Congratulations to our 2008 Honors Awards Winners:

2008 Mary Barlow Writing Award: Janice Gerke and Jackie Sloderbeck

2008 Nicholas Manchion Award for Poetry: Sheila Madonia

2008 Outstanding Senior English Major Award: Janice Gerke, Jackie Sloderbeck, Loretta Baker

2008 Outstanding Junior English Major Award: Tami Russo, Adenike Orekoya, Sabra Sandy

Janice Gerke, Dr. Lolly Ockerstrom, and Jackie Sloderbeck, winners of the Mary Barlow Writing Award

English Department faculty and Award winners

Sheila Madonia, winner of the 2008 Nicholas Manchion Award

Several Scholarships and Awards are available to English majors. For more information on these scholarships and more, contact:

Scholarship Coordinator

Financial Aid Office

Second Floor, Norrington Hall

(816)584-6290  Fax:(816) 584-2152

E-Mail: finaid@mail.park.edu 

The William B. Markward Award in Early Modern Language, Literature and Culture

$500.00 will be awarded, annually, to the best essay on some aspect of early modern English language, literature or culture.

Kathryn Houghton Groves Endowed Scholarship

Applicants must:

• Be a mathematics or English major
• have a 3.25 G.P.A. in major courses
• have a 3.00 overall G.P.A.
• be active in campus activities or organizations

The Nicholas Manchion Endowed Scholarship

Applicants must:

• Be a declared English major
• be a sophmore
• Have a G.P.A. or 3.0
• Be enrolled full-time
• Submit an original poem to be judged by the English Department (without knowing the identity of the student)

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