Alumni News
We are very proud of our multi-talented and prize-winning English majors, some of whom are already alumni, and some of whom will graduate soon. Congratulations!
Marina Blitshteyn - Honorable Mention for the Academy of American Poets Prize, and winner of “The Skin I am In” essay contest.
Daniel Chappell - Winner of the Cook, Hammond, Logan Prize for poetry.
Yonghee Cho - Winner of the Cook, Hammond, Logan Prize for poetry and fiction.
Brian Danielak - Recipient of the CAS Outstanding Senior Award, and winner of the Capen Prize from Phi Beta Kappa.
Christopher Drellow - Winner of the Houpt Prize for excellence and proficiency in the work of the English Department, and the winner of the Axlerod Memorial Award for poetry.
Jordan Gerow - Winner of the Axlerod Memorial Award for poetry.
Justin Haag - Winner of the “Story of the Year” Award.
Alexander Johnston- Winner of the English Department Essay Contest for the best critical essay written in a U.B. undergraduate English course.
Jungmin Kim- Winner of the Scribblers Prize for the best piece of creative writing by an undergraduate woman, and Honorable Mention for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize for fiction.
Jenna Meyer- Winner of the Friends of the University Libraries Prize.
Maura Pellettieri- Winner of the Joyce Carol Oates Prize for fiction.
Peter Rizzo - Winner of the Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence, and winner of the “Story of the Year” Award.
Mary Sarsfield- Honorable Mention for the Scribblers Prize.
Jeff Schober, a graduate of our MA program who is currently teaching at Frontier High School in Hamburg, New York, has published his first novel, Undercurrent. For more information, go to this link: (http://www.trafford.com/07-1519). Congratulations, Jeff!
Balbir Singh - Winner of the Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence.
Kelly Warth - Winner of the Leroy Smith Memorial Prize for excellence in journalism.
