Library Awards and Scholarships

2023-24

No competition held.

2022-23

Winners:

• “American Masochist" by Devyn Daniele, written for Professor Lou Lombard’s English 101 course
• “Current and Potential Future Health Issues" by Amy Casey, written for Professor Larry Venuk’s Psychology 201 course.

2021-22

Winners: 

• "Borderline Personality Disorder: Potential Causes, Current Treatments, & Prognosis" by Kassidy Schiavi, written for Professor Kim O'Donnell's Psychology 245 course and
• "Poststructuralism in the Post-Apocalypse: Analyzing the Unstable Relationship Between Context and Meaning in Station Eleven" by Nicole Andreson, written for Professor Ron Picard's English 222 course.

Honorable Mention: 

• "Globalization, Fast Fashion, and Piracy of Designs" by Gretta Roche. This paper was written for Professor John Tenney's Geography 111 course.

2020-21

Winner:

• "Systemic Racism's Prevalence in The Piano Lesson" by Melanie Louis, for Professor Ron Picard's English 222 course.

Honorable Mention: 

• "Yersinia Pestis and the Bubonic Plague" by Alyssa Naoumides, for Professor Peter Angelastro's Biology 235 course.

2019-20

Winner: 

• "The Reverse Revelation of Julia Alvarez’s How the García Girls Lost Their Accents” by Jason Hesse, for Professor Ron Picard’s English 222 course.

Honorable Mention: 

• “Agoraphobia Information and Explanation” by Abigail Locke, for Professor Kim O'Donnell’s Psychology 245 course.

2018-19

Winner: 

• “Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Feminism, and ‘The Yellow Wallpaper” by Danielle Jacovino, for Professor Patti Pallis’ English 102 course.

Honorable Mention: 

• “Gifted Education a Boon to General Classroom,” by Darrell Cookman, for Professor Sandra Valente’s Psychology 260 course.