2018-2019 English Award Winners

Congratulations to the 2018-2019 English Award Winners!  Below are the scholarship recipients and the award qualifications. On May 1st there will be a banquet for the winners. Visit this website to see English major only scholarships and this website to see past award winners. 


Allison Rickert Memorial Award: Catherine Shehan

  • Awarded to a student from any class year with a minimum GPA of 3.0 or greater who contributes to the George Street Press or the Creative Writer’s Guild.

Dorothy J. Patterson English Award: Bryce Rinehart

  • Awarded to a rising junior majoring in the English teacher preparation program and working toward a Bachelors of Science in English Education with a minimum GPA of 3.0 in both the major and overall. The scholarship is renewable for two additional semester.

William S. Trout Memorial Award for English Education: Mariah Miller

  • Awarded to a senior English education major who has a cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 2.5, and 3.5 GPA in English courses. Candidates are required to document a commitment to creative writing through publication of original work.

Nadine Thomas Journalism Award: Vanessa Schneider

  • Awarded to a senior English education major who has a cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 2.5, and 3.5 GPA in English courses. Candidates are required to document a commitment to creative writing through publication of original work.

Eileen Carew Promising Writers Award: Shaakirah Ahmad-Tate

  • This scholarship is awarded to an English major with a declared Writing Studies Option who has achieved excellence or shows promise in writing. The student must have a minimum of a 3.0 GPA.

Dilworth-McCullough English Award: Mary Beth Nolt

  • Awarded to a student who has achieved excellence in English literature.

Class of 1910 Award: Amanda Mooney

  • Awarded annually for excellence in English to a student at the end of his or her senior year.

Frank R. Heavner Memorial Award: Maria Glotfelter

  • Awarded to the English major with the highest average in at least nine hours of linguistics courses.

Alice R. Fox Memorial Award in English: Emily Perez

  • Awarded to a student who, in the judgment of the English Department, has achieved excellence in English.

Class of 1917 Award: Matthew Moyer

  • Awarded at the end of a student’s junior year to a person who, in the judgment of the English Department, excels in the general field of English.

Class of 1922 Award: Hadassah Stoltzfus

  • Awarded to a senior who has demonstrated outstanding proficiency in the use of English.