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Scholarships, Awards and Honors
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The English department proudly offers the following scholarships and honors to deserving students:
| The Albert J. Millar Scholarship |
Created
to honor the life and career of Dr. Al Millar, who taught at CNU from
1965 until his untimely death from cancer in 2001. Al was much beloved,
and his wit and wisdom attracted generations of students into the
English Department. He was also well known on the Peninsula as an
entertaining and engaging speaker. His love of Edgar Allan Poe was
legendary. This scholarship is funded by donations from the Millar
family, students, colleagues and friends. It is given to English majors
who demonstrate both a desire to study and financial need. |
| Cornette Scholarship |
The
Cornette Scholarship Awards are funded by Jim and Jennifer Cornette to
honor the memories of his father, J. Archie Cornette, and his mother,
Wilhelmina Handy Cornette. The J. Archie Cornette Scholarship Award is
given semi-annually to honor an English major (no track preference) who
has achieved excellence in academic performance and who has also
expressed a strong interest in pursuing a teaching career at the
primary, secondary, or college level. The Wilhelmina Handy Cornette
Scholarship Award is given in alternate years to honor a Music major
(preference: piano major or performing pianist) who has also achieved
excellence academically and has expressed a similar aspiration to
teach. |
| Teresa Van Dover Scholarship |
Terry
Van Dover entered CNU around 1980 as a German and English major, as
well as Honors Student. For several years she had worked at 7-11. In
her years here, she was a prominent contributor to the Captain's Log,
eventually serving (if memory serves) as Entertainment Editor. She was
a very bright, highly articulate, and absolutely uncompromising
thinker-a genuine pleasure to have in class and to talk with
informally. Although she'd intended to transfer to William & Mary,
she changed her mind (or maybe didn't get accepted) and ended up quite
satisfied with her education here. After graduation, she worked at the
Shipyard (technical writer) and Best (a regional retailer). Terry had
to contend with two bouts of cancer, the second fatal. Her husband
solicited contributors from Terry's former employers as well as friends
and family in order to establish the award, the criteria for which
reflect Terry's interests and circumstances. |
| William Wolf Award |
Bill
Wolf, who taught here from 1976 until his death in March of 1982,
brought enthusiasm and scholarly credibility to the study of British
Literature, especially Shakespeare. He had published on Shakespeare and
was involved in original research with a colleague from Northern
Illinois University, involving dramatic manuscripts discovered in
Warwick. He had published a brief article on their findings by the time
of his death. He served as Vice Chair of the Department (overseeing
Freshman English) and faculty sponsor of both Sigma Tau Delta and
Currents. Following his death, his widow established the award in his
memory. |
| Dr. Joyce K. Sancetta Award |
The
Sancetta is a book award-the funds from the award can only be used to
buy books-and it is the best-endowed award in the English Department.
The award is competitive (essay contest) and is given in the Fall
semester. Joyce Sancetta taught at Christopher Newport College in the
1960s and 1970s. She enjoyed teaching at CNC, because, according to her
daughter Connie, "the students were there because they really wanted to
learn, many of them earning their own money to cover tuition." She was
a graduate student at Yale during the Depression and "lived on toasted
cheese sandwiches," and one year she, gratefully, received a book award
from Yale. When, at the end of her life, Joyce Sancetta decided that
she wanted to give something back to CNU, she remembered the book award
that she had received in graduate school and began to work on endowing
such an award here at CNU. After her death, her children, following her
wishes, created the Sancetta in her honor. |
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