Students, Alumnus Attend Sigma Tau Delta International Convention and Receive Awards
Ten University of Scranton students and one alumnus presented their work at the Sigma Tau Delta International Convention in St. Louis, Missouri in April. From left, current University of Scranton students Amelia Semple and Brenna Parker; alumnus Elias Kerr; faculty co-moderator Dr. Billie Tadros, Ph.D.; current students Faith Montagnino, Shannon Parker, Bethany Belkowski, Megan Zabrouski, Jillian Tremblay, Dimitri Bartels-Bray, and Maille Allardyce; and faculty co-moderator Madeline B. Gangnes, Ph.D. Student presenter Therese Shimkus not pictured.Ten University of Scranton students and one alumnus presented their work at the Sigma Tau Delta International Convention in St. Louis, Missouri in April. Four won awards for work they presented at the conference: Bethany Belkowski, senior, first place Common Reader Award; Dimitri Bartels-Bray, senior, first place Stemmler/Dennis LGBT& Award; Elias Kerr, alumnus, honorable mention for Stemmler/Dennis LGBT& Award; and Faith Montagnino, sophomore, second place Creative Nonfiction Award.
At the convention, Maille Allardyce, senior, "Pensive Illustrations in Arthur Morrison's 'The Lenton Croft Robberies,'" Belkowski, "Power and Vulnerability in Philips 'Electric,'" Jillian Tremblay, senior, "The Varying Methodologies in Detective Fiction," and Megan Zabrouski, senior, "Alien Landscapes Portrayed in The Drowned World," presented critical essays.
Shannon Parker, senior, "A Red Couch," Amelia Semple, junior, "The Treehouse Above the Woods," and Therese Shimkus, sophomore, "Talking to You First," presented original prose pieces.
Bartels-Bray, senior, "Climbing," Faith Montagnino, sophomore, "Metaphor and Remembrance: 9/11/01," and Brenna Parker, junior, "The Airplane Rule," presented works of creative nonfiction. Kerr, alumnus, presented original poetry "trans [re]incarnation—[re]living this body’s birth". Janvi Patel, sophomore, "Suit Yourself" and Aud Munley, junior, roundtable member, were also accepted, but were unable to attend.
Additionally, Belkowski, Semple, Brenna Parker, Shannon Parker and Zabrouski presented a roundtable on the Common Reader entitled "Then the War: Limits of Language and Jesuit Values." Aud Munley assisted in creating the roundtable but was unable to attend.
Each current student's travel was supported by the College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Student Research Grant program.
Sigma Tau Delta is the national honor society in English. The honor society recognizes students who major or minor in English, theatre or secondary education/English and maintain a grade point average of 3.4 or better in English, theatre and writing courses and an overall grade point average of 3.4 or higher. English professors Billie Tadros, Ph.D. and Madeline B. Gangnes, Ph.D., serve as co-moderators of Scranton’s chapter of the honor society.
