English and Languages Annual Recognition Ceremony

The English and Languages Department's Annual Recognition Ceremony was held in the Oklahoma Room at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, April 30th.

Awards and Scholarships

Daisy Moore Duvall Scholarship:  Kelsey Jackson

Wanita Danley Centennial English Honors Scholarship: Jaime Worden

Margaret (Peggy) Nims Writing Scholarship:  Noelle Hurt

Young Family Scholarship:  Jessie Randall

Reed Loving Watt Scholarship:  Felicia Doyle

Geraldine Burns Award:  Noelle Hurt

Outstanding Student Teacher:  Cody Stephens

Senior Portfolio Award:  Lindsey Dugan

LeMoine Blake Crabtree Outstanding Student of Russian:  Ashley Cardwell

Gary and Linda Travel and Study in Russia and Ukraine Scholarship: Trevor Spradling and Yin Lai

Paul Hughes Award: Nathan Steinman

Eleanor Waner Dedmon Spanish Scholarship:  Heather Truett (Byng High)

Ozella Waner English Scholarship:  Mary Dixon (Ada High)

Sara Randall Memorial Scholarship:  Macy McDonald

Higgenbotham Scholarship:  Michael Womack

Criswell Memorial Scholarship:  Jaime Worden

ACTR National Post-Secondary Scholar Laureate:  Ashley Cardwell.

Best Essay Awards

Best Essay in a Humanities Course:  Cayla Odom, “Endearingly Deceptive: The Merit of the Unreliable” (Responding to Literature, Dr. Hada)

Best Essay in a Literature Course:  Noelle Hurt, “‘Til Death Do Us Part:  Idealism in All the Pretty Horses” (American Literature since Whitman, Dr. Hada) and Lindsey Dugan, “Examples of the Relationship Between Music and Mortality” (Existential Literature, Dr. McMahon)

Best Creative Writing in a Freshman/Sophomore-Level Course:  Teresa Buretta, “Life Is But a Dream” (Introduction to Creative Writing, Dr. Walling)

Best Essay in a Writing Course:  Noelle Hurt, “What’s a Teacher to Do?” (Composing Theories, Dr. Davis)

Best Essay in a Language Course:  Jaime Worden, “Critical Period, Genie, and Language Learning’” (Introduction to Linguistics, Dr. Benton)