Jessica Ward won the College of Arts and Sciences Bernard Dissertation Fellowship.

The winner of this year's Graduate Essay Contest is Kristin Yates for her essay, "The Enthymematic Function of Names and Pronouns in Animal Agriculture Discourse" written for Dr. Stephen Yarbrough's Fall 2016 course: ENG 746: Studies in Contemporary Rhetorical Theory.

Terry Kennedy won the 2017 College of Arts and Sciences Award for Teaching Excellence.

Alicia Beeson and Lilly Berberyan received the English Department's 2017 Outstanding Teaching Award.

Sara Taylor Boisonneau and Michelle Danner were selected as this year's nominees for the Graduate School's Outstanding Dissertation Award and Outstanding Thesis Award respectively.