2018 Skidmore College Honors Convocation

| 16 | ACADEMIC AWARDS EDUCATION STUDIES John P. Shepard Prize in Education Studies Established by Virginia Payne Morse ’63 in memory of professor Jack Shepard, faculty member in the Department of Education, 1960–77, and director of the Elementary Education Program, 1960–66, and given to the student who has demonstrated outstanding performance, potential, and commitment to education and working with children, leadership among peers, and superior performance in both academic achievement and field work in education. Amanda S. Hilton ’18 ENGL ISH Edwin Moseley Prize in English Established in honor of Edwin Moseley, provost and dean of the faculty, 1961–78, and awarded to a senior in English who has shown outstanding promise as a literary critic, scholar, or artist, and who intends to pursue graduate studies or a career in writing. Laura Ann Pierson ’18 Frances Steloff Poetry Prize Established by Miss Frances Steloff, longtime friend and benefactor of Skidmore, and awarded annually to a student who has shown promise and superior work in the writing of poetry. Nell Mittelstead ’18 Denise Marcil ’74 Prize for Fiction Writing Awarded annually to a student for a fiction manuscript or set of manuscripts that reveal sensitivity to theme, structure, characterization, and language found in serious fiction written in English. Jeffery Dingler ’18 Sara Bennett ’92 Prize for Fiction Established in memory of Sara Bennett ’92, and awarded to a student who has excelled in the writing of fiction. Rose Kaitlin O’Connor ’18 Sally Chapman Thompson ’48 Prize in Literature Established by Kenneth Thompson in memory of Sally Chapman Thompson ’48, and awarded to the student who has excelled as a critic or scholar during his/her career as an English major. Mary Caitlin Cook ’18