2024 Department Reception
April 30, 2024
Students, staff, and faulty from English & Modern Languages gathered on Tuesday, April 23, for our annual Department Reception to recognize the outstanding work students have done this year.
EML Student of the Year
Elizabeth Ibarra
Outstanding EML Majors
Applied Language Studies
Victoria Tran
English Education
Joseph Anthony Garcia
Literary Studies
Mona Hassanzadeh
Spanish
Elizabeth Ibarra
Faculty Recognition of Undergraduate Excellence
English
Xiaojun Mao
Spanish
Vanesa Arai Garcia
Outstanding Graduate Students
Literary Studies
Diana Kathryn Anderson
Rhetoric & Composition
Saraphena Jasmin Teasley
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
Miriam Itzel Somera Garcia
Faculty Recognition of Graduate Excellence
Julian Zaragoza Arriaga
Outstanding Minors
Spanish
Sharon Esquivel
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
Samantha Vivanco
Writing Studies
Kennedi Elaine Blackburn
Ted Pugh Poetry Award
Natalie Lydick, “Mind Tattoo” & “The Pleiades are Grains of Sand in the Natural Tar of the Night Sky“
Scholarship Awardees
Shana Y. Wang Scholarship
Annie Cho & Alyson Edwards
Jeanine L. Fucci Endowment Scholarship
Stacie Gines & Samantha Hughes
Lilian Wilds Shakespeare Scholarship
Ashley Ayala
EML Department Scholarships
Fionn Entus & Angel Galicia-Cooper
Congratulations to…
every awardee and graduate – you did it! We are so proud of you. We look forward to seeing continuing students in the Fall.
Thanks to…
Connie Cuellar & María Rodriguez for everything they do.