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OU's FYC Program is a proud recipient of the 2017-2018 Writing Program Certificate of Excellence

The University of Oklahoma's First-Year Composition Program wins the 2017-2018 CCCC Writing Program Certificate of Excellence. The photo, taken at the Conference on College Composition and Communication in Kansas City in 2018, shows from left to right: Melissa Antonucci, Lecturer; Jennifer Chancellor, Lecturer; Amanda Klinger, Lecturer & Associate Director; Chris Edison, former Assistant Director; Roxanne Mountford, Professor and Director; Cassandra Woody, Lecturer and former Assistant Director; Jason Opheim, Assistant Director; Matthew Jacobson, senior Assistant Director; Kalyn Prince, incoming Assistant Director.

 

The University of Oklahoma’s First-Year Composition Program was selected to receive the Conference on College Composition and Communication’s 2017-2018 Writing Program Certificate of Excellence. Dr. Roxanne Mountford, Director of the FYC Program, and her team of past and present assistant directors, associate director, and two lecturers received the award in a ceremony in Kansas City, Missouri on March 16, 2018. Our full application for the Writing Program Certificate of Excellence is available for those interested in more information about our program. . 

Winning Students

The Office of First-Year Composition proudly presents a number of awards to outstanding students. Awards are given for each of the major projects in English 1113 and English 1213. We also recognize a grand prize winner for each course, acknowledging students who demonstrate exceptional growth and understanding in all of their projects.

2023

We are pleased to honor the student writing and speech awards for Fall 2022 and Spring 2023!

Congratulations to our award-winning students and to their instructors!

English 1113WinnerRunner-Up
Unit 1Anna Escovedo (nominated by Karen Feiner)Pundit Vorakitolan (nominated by Karen Feiner)
Unit 2Payton Morrison
(nominated by Katie Shearer)		Katy Rogers (nominated by Haley Reed)
Unit 3Emma Kopetzky
(nominated by Katie Shearer)		Mara Winters (nominated by Karen Feiner)
Unit 4Samantha Jespersen
(nominated by Jennifer Chancellor)		Thomas Harrison (nominated by Jennifer Chancellor)
Grand PrizeMatthew Tran
(nominated by Karen Feiner)		Quetzaly Gonzalez (nominated by Emily Lange)
English 1213WinnerRunner-Up
Unit 1Maddie Bollinger
(nominated by Karen Feiner)		Aditi Gali (nominated by Emily Lange)
Unit 2Tess E. Straub
(nominated by Jennifer Chancellor)		Manny Tijerina (nominated by Jared Nabhan)
Unit 3Jacob Tiller 
(nominated by Annie Bridgers-Smith)

Brady Videll (nominated by Karen Feiner)		Heidi Verplank (nominated by Jennifer Chancellor)
Unit 4Kaitlyn Crider (nominated by Jennifer Chancellor)
Elena Eaton
(nominated by Annie Bridgers-Smith)
Grand PrizeColby Darnell (nominated by Karen Feiner)Isabella Hildinger (nominated by Karen Feiner)
2022
English 1113WinnerRunner-Up
Unit 1Zack Cole (nominated by Karen Feiner)Maria Andrade
(nominated by Katie Shearer)
Unit 2Ethan Beaird (nominated by Karen Feiner)Teddy Shinn (nominated by Katie Shearer)
Unit 3Carys Stringer (nominated by Karen Feiner)Ash Simpson
(nominated by Jennifer Chancellor)
Unit 4Meadow McNeely
(nominated by Amanda Klinger)		Lisa Cruz Tamayo (nominated by Jennifer Chancellor)
Grand PrizeMcKenna Nhem (nominated by Karen Feiner)Joshua Coleman (nominated by Jennifer Chancellor)
English 1213WinnerRunner-Up
Unit 1Hope Wear (nominated by Antoinette Bridgers-Smith)Emily An (nominated by Melissa Antonucci)
Unit 2Kate O'Meilia (nominated by Melissa Antonucci)Julian Cottrell (nominated by Jordan Lavender-Smith)
Unit 3YiFen (Meggie) Fang (nominated by Melissa Antonucci)Maggie Hood (nominated by Cheyenne Riggs)
Unit 4Malehzja Curtis (nominated by Melissa Antonucci)Catherine Burgess (nominated by Jennifer Chancellor)
Grand PrizeGracie Hedgpeth (nominated by Jordan Lavender-Smith)Hannah Fuller (nominated by Jordan Lavender-Smith)
2021
English 1113WinnerRunner-Up
Unit 1Jennifer Glasco
(nominated by Karen Feiner)		Mahmoud Zaqout
(nominated by Jennifer Chancellor)
Unit 2Anna Grace Patterson
(nominated by Cheyenne Riggs)		Ikran Hassan
(nominated by Jennifer Chancellor)
Unit 3Madisen Richards
(nominated by Dave Kelly)		Robby Frost
(nominated by Annemarie Mulkey)
Unit 4Saadia Nazir
(nominated by Karen Feiner)		Ahmed Ahmed
(nominated by Jennifer Chancellor)
Grand PrizeKaren Philip
(nominated by Cheyenne Riggs)		Diane Mukundwa Ndisebuye
(nominated by Jennifer Chancellor)
English 1213WinnerRunner-Up
Unit 1Madison Bissa
(nominated by Katie Shearer)		Caleb Emesiani
(nominated by Kristina Booker)
Unit 2Emma Lozano
(nominated by Kristina Booker)		Nayla Falume
(nominated by Cheyenne Riggs)
Unit 3Megan Hill
(nominated by Silke Feltz)		Baraa Kalani
(nominated by Katie Shearer)
Unit 4Caitlin Le
(nominated by Jordan Lavender-Smith)		Travis Waggoner
(nominated by Katie Shearer)
Grand PrizeRuyu Liu
(nominated by Jordan Lavender-Smith)		Jessi Martin
(nominated by Karen Feiner)
2020

Though we were not able to celebrate our award winners at the annual Celebration of Writing Event, we are pleased to honor the student writing and speech awards for fall 2019 and spring 2020 in this digital newsletter. The nominating instructors wrote a statement about each student's work and recorded a congratulations video (the links to each video are embedded in the newsletter). Congratulations to our award-winning students and to their instructors!

English 1113WinnerRunner-Up
Unit 1Mandana Arabpour
(nominated by Cheyenne Riggs)		Abdessattar Karim
(nominated by Devon Shannon)
Unit 2Alayna Weldon
(nominated by Jordan Lavender-Smith		Andrew Black
(nominated by Kasey Woody)
Unit 3Braden Mowdy
(nominated by Kasey Woody)		Libby Benedict
(nominated by Jennifer Chancellor
Unit 4David Gosling
(nominated by Jennifer Chancellor)		Jacob Vu
(nominated by Karen Feiner)
Grand PrizeOlivia Porter
(nominated by Karen Feiner)		Victoria Klinger
(nominated by Jason Lubinski)
English 1213WinnerRunner-Up
Unit 1Joshua Lankford
(nominated by Silke Feltz)		Mulan Tang
(nominated by Brittney Brown)
Unit 2Caroline Dykstra
(nominated by Larissa Runyan)		Joseph LaSala
(nominated by Devon Shannon)
Unit 3Jordan Sam
(nominated by Karen Feiner)		Carmela Dela Isla
(nominated by Melissa Antonucci)
Unit 4Arebella Blanc
(nominated by Jennifer Chancellor)		Chrrissy DeWitt
(nominated by Jennifer Chancellor
Grand PrizeMahmoud Mousa Hamad
(nominated by Devon Shannon)		Alison Cervantes
(nominated by Jennifer Chancellor)
English 1213 PilotWinnerRunner-Up
Unit 1Tori Sharpe
(nominated by Katie Shearer)		Preston Ford
(nominated by Amanda Klinger
Unit 2Chloe Tinzie
(nominated by Katie Shearer)		Angel Karloah
(nominated by Amanda Klinger)
2019
English 1113WinnerRunner-Up
Unit 1Jonathan Dumar
(nominated by Paris Burris)		Kevin Donald
(nominated by Karen Feiner)
Unit 2Alec Brownfield
(nominated by Dan McRaniels)		Steinar Dahle
(nominated by Amanda Klinger)
Unit 3Reese Phillips
(nominated by Jennifer Chancellor)		Cass Strevett
(nominated by Katie Shearer)
Unit 4Emily Langley
(nominated by Jennifer Chancellor)		Isabella Des Barres
(nominated by Annemarie Mulkey)
Grand PrizeGrayson Wise
(nominated by Karen Feiner)		Donnie Scott
(nominated by Jennifer Chancellor)
English 1213WinnerRunner-Up
Unit 1Paul Baumann
(nominated by Amanda Klinger)		Hannah Watson
(nominated by Jordan Lavender-Smith)
Unit 2Thaddeus Morris
(nominated by Jordan Lavender-Smith)		Morgan Kegin
(nominated by Stephanie Weaver)
Unit 3Alexis Murray
(nominated by Jordan Lavender-Smith)		Kaitlin Eilts
(nominated by Eddie Malone)
Unit 4Danya Meadows
(nominated by Karen Feiner)		Angela Jarjoura
(nominated by Eddie Malone)
Grand PrizeCarley Huffaker
(nominated by Katie Shearer)		Dez Brooks
(nominated by Jordan Lavender-Smith)
2018
English 1113WinnerRunner-Up
Unit 1Kathryn Tolson
(nominated by Amanda Klinger)		Thomas Nilles
(nominated by Kasey Woody)
Unit 2Sarah Elkin
(nominated by Kasey Jones-Matrona)		Sydney Norris
(nominated by Jordan Lavendar-Smith)
Unit 3Madison Radash
(nominated by Kasey Woody)		Shalini Abeyewardene
(nominated by Karen Feiner)
Unit 4Paul Weimer
(nominated by Melissa Antonucci)		Zack McConnell
(nominated by Cheyenne Riggs)
Grand PrizeSarah McFarland 
(nominated by Jordan Lavendar-Smith)		Neal Rangu
(nominated by Amanda Klinger)
English 1213WinnerRunner-Up
Unit 1Teaira Clancy
(nominated by Katie Shearer)		Brooke Lawless
(nominated by Molly Lehman)
Unit 2Julia Payne
(nominated by Jennifer Chancellor)		Cyrus Steppe
(nominated by Jason Lubinski)
Unit 3Paxton Leaf
(nominated by Jason Lubinski)		Brooke Willour
(nominated by Jennifer Chancellor)
Unit 4James Martindale
(nominated by Amanda Klinger)		Sydney Giles
(nominated by Jennifer Chancellor)
Grand PrizeEmily Kuttler
(nominated by Stephanie Weaver)		Cody Black
(nominated by Stephanie Weaver)
2017
English 1113WinnerRunner-Up
Unit 1Thyme Collins
(Dr. Jennifer Chancellor)		Randall Bryant
(Dr. Amanda Klinger)
Unit 2Jaden Aland
(Jason Lubinski)		Charles Robinson
(Cheyenne Riggs)
Unit 3Bruce Crandall
(Dr. Dave Kelly)		Olivia Beall
(Dr. Sandra Tarabochia)
Unit 4Eduardo Campbell
Bethancourt
(Dr. Melissa Antonucci)		Dylan Stoinski
(Dr. Jennifer Chancellor)
Grand PrizeDavid Kaucic
(Courtney Jacobs)		Randall Bryant
(Dr. Amanda Klinger)
English 1213WinnerRunner-Up
Unit 1Deanna Dang
(Dr. Karen Feiner)		Gus Talkington
(Dr. Amanda Klinger)
Unit 2Meghan Hettenhaus
(Katie Shearer)		Neena Alavicheh
(Jason Opheim)
Unit 3Stephen Foskey
(Annemarie Mulkey)		Christian Ball
(Dr. Jennifer Chancellor)
Unit 4Nazha Diwan
(Dr. Jennifer Chancellor)		Mia Bunting
(Dr. Jennifer Chancellor)
Grand PrizeEmma Albrecht
(Dr. Eddie Malone)		Kamrin Ratcliff
(Katie Shearer)

Winning Instructors

We are also pleased to present awards to our outstanding instructors for their work in teaching.

2023

Master's Graduate Teaching Assistant
Lexie Stalling

Ph.D. Graduate Teaching Assistant
Clarissa McIntire

Adjunct Faculty 
Bailey Brooks

Assistant Teaching Professor
Kalyn Prince

Excellence in Teaching and Service
Kasey Woody

2022

Master's Graduate Teaching Assistant
Ian Hill

Ph.D. Graduate Teaching Assistant
Kristen Wheaton

Adjunct Faculty 
Dylan Alford

Assistant Teaching Professor
Annemarie Mulkey

Excellence in Teaching and Service
Karen Feiner

2021

Due to COVID-19 Restrictions, we were unable to honor the 2019-2020 award winners during our usual Celebration of Writing ceremony. Instead, we celebrated our instructors at a Zoom ceremony and through circulation of the FYC Teaching Awards Newsletter

Innovative Teaching Award
Dave Kelly

Innovative Teaching Award
Cheyenne Riggs

Ph.D. Graduate Teaching Assistant
Emily Lange

Master's Graduate Teaching Assistant
Jacob Witt

First Year Composition Faculty Award
Silke Feltz

Excellence in Teaching and Service Award
Amanda Klinger

2020

Due to COVID-19 Restrictions, we were unable to honor the 2019-2020 award winners during our usual Celebration of Writing ceremony. Instead, we celebrated our instructors at a Zoom ceremony and through circulation of the Teaching Awards Newslettter (PDF). 

Assistant Teaching Professor
Cassandra Woody

Adjunct Faculty
Lamanda Conrad

Ph.D. Graduate Teaching Assistant
Kasey Jones-Matrona

Master's Graduate Teaching Assistant
Scott Hendry

Excellence in Teaching and Service Award
Katy Krieger

2019

Lecturing Faculty
Melissa Antonucci

Adjunct Faculty
Devon Shannon

Ph.D. Graduate Teaching Assistant
Anna Barritt

Master's Graduate Teaching Assistant
Noah Patton

Excellence in Teaching and Service Award
Katie Shearer

2018

Lecturing Faculty
Jennifer Chancellor

Adjunct Faculty
Annie Bridgers

Ph.D. Graduate Teaching Assistant
Kalyn Prince

Master's Graduate Teaching Assistant
McKinze Hefner

2017

Lecturing Faculty
Molly Lehman

Adjunct Faculty
Dr. Jordan Lavender-Smith

Ph.D. Graduate Teaching Assistant
Chris Edison

Masters Graduate Teaching Assistant
Haeyoung Lee

2016

Lecturing Faculty
Dr. Amanda Klinger

Adjunct Faculty
Dr. Karen Feiner

Ph.D. Graduate Teaching Assistant
Jason Lubinski

Master's Graduate Teaching Assistant
Callie Craig

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