Twenty-Fifth Annual English Awards Day Ceremony

Twenty-Seventh Annual English Awards Day Ceremony Wednesday, 23 April 2008 Prof. Thomas M. Clayton, Chair, Department of English

Keynote Address

Jane Vance, Poet Laureate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky UK English Department and Honors Program

Writing Program Awards

-FIRST-YEAR ESSAY WINNERS-

First Place Jon D. Christensen (Instructor: Katherine Varnes) “For Mummy—Some Love, But Mostly Squalor” Second Place (Co-winners) Ryan Edward Domyan (Instructor: Stephen Blount) “A Eulogy for the Iraqi Cause” Mary Kathryn Johnston (Instructor: Amanda Wray) “Bond, Reading Bond”

-FIRST-YEAR ESSAY HONORABLE MENTION-

Kelly Ranae Duffy (Instructor: Alison Caldwell) “Starbucks is the Devil” Jaclyn Michelle Hawkins (Instructor: Kathryn S. Crutcher) “Ditching Meat” Zachary Michael Hester (Instructor: Darci Thoune) “A Way of Life”

Teaching Awards

Outstanding Writing Program Teaching Assistant Randee Dax Jennings

Outstanding Writing Program Instructor Co-winners: Kathryn S. Crutcher and Kelly J. Feinberg

Outstanding Teaching Assistant: Literature or Film Co-Winners: Sean Michael Dummit and Lisa Schroot-Mitchum

Writing Program Excellent Instructors

Alison Lanae Caldwell Kathryn S. Crutcher Kelly J. Feinberg Randee Dax Jennings Katherine Dunagan Osborne

Undergraduate Awards

Dantzler-Dantzler Award for Academic Achievement by a Senior Katrina Boone Basham

O. J. & Ruby Wilson Scholarship for Outstanding Senior Anna HeeSook Slyh

John S. Gatton Provost Scholarship in Arts & Sciences Andrew Ernst Crown-Weber

Barbara Sutton Cowles Scholarship to an Outstanding Senior, 2008 Melissa Paige Bone

Bill Bridges Scholarship for Outstanding First-Generation College Graduate Majoring in English Joshua T. Bailey

Michael Adelstein Award for Prospective High School Teachers Christopher Allen DeLotell

Best Undergraduate Essay in a Literature or Film Class Co-winners: Bianca Jade Karla Bargo (Instructor: Leah Bayens) “Location, Location, Location: Relevance of Geography in Song of Solomon” Matt Cumberland Jordan (Instructor: Colleen Glenn) “Scorsese’s Taxi Driver: What the Hell Do We Do Now?

Imaginative Writing Awards

Broadside Poetry Contest Undergraduate Winner: Andrew Lee Champion Graduate Winner: Colleen Marie Glenn

Farquhar Award for Poetry Catherine Cole Turner “The Dead Horse Sestina” Honorable Mention Jordan Brown “In the Future We Won’t Need Pallbearers” Alexander Jay Klehfoth “Tammy” Rachel Ann Stratton “Heart”

Dantzler Award for Fiction Sara Andrew “Lion Guard” Honorable Mention Zephania Bostow “Cereal Killer, Sort Of” Jordan Brown “The Mirage” Kari Rose Evely “The Tree” Matthew Tyler Klette “Some Wear Hats, Others Wear Red” Ian Min Ho Scheideberg “The Train Station”

Graduate Awards

Ellershaw Award for Outstanding Ph.D. Candidate Co-winners: Hannah Cowles Freeman and Virginia Bucurel Engholm

Bryan Chair Graduate Conference Prize Paper Co-winners: Leah Elizabeth Bayens “The Wide, Wide World and Its ’Backwoods’ Specimens: Susan Warner’s Republican, Experiential Education” George Micajah Phillips “Becoming, Difference, and Repetition in Wilde’s Aesthetic Encounters”

William J. Sowder Award for Best Graduate Student Critical Paper Co-winners: Colleen Marie Glenn “The Traumatized Veteran: James Stewart’s Postwar Roles in Film” Abigail Irene Tripp “Saving the Father? Reversing Parricide and Preserving Jewish Immigrant Experience in The Jazz Singer”

Ben Wathen Black Scholarship in English Literature Colleen Marie Glenn

Departmental Honors (GPA of 3.75 or Higher)

Andrew Marcus Alliston Katrina Boone Basham Joshua E. Bobbitt Melissa Paige Bone Joshua Kane Bush Sarah Jackson Cole Andrew Ernst Crown-Weber Deborah Sue Drury Meghan Elizabeth Hammack Karen Elizabeth Langer Ashlee Morgan Saylor Anna HeeSook Slyh Molly Kathryn Smith Dorney Reed Thompson

Graduates (August 2007–May 2008)

Bessie Lee Fox Anna Katherine Froula Mary K. Hall Kenneth Carr Hawley Jessica Lexie Hollis Danny Mayer Sean Michael Morris Charles Hampton Poff Jr. Melissa Marie Purdue Clarence William Tweedy III

Brooke Ashley Barker Krista E. Callahan-Caudill Gregory Lee Miller John Andrew Moreman Gregory Richard Ruppert June Marie Whitt

Scotty Ray Adkins Daniel Royse Aken Andrew Marcus Alliston Jennifer Elvira Alonso Meghan Theresa Arrell Joshua Tyler Bailey Katrina Boone Basham Justin Crockett Belisle Laurel Ann Benson Joshua Gregory Berkley Katharine Farnworth Bindner Joshua E. Bobbitt Melissa Paige Bone Amanda Marie Burkholder Joshua Kane Wendell Bush Christa Marie Cardone Sarah Nichole Caston Joshua S. Clark Sarah Jackson Cole Amber Lenora Cooper Kristin Nicolle Crawford Leanna Dawn Crawford Samuel Andrew Crawford Andrew Ernst Crown-Weber John Michael Dickens Nicholas Dante Dimengo Deborah Sue Drury Diana Marie Elias Kari Rose Evely Anita Michelle Fleming Leslie Anne Friley Kate Alexandra Garmon Danielle Marie Goodman Lance Andrew Granger Meghan Elizabeth Hammack Mary Ragan Hardin John Christopher Heltzel Megan Skye Hogan Kathryn Jean Shannon Hogg Grayson Tyler Johnson Leonard Bradley Johnson Tiara S. Johnson Emily K. Jones Jerrece Calvae Jones Stephanie Lauren Joseph Joshua Caleb Jude Allison Anne Kapteina Kimberly Teresa Kelly Katie Elizabeth Klein Matthew Tyler Klette Kirsten Vance Kramer Katherine Laney Kubale Karen Elizabeth Langer Eric T. Little Kathleen Rose Loerch Allison Christina Lohr Jacynthia Mechelle Mackin Bridget Sullivan Malaney Lauren Marie May Lesley Anne Mayberry Melanie Christina McConathy Malissia Clark Milburn Jeremy Scott Miracle Elissha Claire Moore Stephen Daniel Morgan Katharine Leigh Mudd Michelle Deanna Mullins Alan James Newell Lauren McKaye Newsome Whitney Chase Nichols Sarah Lynne Pendery Jessica Kathryn Pennington Brendan Patrick Petit Benjamin Kenneth Piech Leah Catherine Powers Robert Bruce Quan Savanna Renee Ratliff Lora Elizabeth Riggs Matthew Kellon Robinson Michael Edward Robinson Hannah Grace Rogers Mathew Sam Samuel Ashlee Morgan Saylor Dariush A.. Shafa Anna HeeSook Slyh John Patrick Smith Molly Kathryn Smith Eric Steven Smither Anna Bacot Snyder William Guy Spriggs Aaron Jacob Stephenson Andrew Douglas Stone Georgia Donelle Stone Kristen Michelle Sullivan Margaret Regina Sullivan Brooke Erin Takacs Dorney Reed Thompson Jonathan Townsend Matthew John Valade Andrew Harrington Van Lahr Carrie Ann Welsh Whitney Brett Wilgus Emma Marceline Williams Matthew Thomas Williams William Palmer Yoakum Madelyn Rae Young