Three students from the ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ Salem Campus were recognized by ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµâ€™s English department during the annual student awards ceremony earlier this month.
Derek Shasteen received the prestigious Anna Ulen Engleman Creative Writing Award for his work of poetry. He is a junior English major, taught by Dr. Craig Paulenich, English professor at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ Salem.
Receiving the Bedford St. Martin’s College Writing Essay Awards were Michelle Santini, for placing first in the Tier I level of competition, and Jonathon McCann, placing first in the Tier II level. Santini is a freshman, majoring in nursing, while McCann is a freshman pre-med major. Both were taught by James Winter, English lecturer on the Salem Campus.
The ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ Salem students’ works were judged against submissions from students representing all of ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµâ€™s campuses.
The awardees in the photos are shown with Robert Trogdon, chairman of the ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ Department of English.


Photo A: Derek Shasteen Photo B: Michelle Santini Photo C: Jonathon McCann