CONTACT: Beth Penney (831) 646-4159, bpenney@mpc.edu
Dept. Chair, English
Release date: Feb 12, 2018
The Humanities Division at Monterey Peninsula College will present its 41st annual Book Grant Awards to outstanding students in a ceremony in the Sam Karas Room of the campus library on Thursday, February 22 at 3:00 PM.
Recipients, who receive a framed award and a check intended to help pay for books, are nominated by Division faculty with whom they have worked in classes. Many of the awards are named in honor of previous faculty in the Division’s disciplines, which include English, Creative Writing, Communications, Journalism, English as a Second Language (ESL), Humanities, Linguistics, Philosophy, Speech Communication, and World Languages.
This year’s recipients include, by discipline:
Creative Writing:
- Alex Harvin-Barbudo (instructor: Brandi Kary, David Gitin Memorial),
- Tanya Fadem (instructor: Henry Marchand)
- Alivia Peters (instructor: Henry Marchand, Ray Fabrizio Memorial)
English:
- Dominick Akines (instructor: Jamie Gerard),
- Natalia Janczy (instructor: David Clemens, Raylyn Moore Memorial),
- Guadalupe Martinez (instructor: Adria Gerard, Maureen Girard Memorial),
- Nayelie Mellin (instructor: Beth Penney, Jim Hinton Memorial),
- Davis Mendez (instructor: David Clemens, Idelle Sullens Memorial),
- Javier Ruiz-Mendez (instructor: Shannon Cummings, Carol Taylor Memorial),
- Delfina Sanchez, English (instructor: Daphne Young, Bertha Hutchins Memorial)
English as a Second Language:
- Anastasio Rodriguez Garcia, ESL (instructor: Penny Partch),
- Fatou Kine Samuels (instructor: Penny Partch)
French:
- Montana D’Agliano Luna, French (instructor: Lisa Danielle Gonzales)
- Aubrey Shoenboom, French (instructor: Lisa Danielle Gonzales, August Armanasco Memorial)
Humanities:
- Shunsuke Hama (instructor: Sidney Ramsden-Scott, Ron Menmuir Memorial)
Journalism:
- Michael Beck & Elizabeth Pennisi-Nozicka (instructor: Alex Hulanicki, Rod Holmgren Memorial (co-award))
Spanish:
- Viridiana Barron (instructor: Borja Dorsch),
- Anthony Bernal (instructor: Borja Dorsch, Carlos Robaina Memorial),
- Jason Reyes-Mendoza (instructor: Borja Dorsch)
Speech Communication:
- Natara Denga (instructor: Rebecca Genauer),
- Ian Higuera (instructor: Rebecca Genauer),
- Maliha Mubeen (instructor: Dan Fox)
For additional information about the awards ceremony,
contact the Humanities Division Office,
831-646-4100. For more information about the Humanities Division, visit
www.mpc.edu/humanities.
