AWARDS & HONORS
Outstanding Senior in English Award
Sponsor: English Department and Academic Affairs Office
Every year the English Department honors one soon-to-graduate senior by recognizing the student's achievements throughout his/her college career. The award is given during the Spring Defiance College Honors Convocation. Family and friends are invited to the award ceremony, which includes honors given by other Arts & Humanities departments and programs.
More . . . award winners present and past
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Elizabeth Clark, one of the 2010-2011 Progeny creative writing contest winners
Creative Writing Prize of Progeny Magazine
Sponsor: Arts & Humanities SwampFire Retreat Members
The poetry, fiction, personal essays, and play scripts published in the literary and photography magazine of Defiance College are chosen through a jury process that includes the annual writing contest funded and judged by local professional and semi-professional writers. Generous support by Arts& Humanities SwampFire Retreat members provides strong motivation for DC students to produce quality literary works.