{"id":1771,"date":"2024-05-07T15:24:48","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T19:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/?p=1771"},"modified":"2024-05-09T11:12:24","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T15:12:24","slug":"writing-studies-department-honors-outstanding-student-writers-at-annual-awards-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/2024\/05\/07\/writing-studies-department-honors-outstanding-student-writers-at-annual-awards-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing Studies Department Honors Outstanding Student Writers at Annual Awards Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/\">Writing Studies<\/a> awards ceremony, which took place on April 15 in the beautiful CELS Atrium, awards were given for outstanding work in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/programs-of-study\/first-year-writing-program\/\">First-Year Writing<\/a> as well as in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/writing-studies\/programs-of-study\/public-and-professional-writing\/\">Public and Professional Writing<\/a>. Outstanding students in the PPW major were also inducted into the department Honor Society.<\/p>\n<p>First-Year Writing Exemplary Essay Awards went to <strong>Johnathan Smith<\/strong> for his WRIT105 essay &#8220;<em>The Busta Cake Mistake<\/em>&#8221; and to <strong>Kelly Naspo<\/strong> for her WRIT106 essay, &#8220;<em>The Not-So-Authentic Native American Experience<\/em>.&#8221; Honorable Mentions were given in WRIT105 to Malak Bayoumy for her essay &#8220;<em>Toxic Relationships in the Media: The Bad and the Ugly<\/em>&#8221; and <strong>Jessica Sconfienza<\/strong> for her essay, &#8220;<em>The War on Drag.<\/em>&#8221; WRIT106 Honorable Mention went to <strong>Annabelle Kempf<\/strong> for her essay &#8220;<em>Disenfranchised Grief: Exploring the Complexities of Hidden Sorrow.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Outstanding Multimodal Composition award was given to First-Year Writing student <strong>Adrianna Sewell<\/strong> for her original song: &#8220;<em>Natural Hair: The Beauty That We Need<\/em>&#8221; while an Honorable Mention was given to <strong>Maya Chavez Velasquez<\/strong> for her website, &#8220;<em>Mental Health Stigma in the Latino Community<\/em>&#8221; Instructor: Jessica Taylor.<\/p>\n<p>Awards were also given for outstanding work in the Professional and Public Writing major courses. The Excellence in Public Writing Awards went to <strong>Siddhi Sundaram<\/strong> for \u201c<em>Depression, has the Narrative Changed?<\/em>\u201d as well as <strong>Donaelle Benoit<\/strong> for her Grant Proposal, \u201c<em>Making Communities Brighter<\/em>&#8220;, while the Excellence in Professional Writing Awards went to <strong>Brielle Bogash<\/strong> and <strong>Sadie Bevando<\/strong> for their presentation for a Global Community, \u201c<em>Etiquette in Japan<\/em>&#8220;. The Excellence in Writing for Social Media award went to <strong>Gina-Marie Zoccoli<\/strong> for her campaign for Alchemy Scent Bar. And the Text Power Telling Awards went to <strong>Allison O\u2019Donnell<\/strong> and <strong>Dillan Ortiz<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the Writing Studies awards ceremony, which took place on April 15 in the beautiful CELS Atrium, awards were given for outstanding work in First-Year Writing as well as in Public and Professional Writing. Outstanding students in the PPW major were also inducted into the department Honor Society. 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