English has two awards to recognize students: The Louise Lacy Award for the outstanding Bachelor

This year we had two winners for each award: Cami Pendleton and Mary Hess were the recipients of the Lacy BA Award, and Erica Cook and Morgan Rathman were recognized with the Doherty BSE Award.
Erica and Morgan finished their degrees in December, and because they are gainfully employed teachers they could not attend today's award ceremony.
Morgan Rathmann was honored as MWSU's recipient of the Missouri Council of Teachers of English's Robert J. Greef Award at the Write to Learn Conference in Osage Beach, MO, on Feb. 16.
Congratulations to our outstanding graduates!
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Dr. Martens with Morgan Rathman |
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Erica Cook |
Dr. Martens, Cami Pendleton, and Dr. Kunkel |
Mary Hess with Dr. Church (r.) |
Cami and Mary show off the hardware |