Students and Faculty Honored at English Department End-of-Year Celebration

by Lucy Flack ’27

The end of the school year for most students means final exams, papers, and projects; but for the English Department, the end of the spring semester means our End-of-Year celebration! At this yearly celebration, we recognize students, faculty, community members, and organizations for their hard work and achievements this year. At this year’s End-of-Year celebration, we were so grateful to musical group Bad Bad Hats and lead singer/Visiting English Instructor Kerry Alexander for performing at the event. 

We also recognized Professor Peter Bognanni’s completion as the Chair of the English Department, and we thank him, then and now, for all the hard work he does for the department. As Professor Bognanni’s role as Chair comes to an end, we welcome Professor Matt Burgess as the new Chair of the English Department for the next few years. We wish him the best of luck!

As a part of the celebration, we acknowledge those seniors who have completed an Honors Project, capstone, and participated in an independent study. We also thank and recognize the English Honors Society and its members for all their hard work.

Finally, we recognize certain seniors for English Department awards and prizes. These seniors are selected by faculty in recognition of work, achievements, and contributions to the department. We are so proud of all of our seniors and wish them luck on their future endeavors. Listed below are the award recipients. 

Recipients of the Nick Adams Short Story Award

Nathan Blatman: “Two Inches from the Void” 

Amarah Friedman: “Where the Outlaws Run” 

Lucy Hoberg: “Cyclogenesis” 

Violet McCann: “He Flew into the Windmill””

Recipient of the Harry Scherman Creative Prose Award

Siri Greene: “After Diminishing”

Recipients of the Harry Scherman Literary Analysis Award

Reagan Kimzey: “English Depictions of a Scottish Macbeth in History versus Tragedy”

Cheyenne Woerman: “The Indomitable Spirit: a Will to Live in Deor”

Zoe Roos Scheuerman: “Life Unlike a Chameleon Close Readings from Flüchtige Spur Toundi Ondua”

Recipients of the Harry Scherman Poetry Award

Chloë Moore: “Last Poem”

Miriam Ruiz: “Bull-Headed”

Recipients of the Ardis Hillman Wheeler International Studies Award 

Daniel Graham: Copenhagen

Jizelle Villegas: Ireland

Gavia Boyden: England

Recipient(s) of the Academy of American Poets Poetry Collection Award

Winner: Miriam Ruiz: “Bull-Headed”

Honorable Mention: Ahlaam Abdulwali: “Fig Tree”

Recipient of the Livingston-Patnode Award

Awarded to a graduating senior who has made a special contribution as an English major.

Zoe Roos Scheuerman

Recipients of the Wendy Parrish Poetry Prize

Award for students who exemplify a commitment to poetry and excellence in writing.

Siri Greene

Miles Latham

Zoe Chinander-Mc Faul