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From left to right: (First row) Abbie Booty, Jolie Finley, Kayla Spears (Second row) Catherine Sheffield, Joseph Shoulders, Sandie Merena (Third row) Emra Mehmedovic, Julianna Lowe, Sarah Stevens

Congratulations to the 2021 department scholarship and award winners! These students have displayed exceptional qualities over the last year within the English major and minor, and deserve to be recognized as so. They are as follows:

• Kayla Spears—Jim & Lana Flynn Student Abroad Scholarship
• Joseph Shoulders—Patricia Minton Taylor Scholarship
• Abbie Booty—Dr. Karen Pelz Scholarship
• Emra Mehmedovic—Jim Wayne Miller Scholarship
• Olivia Alsup—Betty Jean and Doug Mosley Scholarship
• Aimee Scott—Mary Lucille Scott Scholarship
• Jolie Finley—Pat and Wallace Nave Scholarship
• Brianna Hamilton—Frank L. Atkinson Scholarship
• Summer Gary—Thomas G. Jones Scholarship
• Catherine Sheffield—Noma Dunn Scholarship
• Elizabeth Roth—Addie Hochstrasser Estate Fund for the Jim Wayne Miller Scholarship in Creative Writing
• Jenna Woddard—Dr. Nancy Hightower Davis Scholarship
• Marshall Dees—Earl A. Moore Scholarship
• Julianna Lowe—Col. Edgar Bryant and Edith R. Stansbury Scholarship
• Sarah Stevens—Col. Edgar Bryant and Edith R. Stansbury Scholarship
• Bailey Alexander—Eva Rush Lee Scholarship
• Sheridan Rosser—Eva Rush Lee Scholarship
• Sandie Merena—The Earl A. and Cleo B. Moore and Terrence E. and Sarah D. Kelsey Student Aid Fund
• Nia Douglas—Department of English Scholarship for Racial Equity
• Ella Corder—Outstanding Graduating Student in Creative Writing
• Carder Venable—Outstanding Graduating Student in English for Secondary Teachers
• Emily Snyder—Outstanding Graduating Student in Literature
• Max Chambers—Outstanding Graduating Student in Professional Writing
• Adrianna Waters—Outstanding Graduating English Major
• Lillian Golden—Outstanding Graduating Student in TESOL
• Abigail Raley—Outstanding Graduating Student in the GWS Minor
• Katie Doll—Outstanding Graduating Student in the Film Studies Minor
• Cameron Fontes—Outstanding Graduating Student in the Film Studies Minor
• Will Williford—Outstanding Graduating MA Student
• Megan Hutchinson—Outstanding Graduating MFA Student
• Mo Stevens—Wood Award
• Delaney Holt—Gladly Award
• Bailey Cooke—Spirit of the Phoenix Award

These students will be honored at 4:00 p.m. on April 23 at the Department of English Annual Awards Ceremony and Senior Celebration, which will be held both in person and virtually at the FAC lawn.