fiction for her piece “Hotbox” and non-fiction for “Born to Exist.” In poetry, Brush was honored again for his poem “Have You Ever Been So Angry That You Taught Someone You Hate How To Make A Grilled Cheese Sandwich.”Ĭarney recognized those who had participated in internships and student research this past year: Temilade Adelusi, Ashleigh Balog, Breanne Holley, Gilberto Nunez, Rhiannon Poolaw and Kaitlyn Stockton. Bayard Godsave presented the Association of Writers and Writing Program (AWP) Nominees. Creative Writing Scholarship Award to Kathleen Guill for her piece “Struggles of the Heart.”Īssistant Professor Dr. Someone You Hate How To Make A Grilled Cheese Sandwich?” Carson Stringham received third place for his poem “Traveling North on I-83.”Īssociate Professor Dr. Rose Welch received first place for her poem, “Nightlife.” Brush received third place for his poem “Have Morris Poetry Prize to three individuals. Leigh Holmes presented Rhiannon Poolaw with the Leigh Holmes Prize for Creative Nonfiction for her piece “Roots: Warrior Woven.” “It serves to give English majors an opportunity to know each other, to socialize, to become active in the community and to hang out with like-minded people,” Carney said.Īlong with the initiation, the department also gave out multiple awards and scholarships to students based on their writing and academic achievements. William Carney is the faculty advisor for Sigma Tau Delta. Sigma Tau DeltaĪlso named next year’s officers – Brush (President), Timothy (Vice President) and Rhiannon Poolaw will be Secretary.Īssociate Professor for the English and Foreign Language Department Dr. The night’s initiates were Ashleigh Balog, Amelia Barr, Nicholas Brush, Breanna Holley, Tammy Hornbeck, Sara McLaughlin, Mikayla Riddles, Zoie Timothy, Rose Welch and Whitney Wilding. A student must have completed nine hours in the english department and have a 3.0 English and overall average GPA in order to be considered for the honor society. The first honors of the night included the induction of the new members to the Englishĭelta. on April 5 in the CETES Conference CenterĬhair of the English and foreign languages department John Hodgson complimented the department on a fantastic year filled with outstanding writing produced by their students. The Cameron University English department hosted it annual end of the year awards banquet at 6:30 p.m.
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