English Majors and Creative Writers Receive Scholarships and Awards
Ninety individuals, including English majors, faculty, family, and friends, attended the English Department Banquet Sunday, April 29, 2006. Tim Duggan from the School of Education provided the evening's musical entertainment, with the following creative writers sharing their own poetry and fiction: Sean Johnston, Sarah Den Boer, Jacob Mailander, and Annie Christain.
The following outstanding students received scholarships and awards from the English Department.MARGARET B. SANGER SCHOLARSHIPS: Krista Barton; Rebecca Bonnichsen; Andrea DeJong (high school); Kendra Drake; Benjamin Eide (high school); April Fisher; Stacey Gleason; Carrie Gonsor; Crystal Gorden; Heather Howitz; Sara Hughes (high school); Laura Jones; Sarah Kindelspire; Krystal Kirwan; Emilie Kluth; Sara Kniffen; Dan Kofoed; Isabelle Lankhorst (high school); Amanda Lightfield; Zachary Lyngaas (high school); Andrea Maddox; Abby Meyer; Rebecca Miller; Alyssa Mittleider; Daniel Mollet; Meghan Mordhorst; Paul Petersen; Kimberlynn Purintun; Leita Rolfe; Amber Skoglund; David White; Jacqueline Wilber; William Yost; Brooke Youds; Stephanie Zornes
SIGURD & VIVIAN D. ANDERSON SCHOLARSHIPS:
April Fisher; Amanda Lightfield; Marcus Merritt; Alyssa Mittleider; Paul Petersen
BETTY BEASOM CREW SCHOLARSHIPS:
Simon Ferrell; Staci Hull; Sean Johnston; Dan Jones; Joseph Raiche; Brian Twenter
JOHN G. DOW AWARD:
Lucy Connealy
ENGLISH MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP:
Theodore Bohn; Annie Christain; Bobbi Olson
GERTRUDE B. GUNDERSON AWARD:
Bridget Welch
ALVINA & ROBERT HALL SCHOLARSHIPS:
Crystal Gorden; Heather Howitz; Emilie Kluth
ELBERT W. AND MARJORIE HARRINGTON BOOK AWARD:
Adriane Raba
DOROTHY BAISCH SELZ MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS:
Ryan Allen; Matt Bauman; Doug Murano; Eric Ollila; Adair Owen; Brittany Schreurs
ELIZABETH SHREVES SCHOLARSHIPS:
Courtney Huse-Wika; Krystal Kirwan; Sara Kniffen; Cynthia Scherer
GLADYS J. HASSE POETRY SCHOLARSHIPS:
Annie Christain; Sarah den Boer; Sean Johnston
ARCHER B. GILFILLAN SCHOLARSHIPS:
Randal Greene; Dan Kofoed; Jacob Mailander; Cody Raterman
GASQUE STUDY-IN-BRITAIN SCHOLARSHIP:
Abbigail Harbaugh
SENIOR ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS:
Jamie Barnett; Christopher Bordewyk; Lucy Connealy; Teramie Jerred; Jessica M. Larson; Jacob Mailander; Bobbi Olson; Adriane Raba; Crystal Weinhaus
posted by Michelle Rogge Gannon at 10:21 PM
English Named Academic Dept. of the YearFrom Professor and English Department Chair Emily Haddad:
"The English Department has been named Academic Department of the Year (2005-06) by the University of South Dakota's Student Government Association. I am very pleased, and grateful to all those whose contributions prompted the SGA to recognize us with this award. Thank you!"
posted by Michelle Rogge Gannon at 8:27 AM 