2008-2009
Scholarship Recipients
E. Nelson James Junior Scholarship ($3,000) | |
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Jennifer Dorsey Jennifer Dorsey is in her third year at Ohio University where she is earning a degree in English as well as a minor in Sociology. She plans on graduating in the fall of 2009 and will take a year off before pursuing a graduate degree. |
Runners-up ($1,500 each) | |
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Rachel Zecca Rachele Zecca is a junior at Salem College in Winston-Salem, NC, pursuing a B.A. in English with minors in Creative Writing and Women's Studies. Rachele had the pleasure of being the Treasurer for Salem's chapter of Sigma Tau Delta for the 2008-2009 academic year and looks forward to being an active member in the upcoming school year. |
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Laura Fuller Laura Fuller is originally from Cedar Rapids, IA. She is currently pursuing a B.A. in English with minors in Music and Secondary Education at Luther College in Decorah, IA. After graduating next spring, she plans to teach English at the high school level. |
Elva Bell McLin Senior Scholarship ($3,000 each) | |
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Katie Edwards Catherine "Katie" Edwards received her B.A. in English and a B.A. in Philosophy from Fort Hays State University in Hays, KS, in May of 2009. She will be pursuing a Master's of Public Administration degree with an emphasis in Nonprofit Management at Indiana University Purdue University-Indianapolis in the fall, where she hopes to use her writing skills to clearly relate the missions of non profits to the public at large. Her time as the President of the Rho Psi Chapter has given her a taste for management, and she believes that her work with Sigma Tau Delta has helped to prepare her for her future career. |
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Rebecca Straple Rebecca Straple is a Publishing and Dance Performance double major at Illinois State University, where she will graduate with two B.A. degrees this December. She has acted as Undergraduate Librarian for her chapter, and her essay entitled "Children of the Waste Land: T.S. Eliot's The Wasteland, Arthurian Romance, and Punk Music" was published in her chapter's academic journal, Polyglossia. A company member of Illinois State University's pre-professional dance company, Illinois State Dance Theatre, Rebecca will continue dancing while studying for a graduate degree in Medieval Literature, which she hopes to complete at Oxford University in England. |
Edwin L. Stockton, Jr., Graduate Scholarship ($3,000 each) | |
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Ania Saj Ania Saj is currently in an M.A. program at Westfield State College in Massachusetts, where she recently earned her B.A. with a concentration in Middle and Secondary Education. She has been a member of Sigma Tau Delta since 2006 and plans to teach English Language Arts at either the middle or high school level upon completion of her master's degree. |
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Andrea Murphy After six years in the US Navy turning wrenches, Andrea escaped to the world of academia. She is currently working on a Ph.D. in English with a concentration in New Media and Professional Writing at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA, where she also teaches composition. |
Sigma Tau Delta Scholarship $4,000 each) | |
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Stephanie Schiefelbein Stephanie Schiefelbein is a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire pursuing a double major in English-Literature and Music-Liberal Arts, as well as a minor in Organizational Communications. She is very involved in Sigma Tau Delta as President of her local Theta Zeta Chapter and as the 2008-2010 Student Advisor on the National Sigma Tau Delta Board of Directors. After she graduates in May 2010, Stephanie is considering graduate school or a career in publishing. |
Henry Regnery Endowed Scholarship ($2,000) | |
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Hannah Scialdone-Kimberley Hannah Scialdone-Kimberley is a Ph.D. candidate in English at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA; she specializes in rhetoric and textual studies. Her research interests include the rhetorical approaches of women explorers, the rhetoric of sustainability, and the gendered rhetoric of scientific and professional writing. She has served as the President of the Nu Upsilon Chapter of Sigma Tau Delta since 2007. |
Runner-up ($500) | |
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Elif Guler Elif has a B.A. in International Relations from Koc University in Turkey and an M.A. in English with a concentration in professional writing from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA, where she is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in English, Rhetoric and Textual Studies. She was the Vice President of the Nu Upsilon Chapter of Sigma Tau Delta from Fall 2007-Spring 2009. After getting her Ph.D., she would like to teach rhetoric and intercultural communication at the college level. |
Sigma Tau Delta Study Abroad Scholarship ($3,000 each)First Round | |
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Seth Clark Seth Clark is currently a senior undergraduate student working toward a degree in English at Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa, ID. |
Second Round | |
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Sarah Suzanne Lysaker Sarah Suzanne Lysaker is a senior at Northwestern College in St. Paul, MN, currently pursuing her B.S. in English: Literature and Writing. She is from Pelican Rapids, MN, and she intends to pursue an M.F.A. in Creative Writing after achieving her undergraduate degree. Next fall, she looks forward to studying abroad in England at Oxford University, where she has been accepted into the Scholars' Semester in Oxford honors program. |
Regent Scholarships ($1,000 each)Eastern | |
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Florencia Lauria Florencia Lauria is a junior at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY. She is pursuing an English major with concentrations in both writing and literature and a Global Studies minor. Aside from her involvement in Sigma Tau Delta, Florencia is also president of the Literary Arts Society at Marist College. |
Far Western | |
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Elina Tilman Elina Tilman immigrated to America from Uzbekistan in 1996. While she initially struggled with English, she later developed an immense passion for English literature. She currently attends the University of San Francisco, with a major in English Literature and a minor in Criminal Studies, expecting her B.A. in May of 2010. |
High Plains | |
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Katrina Powell Katrina Powell is currently pursuing a B.A. in English with a minor in Theatre Arts at Nebraska Wesleyan University. Katrina has spent the past semester studying abroad in Aalborg, Denmark, and will spend the upcoming semester completing an internship in Washington, DC. In the future, Katrina aspires to teach English abroad for a year before continuing her education with a master's degree in Mass Communication. |
Southern | |
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Kelsey Anne Miller Kelsey Miller is an English major with a concentration in teaching licensure at Elon University in North Carolina. Upon graduation in May 2010, she plans to settle in North Carolina and teach English to high school students. |
Southwestern | |
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Kayla Henderson Kayla Henderson is an English major at Southern Arkansas University and will be graduating in December. She plans on becoming a high school English teacher and cannot wait to begin teaching. |
P. C. Somerville Teaching Awards ($2,000 each) | |
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Alex Witkowski Alex Witkowski is a graduate of The College of New Jersey who majored in English Secondary Education with an interdisciplinary concentration in Classical and Early Modern Studies. He served as President of the Alpha Epsilon Alpha Chapter of Sigma Tau Delta during his senior year of college. He is currently working as an English teacher at South Brunswick High School in New Jersey. |
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Anika Rohla Anika Rohla, a native of Germany, received a B.A. in English Education from Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Alva, OK. Throughout her college career, she was a member and officer of Sigma Tau Delta's Lambda Iota Tau Chapter and the Student Oklahoma Education Association. She hopes to teach English and plans to pursue an M.A. in English at Fort Hays State University in Kansas. |