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About Us: Student Awards

The English Department at LaGuardia recognizes outstanding students by conferring a series of awards at the end of the Spring I semester. For a list of award recipients, see Student Award Recipients. Award categories and criteria are as follows:

• The Alvina Sellers Memorial Award-presented for best essay on a topic related to social or environmental justice
• Eleanor Q. Tignor Award-presented to a student who has excelled in scholarship in an African American Literature course
• The Peter Rondinone Award-presented for excellence in a Journalism course
• The Doris Fassler Award-presented to a student who has made outstanding progress moving from Basic Writing through the Electives
• The George Groman Award-presented to a student who has exhibited outstanding analytical and critical skills in an Honors class
• The Award for Outstanding Achievement in Critical Writing-presented to a student who has exhibited outstanding analytical and critical writing skills in English 102
• The Award for Outstanding Achievement in Expository Writing-presented to a student of Eng 101 who has achieved excellence in an English 101 course
• The Award for Outstanding Achievement in Creative Writing -presented to a student who has excelled in a creative writing class
• The Black Literature Series Award-presented for outstanding research in the Scavenger Hunt competition
• The Award for Outstanding Achievement in Children's Literature-presented to a student who has excelled in a Children's literature course