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English & Modern Languages students, staff, and faulty gathered on Tuesday, April 15, for our annual Spring Reception & Student Awards to recognize the outstanding work students have done this year.

EML Student of the Year

Fionn Entus

Outstanding EML Majors

Applied Language Studies

Fionn Entus

English Education

Nuoyan Li

Literary Studies

Ashley Ayala

Spanish

Myriam Arias & Giovanna Vega

Faculty Recognition of Undergraduate Excellence

English

Salem Ceja-Zepeda

Spanish

Fernando López Dueñas & Mitzi Ruiz

Outstanding Graduate Students

Literary Studies

Alexia Flores

Rhetoric & Composition

Nikayla Samson

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

Tiffany Wan

Faculty Recognition of Graduate Excellence

Noah Gallego & Miriam Sanchez-Gonzalez

Outstanding Minors

English

Sophia Ramirez

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

Cecilia Soto

Writing Studies

Raphael Solano

Ted Pugh Poetry Award

First place: Sydney Sears, “The Gift of Venus”

Runner-up: Mitzi Ruiz, “My Dearest [Querida mía]”

Scholarship Awardees

Shana Y. Wang Scholarship

Jessica Gaitan

Lilian Wilds Shakespeare Scholarship

Stacie Gines

Spanish Teaching Credential Scholarship

Karim Maldonado & Ernesto Zepeda

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.