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°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÀúÊ·¼Ç¼ students earn creative writing awards
May 3, 2001
MACOMB, IL -- Six °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÀúÊ·¼Ç¼ students were recognized and given monetary awards from two endowed English and journalism department scholarships for their creative writings.
The winners of the Lois C. Bruner Literary Nonfiction Award were: first place, Brooke King, a sophomore English major from Bloomington; and second place, Natalie Smith, a freshman English major from Chicago [60614]. King also placed second in the fiction and poetry category.
Five students earned highest recognition for the Eula Cordell Larner Writing Award in Poetry and Fiction: Carey Hubbard, a senior English major from Macomb; Nick Rausa, a senior English major from Hanover Park; Vicki Rakowski, a junior English major from Oak Park; Jessica Smucker, a junior English major from Macomb; and Marie Watson, a senior English major from Macomb. Second place awards went to: Erica Potterbaum, a senior English major from Elgin; Robert Marcks, a senior English major from Macomb; and Kristy Stachelski, a junior sociology major from Schaumburg.
Honorable mentions in poetry and fiction writing went to Rebecca Cox, a sophomore pre-law enforcement and justice administration major from Colchester; Kiana Daniels, a sophomore English major from Chicago [60620]; Mandy Gourley, a junior English major from Danville; Colin Hargreaves, a junior individual studies major from Indianapolis, IN; Brittney Hester, a sophomore sociology major from Chicago [60643]; Jackie Kluk, a junior English major from Naperville; Kelsey Simpkins, a freshman general studies student from Prairie City; Hunter Brock, a senior English major from Wheaton; Nicole Brown, a junior journalism major form New London, IA; Scott DeRosa a senior communication major from Mishawaka, IN; Tim Mulcrone, a freshman journalism major from Des Plaines; and Bradford Nadzjieko, a senior English major from O'Fallon.
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