Three students from the ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ Salem Campus were recognized by ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ’s English department during the annual student awards ceremony earlier this month.
Derek Shasteen received the prestigious Anna Ulen Engleman Creative Writing Award for his work of poetry. He is a junior English major, taught by Dr. Craig Paulenich, English professor at ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ Salem.
Receiving the Bedford St. Martin’s College Writing Essay Awards were Michelle Santini, for placing first in the Tier I level of competition, and Jonathon McCann, placing first in the Tier II level. Santini is a freshman, majoring in nursing, while McCann is a freshman pre-med major. Both were taught by James Winter, English lecturer on the Salem Campus.
The ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ Salem students’ works were judged against submissions from students representing all of ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ’s campuses.
The awardees in the photos are shown with Robert Trogdon, chairman of the ÃÛÌÒ¹¤×÷ÊÒ Department of English.
Photo A: Derek Shasteen Photo B: Michelle Santini Photo C: Jonathon McCann