Undergraduate Information
Resources: Awards and Scholarships
The following awards are given annually in Spring Quarter to outstanding students in the English Department:The Denney Award — $500
Given to the outstanding Senior English major. The award carries with it a small personal plaque for the student. In addition, the student’s name is engraved on the large plaque which hangs in 421 Denney Hall.
The Honors Thesis Award — $500
Given to the best undergraduate thesis of the academic year.
The Helen Earnhart Harley Scholarship in English — $500
The purpose of this award is to reward and encourage excellence in English studies. The award is to be used toward the tuition of an undergraduate student majoring in English, who is a graduate of a Franklin County High School.
The Rosemarie Sena Scholarship in English — $500
The purpose of this award is to reward and encourage excellence in English studies. The award is to be used toward the tuition of an undergraduate student majoring in English.
The Arnold and Frances Shapiro International Scholar Fund — $1000
The purpose of this award is to encourage study abroad in English studies. The award is to be used toward the tuition and expense of studying in Great Britain or Ireland, either in a summer program or during the regular academic year, by an undergraduate English major.
The Robert E. Reiter Prize for Critical Analysis — $300
For the best critical essay written in an undergraduate English course in the previous year.
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.
The Jacobson Short Story Award — $250
For the best short story by an undergraduate.
The Vandewater Poetry Award — $250
For the best poem or group of poems. Open to graduate and undergraduate students.
The Gertrude Lucille Robinson Award — $250
For the best piece of creative writing by an undergraduate woman.
The Citino Undergraduate Poetry Award — $150 (1st place), $50 (2nd place)
For the best poem or group of poems by an undergraduate student.
The Reba Elaine Pearl Burkhardt Roorbach Award in Creative Nonfiction — $50
For the best essay or nonfiction book chapter by an undergraduate student.
