{"id":614,"date":"2016-06-02T14:38:28","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T18:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/englishandtheatre\/?p=614"},"modified":"2016-06-02T14:38:28","modified_gmt":"2016-06-02T18:38:28","slug":"three-english-theatre-students-honored-on-award-night-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/englishandtheatre\/2016\/06\/02\/three-english-theatre-students-honored-on-award-night-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Three English &amp; Theatre students honored on Award Night 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to three of our graduates!\u00a0 The Department of English &amp; Theatre\u00a0awarded Olivia Gillespie, Cailin Potami and James\u00a0Pennington\u00a0with awards.\u00a0 Olivia was a awarded a Fullbright to study in Brazil.\u00a0 We wish her all the best\u00a0with her adventure.\u00a0 Cailin attended the Sigma Tau Delta Convention this\u00a0year in Minnesota and won first place with her essays.\u00a0 James Pennington was awarded the Theatre\u00a0Award for all\u00a0of his talented accomplishments.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/englishandtheatre\/files\/2016\/06\/Cailin-Potami-English-Award-winner.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"615\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/englishandtheatre\/2016\/06\/02\/three-english-theatre-students-honored-on-award-night-2016\/cailin-potami-english-award-winner\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/englishandtheatre\/files\/2016\/06\/Cailin-Potami-English-Award-winner.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2952,5248\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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place with her essays.\u00a0 James<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/englishandtheatre\/2016\/06\/02\/three-english-theatre-students-honored-on-award-night-2016\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Three English &amp; Theatre students honored on Award Night 2016&#8221;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt 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