College of Liberal Arts Honors Students for Writing Excellence

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College of Liberal Arts Dean Kelly Norris Martin (center) joined with others from across RIT to recognize the outstanding performance of this year's Student Writing Award recipients.

Awards are given to students whose work embodies the ideals and standards of excellence, creative endeavor, and scholarship championed by the Rochester Institute of Technology. Selections and awards are made by faculty committees in each department within the College of Liberal Arts.

The Mary C. Sullivan Woman and Gender Studies Award is named in honor of the late Dr. Mary C. Sullivan, the esteemed first female dean of RIT’s College of Liberal Arts, who served 1977 to 1987.

Other awards include the Henry and Mary Kearse Writing Award, created in 1980 thanks to a donation from Henry J. Kearse, founder and president of the construction firm H.J. Kearse Inc., and his wife, Mary, a longtime member of RIT’s Nathaniel Rochester Society, and an award named in honor of Stan McKenzie, also a former dean of the College of Liberal Arts.

Henry and Mary Kearse Writing Award Recipients:

• Nia Walker, Rochester, NY, School of Communication Kearse Writing Award, School of Individualized Studies, Individualized Program, third-year student
• Garrit Witters, Elizabethtown, PA, Department of Criminal Justice Kearse Writing Award, Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, Cybersecurity, graduate student
• Matthew Stanton, New Boston, NH, Department of Economics Kearse Writing Award, College of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering with the Aerospace Option and Economics, second-year student
• Cassandra Paul, Albany, NY, Department of English Kearse Writing Award, College of Liberal Arts, Advertising and Public Relations, fourth-year student
• Milena Kahan, Davis, CA, Department of History Kearse Writing Award, College of Liberal Arts, Criminal Justice and History, second-year student
• Adria Clines, Bellingham, WA, Department of Modern Languages and Cultures Kearse Writing Award, School of Individualized Studies, ASL-English Interpretation and Applied Modern Language and Culture French Option, first-year student
• Jake Streamer, Warsaw, NY, Department of Philosophy Kearse Writing Award, School of Individualized Studies, Individualized Program, fourth-year student
• Adrienne Sanza, Honeoye Falls, NY, Department of Political Science Kearse Writing Award, College of Liberal Arts, Applied Modern Language and Culture Japanese Option and International & Global Studies, fourth-year student
• Elandria Brzezniak, Ontario, NY, Department of Psychology Kearse Writing Award, College of Liberal Arts, Psychology, second-year student
• Caroline Richards, Clifton, VA, Department of Public Policy Kearse Writing Award, Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, Cybersecurity, first-year student
• Libby Hubbard, Jacksonville, AL, Department of Sociology and Anthropology Kearse Writing Award, College of Liberal Arts, International and Global Studies and Applied Modern Language and Culture-Chinese Option, fourth-year student
• Abigail Block, Huntington, NY, Department of STS Kearse Writing Award, National Technical Institute for the Deaf, ASL-Eng Interpretation , third-year student

Stan McKenzie Endowed Writing Award Recipients:

• Kadence Ostheller, Penfield, NY, Stan McKenzie Endowed Writing First Place, College of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, second-year student
• Anya Predovsky, Washington, DC, Stan McKenzie Endowed Writing Second Place, College of Art and Design, Graphic Design, first-year student

Mary C. Sullivan Women’s and Gender Studies Writing Award Recipients:

• Liz Przepiora, Victor, NY, Mary C. Sullivan Writing Award, College of Liberal Arts, English with Creative Writing, fourth-year student
• McClain Leong, Sterling, VA, Mary C. Sullivan Knowledge-Building Project Award, School of Individualized Studies, Individualized Program and Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, fourth-year student

Tina Lent Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Museum Studies Recipient:

• Gabriella Smith, Gasport, NY, Tina Lent Award Outstanding Scholarship in Museum Studies, College of Liberal Arts, Museum Studies, fourth-year student

Robert Root Endowed Award Recipient: 

• Andrew Selenko, Tecumseh, MI, Robert Root Endowed Award for Excellence in Literature, College of Liberal Arts, English, fourth-year student