Whether it be under the direction of our core British Studies faculty or our visiting faculty from various disciplines, the quality of student work at Harlaxton College is very high.

Essay Award

To celebrate this fact, the College has, for some time, awarded an Essay Award to those students who have excelled in their academic endeavours and produced a piece of academic work or research, or a piece of creative writing or work, worthy of celebration.

Fall 2011

Please follow the links below to read examples of work by Fall 2011 students.

• Miranda Stinson, "'What We Are, So You Shall Be": Preparation for Death in the Late Middle Ages' (ID H38H: British Studies Honors) and 'The Women of Belmont and Venice' (Lit 350: Shakespeare), Winner of the Essay Prize, Fall 2011.

Spring 2011

Please follow the links below to read examples of work by Spring 2011 students.

• Matt Kliewer, 'Alexander Pope: The Portrait of the Artist as a Critic' (pdf 64kb),
  Winner of the Essay Prize, Spring 2011 (ID H282: British Studies).

Fall 2010

Please follow the links below to read examples of work by Fall 2010 students.

• Holly Hinsch,‘Nyhavn Canal, Copenhagen’ (jpg 207kb),
  Joint winner of the Essay Prize, Fall 2010 (ART 200: Introduction to Studio Art)
• Mary Lana Rice, 'William Marshal: A Relic of Chivalry' (pdf 110kb),
  Joint winner of the Essay Prize, Fall 2010 (ID 382: British Studies)
• Rosa Palmeri, 'The Immortal Longings of Shakespeare and His Queen' (pdf 116kb),
  Essay Prize Commended Entry, Fall 2010 (Lit 350: Shakespeare)
• Brian Gonner, 'Does His Majesty Please?' (pdf 37kb),
  Essay Prize Commended Entry, Fall 2010 (Lit 350: Shakespeare)

Spring 2010

Please follow the links below to read examples of work by Spring 2010 students.

• Kelsey Swanson, ‘Guinevere:  Victorian Gender, Sexuality and Nature’. (pdf 180kb),
  Winner of the Essay Prize, Spring 2010 (LIT 330: Romancing Arthur: the Arthurian Legend from Celtic Mythology to Hollywood)
• Sean Rocke , ‘Three Views of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster’ (pdf 140kb),
  Essay Prize Commended Entry, Spring 2010 (ID 382: British Studies)
• Sean Rocke, ‘Topicality and Timelessness:  Treason in Macbeth’ (pdf 136kb),
  Essay Prize Commended Entry, Spring 2010 (Lit 350: Shakespeare)

Fall 2009

Please follow the links below to read examples of work by Fall 2009 students.

• Alissa Young, ‘Deeds, not Words: The Story of Emmeline Pankhurst’ (pdf 144kb),
  Winner of the Essay Prize, Fall 2009 (ID 282: British Studies).
• Doug T. Graham, ‘Interpreting the King: Analyzing Two Very Different Film Adaptations of Shakespeare's King Henry V’ (pdf 292kb),
  Essay Prize, Commended Entry, Fall 2009 (Lit 350: Shakespeare).
• Zac Basler, ‘C.S. Lewis: How he Reflected and Influenced his Times’ (pdf 93kb),
  Essay Prize, Commended Entry, Fall 2009 (ID 282: British Studies).

Former Harlaxton Students

We're very pleased to announce the academic successes of a number of former Harlaxton students.

Gilman Scholarships for Study Abroad

Rachel Cochran (UE) has been awarded a prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study next fall at the American Institute for Foreign Study at the University of Hyderabad in Hyderabad, India. There she will pursue coursework in literature, culture, and the Hindi language.

Whitney Cohen (UE) has recently completed a semester as a Gilman Scholar at the Arcadia University Center for East African Studies in Arusha, Tanzania. Further details may be found here. http://acenotes.evansville.edu/view.cfm?issueId=183#article674

Fulbright Awards

Eileen Ryan and Jennifer Dooper (both of Western Kentucky University) received prestigious Fulbright awards for 2010-11. They are teaching English in Argentina and South Korea respectively.

Graduate Studies in the UK

A number of our former students have returned to the U.K. to undertake graduate work.

• Morgan Stankey (UE) was awarded a M.A. in Politics and Contemporary History at the University of Nottingham

The following Harlaxton alumni are currently completing Masters courses in the UK

• Kelly Cyr (UE) is studying at the University of East Anglia
• Erin Stork (UE) at the University of Glasgow (Creative Writing)
• Felicia Stinson (WKU) at Roehampton University (Creative Writing)
• Natalie Cook (UE) at the University of Edinburgh (Outdoor Education)

Jon Harvey (UE) is about to begin a M.A. at the University of Birmingham’s Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Please let us know about your academic successes.