Krista Collier-Jarvis, assistant professor (and former BA student!) in the MSVU English department, was recently longlisted for the prestigious CBC Nonfiction Prize. Her book, A Micmac Memoir, was one of only 38 entries out of more than 2000 to reach this stage. Congratulations to Prof. Collier-Jarvis on this amazing achievement!
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Michael Gillis has been awarded Valedictorian of Mount Saint Vincent University’s Arts and Sciences AND the President’s Prize, given to members of the spring and fall graduating classes whose energy, generosity and commitment have enriched the University during their time as students, and who show promise that their commitment will continue as alumnae.
Michael has completed a combined major in English and Political Science, achieving a 4.19 GPA. Each of his four years at the Mount, Michael has been awarded the President’s Scholarship. This year, he also received the Sister Marie Agnes Prize in English, conferred to the student having the highest GPA. Michael also received the Dr. Larry Fisk Book Prize, given to the graduating Political Sciences student with the highest GPA.
In addition to his many academic accomplishments and pursuits, Michael has been an outstandingly dedicated member of the Mount student body, serving as Co-President of the English Society, as well as holding several positions within the MSVU Student Union, leading to Michael receiving the MSVU Student Councilor of the Year in 2022.
Michael’s dedication to social justice, equity, and inclusion are well-known and matched by his kindness, generosity, and good humour. Fortunately, those of us in the Department of English will continue to benefit from Michael’s continued presence as he has chosen to work on an Honours Thesis in the coming academic year. We look forward to our continued collaborations with this ever-rising, shining star!
CONGRATULATIONS, Michael!
Dr. Anna Smol received Mount Saint Vincent University’s Award for Research Excellence during the Thursday, May 18th 2023 morning convocation. This prestigious achievement is presented to only one faculty each year for outstanding research accomplishments within their field. During this ceremony, Dr. Smol also was awarded Professor Emerita.
SPRING CONVOCATION 2022
The B.A. Convocation will take place at 10am on Thursday, May 19th 2022.
Congratulations to all of our graduates in the BA and the BA Honours! We wish you success and happiness as your journey continues. Time to celebrate your achievements!
Bachelor of Arts
Mackenzie Moore (with distinction)
Veronica Roy (with distinction)
Mariah Smart
Sarah Van Achte
Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
Julia Hines (with first-class honours)
Honours Certificate in Arts
Darcy Eisan
Graduates with a Concentration in English
Rebecca Hunka (with distinction)
Cherish Thomas (with distinction)
Kiera Waite
Graduates with a minor in English
Genevieve Hanington
Tristan Kenny
Adam Marriott
Esther Purias
Marina van Vessem
Graduates with a minor in Writing
Aiden Deveau
Sara Moginot
Macy Shea
Karen Taylor
Award Winners
Sister Marie Agnes Prize
Julia Hines
Beryl Rowland Book Prize:
Michael Gillis
English Department Literary Prize Winners:
MacKenzie Moore
Sophia Godsoe
Congratulations Award Winners!
Sister Marie Agnes Prize:
Julia Hines
Beryl Rowland Book Prize:
Michael Gillis
English Department Literary Prize Winners:
MacKenzie Moore
Sophia Godsoe
Congratulations to our academic award winners for 2019-2020!
Sister Marie Agnes Prize in English
Rebecca Foster
Beryl Rowland Book Prize in English
Jordan Audas
Department of English Literary Prize
Brianna Bean
Darcy Eisan
Stay tuned for a more complete celebration of the last year coming soon to this blog!
The annual student awards reception was held on April 9th when the following English students were presented with their prizes:
You can find these photos and more on the Mount’s photostream on Flickr here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/themount/
We are proud of our students’ many accomplishments this year.
Two of our English students have won University writing prizes:
Charlotte Kiddell (centre)
Charlotte Kiddell was awarded the Sister Francis de Sales Endowed Award, an essay contest sponsored by Mount Alumnae and the Library, “for her paper entitled: ‘For the sake of one Japanese-Canadian Family: Mothertalk as Family auto/biography’ which considers the project of one man and his journey to record the life stories of his mother, a Japanese-Canadian immigrant raising a family in Canada during the period of Japanese internment during World War II. Charlotte submitted her research paper for the directed study course ‘Contemporary Life-Writing by Women in Canada’ – ENGL 4411 – taught by Dr. Tina Northrup” (from the Library News page).
Hailey Stapleton
Hailey Stapleton was awarded the poetry prize in the university’s Student Creative Writing Contest. This competition is sponsored by the Mount’s Writing Initiatives Committee and the Library. As Hailey explains, “my poem ‘The Coast Land’ is intended to be read in conversation with (or as a socioculturally situated re-imagining of) T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land,” a poem that Hailey studied in the English Department’s Modern Poetry course (ENGL 3319).
Katelyn O’Brien has been awarded the Beryl Rowland Book Prize, given to the student with the highest average in English. She has also been awarded the Paul McIsaac Endowed Scholarship, given to an outstanding English student who has completed 10 units of study.
Hailey Stapleton (pictured above) has been awarded the Sister Marie Agnes Prize, which is given by the Alumnae Association to the graduating English Major with the highest academic average.
Congratulations to all!
Congratulations to Nolan Pike, one of our own students, whose story won the Creative Writing Contest sponsored by the Library and the Writing Initiatives Committee. The story about a beloved grandfather stood out among the entrants — all of them judged anonymously by a panel consisting of Corinne Gilroy from the Library and Susan Drain from the Department of English — for its spare narrative and telling use of detail.
Unfortunately Nolan could not attend the prize-giving ceremony, held in conjunction with the Celebrating Publishing Conference on October 16th. A cheque for $100 and a handsome certificate are awaiting Nolan’s next visit to the Library. Look to the Library’s blog in a day or two for more information about Nolan and the story.
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