Honors in the Discipline
Honors in the Discipline are awarded to outstanding graduates majoring in the various disciplines. To receive this designation, the student must prepare a research or creative project; the completed project must be judged outstanding by the faculty of the department. Invitation of the major department is required for a student to begin an honors project. In addition, a grade point average of at least 3.6 in the major is required.
Honors in the Discipline are noted in the graduation program and on the academic transcript. A student may receive recognition in more than one discipline. Departments may recognize more than one graduate in a year. Each department determines the specific criteria used to judge its students' projects. For requirement guidelines students should consult Professor John Rohrkemper at rohrkemj@etown.edu], the department's Honors Coordinator, or Professor Louis Martin at martinlf@etown.edu the department chair.
Special Privileges
Scholar's Privilege: A full-time student who appeared on the Dean's List of Honor Students during the preceding semester may, with the permission of the instructor, attend any class in the College on a space available basis as a scholar's privilege without registration or credit.
Departmental Student Privilege: A full-time or part-time junior or senior student may, with the permission of the instructor, attend any class within the student's major or minor department on a space available basis without registration or credit.
Awards
Every April, the English Department holds an awards ceremony to recognize the distinguished efforts of a few outstanding students in several areas. The ceremony is followed by a banquet to recognize the efforts of all graduating seniors. The Departmental awards include:
Christian S. Wenger English Prize:
Awarded to the senior English major most worth of recognition. While excellence in English is important, the student recipient is selected based upon his or her contribution to the College, and potential in representing the College after graduation are also considered. This award was established in 1973 with a gift by Mrs. Christian S. Wenger in memory of her husband.
Recent Recipients
- 2010 Katherin Momenzadah & Aimee DiMichele
- 2009 Victoria Giordano
- 2008 Molly Campbell and Anna Sarneso
Evelyn Poe Freshman Writing Award:
The Evelyn Poe Award is given each year to a student who has demonstrated exceptional writing ability in a first year writing class. It is named to honor a former long-term member of the English Department.
Recent Recipient
- 2009 Allison Gower
Louise Baugher Black Award for Non-Fiction Prose Writing:
Recognizes excellence in non-fiction prose writing and carries a cash prize. Each year the English Department issues a call for juniors and seniors of all majors to apply by submitting portfolios that should include no more than three essays written for class, plus the names of two faculty members willing to act as references.
2010 Recipients
- (1st) Austin DeMarco
- (2nd) Jonathan Gamble
- (3rd) Michael Plasket
- (1st) Victoria Giordano
- (2nd) Jameson Rohrer
- (3rd) Erin Graybill
Ralph W. Schlosser Award in Renaissance Literature:
The Schlosser Award is given each year, typically to a senior who has demonstrated intellectual agility, scholarly commitment, and interpretive sophistication in the study of literary texts written before 1800.
This award is named in honor Ralph W. Schlosser, who was a graduate of Elizabethtown College, a distinguished member of the English Department for many years, and who also served as president of the college. The Schlosser Renaissance Award is made possible by the generosity of donors who have helped establish a general fund for awards in English.
Recent Recipients
- 2010 Emily Grove
- 2009 Jameson Rohrer
