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Spring Honors and Awards Receptions Acknowledges English Department Excellence
The annual Spring Honors and Awards Reception, which was held on May 23, 2007, in the Grand Lounge of the Faculty Club, bestowed well-deserved accolades on faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates alike, and confirmed the Ohio State English Department’s esteemed reputation. The event included special mention of Marissa Cull and Tom Pruiksma, the department’s two recipients of the coveted university-wide Graduate Presidential Fellowships, which includes a year of funding. In total, 24 awards were presented.
Faculty Awards
Rodica C. Botoman Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching and Mentoring ($5,000)Michelle Herman
2007 Arts and Sciences Research Grant for Exemplary Service ($2,000 each)
Jared Gardner, Chris Highley
EGO Graduate Professor of the Year
David Herman
EUGO Undergraduate Professor of the Year
Seb Knowles
Graduate Student Awards
Graduate Student Award for Community BuildingAnne Langendorfer
Estrich Paper Prize
Lindsay Dicuirci
Sacks Paper Prize
Paul McCormick
Muste Dissertation Prize
Kyoung-Min Han
Undergraduate Awards
The Helen Earnhart Harley Scholarship in English ($500)Kevin Humphries
The Rosemarie Sena Scholarship in English ($500)
Laura Bennett
The Arnold and Frances Shapiro International Scholar Fund ($1,000)
Julian Condo
The Robert E. Reiter Prize for Critical Analysis ($300)
Jonathan Theiss
The Denney Award ($500)
Norah Kate Dick
Best GTA ($250)-.0
Sean Flanigan
Creative Writing Awards (Graduate and Undergraduate)
The Citino Undergraduate Poetry Award ($150, 1st place; $50, 2nd place)
For the best poem or group of poems by an OSU undergraduate:
(Judge: Bruce Bond)
First Place: Zach Germaniuk
Second Place: Emily Rock
Honorable Mention: Rochelle Hurt
The Gertrude Lucille Robinson ($250)
For the best piece of creative writing by an undergraduate woman:
(Judge: Judith Ortiz Cofer)
Winner: Rochelle Hurt Honorable Mention: Emily Rock, Ruth Lang
The Jacobson Short Story Award ($250)
For the best short story by an undergraduate:
(Judge: John Dufresne)
Winner: Julie Morris
Honorable Mention: Chuck Smithson, Megan Proehl
The Reba Elaine Pearl Burkhardt Roorbach Award in Creative Nonfiction ($50)
For best essay or best nonfiction book chapter by an undergraduate at OSU:
(Judge: Bill Roorbach)
Winner: Emily Rock Honorable Mention: Julie Morris
The Vandewater Poetry Award ($250)
For best poem or group of poems by a graduate or undergraduate:
(Judge: Allison Joseph)
Winner: Heather Kirn Honorable Mention: Ida Stewart, Michelle Y. Burke
The Haidee Forsyth Burkhardt Award in Creative Nonfiction ($50)
For best nonfiction essay or book chapters by a graduate student:
(Judge: Bill Roorbach)
Winner: Heather Kirn
Honorable Mention: Christine Kaiser-Bonasso
The Academy of American Poets Award (The Arthur Rense Prize) ($400)
For the best poem or group of poems. Open to graduate and undergraduate students:
(Judge: Linda Gregerson)
Winner: Ida Stewart Honorable Mention: Heather Kirn, Caitlin Newcomer, Casey Ward
The Tara M. Kroger Award ($550.00)
For the best short story by an MFA student:
(Judge: Brock Clarke)
Winner: Donald Ray Pollock
Honorable Mention: Kyle Minor, Maureen Traverse, Douglas Watson
The Helen Earnhart Harley Creative Writing Fellowship ($1,000)
For the best body of fiction, nonfiction, or poetry (not to exceed 40 pages) submitted by a graduate student:
(Judge: Sarah Gorhman)
Winner: Kim Brauer
Honorable Mention: Heather Kirn, Bart Skarzynski, Michelle Y. Burke
