Awards… Graduating Senior Laura Fay Selected for Highly Competitive Teach for America Position 8 May 2015May 8, 2015 Laura Fay, an English minor and editor-in-chief of our college newspaper, The Aquinas, reports that she has been selected for the Teach for America program and will have the opportunity to…
Awards… Senior Ben Turcea Wins Fulbright to Teach English in Mongolia 8 May 2015 We're proud to announce that graduating International Studies major (and English minor) Ben Turcea has won a prestigious Fulbright grant. Fulbrights are national awards funded by the federal government to promote…
Miscellaneous… Graduating Senior Nick Healey Joins Navy 7 May 2015May 8, 2015 Graduating senior Nick Healey is using his degree in English in what might seem surprising fashion: he's joining the Navy. As Nick describes it, "My post graduation plans are to…
Academics… Rising Senior Olivia Gillespie Wins President’s Fellowship for Summer Research 5 May 2015 Congratulations to Olivia Gillespie (BA, English, 2016) for winning one of the university's competitive Summer Research Fellowships. The grant provides her with funds to live on campus over the summer,…
Student Success Stories… Graduating Senior Dan Crawford Lands Teaching Position at St. Joe’s Prep 27 Apr 2015 Dan Crawford, a Senior English major, has been awarded the privilege to teach English for the next academic year at Saint Joseph's Preparatory School in Philadelphia. As a part of…
Creative Writing… Alum Ashley Teatum Wins Honorable Mention in Flash Fiction Contest 21 Apr 2015April 22, 2015 Ashley Teatum, (BA, English, 2009), currently working as an entrepreneur in an on-line editing company, is also still flexing her creative writing muscles. In that light, she recently received honorable…
Music… First Year English Major Catie Bombard “Sings” about Spring and Baseball 16 Apr 2015April 16, 2015 Catie Bombard, a first year English major, is one of a handful of students tabbed by the admissions office to share her experiences through a University-hosted blog. Her latest piece describes…
English Honor Society - Sigma Tau Delta… Lindsey Pelucacci at the TIMES-TRIBUNE 15 Apr 2015 Lindsey Pelucacci is a seasoned "student correspondent" for the News & Media Relations Office at the University. Her articles are published on the time-tribune.com. You can catch her perspectives on University of Scranton events at…
Acting/Performance… Kiley Lotz Off-Broadway Debut Favorably Reviewed in New York Times 15 Apr 2015 The reviews are starting to come in for Underland, which includes the off-Broadway debut of recent alum Kiley Lotz (BA, Theatre, 2013). The April 15, 2015 issue of The New York…
Student Success Stories English Alum Hanarae Dudek Working as Speech Pathologist 15 Apr 2015April 15, 2015 We like to say that English majors can do anything, and it's good to hear news of Hanarae Dudek (BA, English, 2009) who has gone on to work as a…
