{"id":28,"date":"2018-06-07T17:12:17","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T17:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/english\/student-resources\/"},"modified":"2021-10-04T15:55:11","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T15:55:11","slug":"resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/english\/resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li><a href=\"\/english\/resources#advisement\">Student Advisement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/english\/resources#program-info\">English Department Program Information (Catalog)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2018\/08\/English-Department-Recommended-Sequence-of-Studies.pdf\">Recommended Sequence of Study<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/english\/sds\/\">Guidelines for Student Developed Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/english\/resources#guidelines\">Guidelines on Academic Integrity\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/english\/resources#orgs\">Student Organizations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/english\/resources#awards\">English Department Awards\u00a0and Recent Recipients<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p id=\"advisement\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Student Advisement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you declare English as your major, you will be assigned an academic advisor. While your advisor should make himself\/herself available during office hours and other arranged times and provide accurate and up-to-date information, it is primarily your responsibility to initiate and maintain contact with your advisor to discuss course selections, academic progress, and other relevant topics. The purpose of this process is to ensure your success in the program.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The following tips will help make your meeting with your academic advisor most efficient, particularly if the meeting is for course selection purpose:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Review your progress in your degree program by checking your transcripts (via the Internet) and your program sheet<\/li>\n<li>Go through the course offerings listed in the directory for the upcoming semester<\/li>\n<li>Pre-select the courses needed for your degree program<\/li>\n<li>Set up an appointment with your academic advisor (via email or telephone)<\/li>\n<li>Keep your appointment by showing up at the scheduled time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p id=\"program-info\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>English Department Program Information (Catalog)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"bullets\">\n<li>BA: American Studies &#8211; This program has been discontinued.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalogs.wcsu.edu\/ugrad\/sas\/programs\/english\/#BAEnglish\">BA: English\/Literature<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalogs.wcsu.edu\/ugrad\/sas\/programs\/english\/#BSEnglish\">BA: Secondary Education \u2013 English<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/programsheets\/Minor-Literature.pdf\">Minor: Literature<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p id=\"guidelines\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Guidelines on Academic Integrity\u00a0<em>(per university catalogue)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A student has an obligation to demonstrate honesty in carrying out his\/her academic assignments. You may be found guilty of violating this obligation if you plagiarize or cheat.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><em>Definitions<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em> Plagiarism<\/em>. Plagiarism is presenting the work of others as your own. The \u201cwork of others\u201d includes any work bought or borrowed from another student as well as work copied from a book, magazine, newspaper or other medium. Participation in another\u2019s act of plagiarism is itself an act of plagiarism. To avoid plagiarism, follow this advice from a research paper guide: \u201cYou should cite the source of every idea you have learned or formulated from your reading, whether you express the idea in your own words or quote the author directly. The use of two or more consecutive words from a source, when those words express the essence of a writer\u2019s idea or involve distinctive phrasing, is considered a direct quotation and requires the use of quotation marks.\u201d Any material used from another source, whether quoted or paraphrased, must be footnoted.<a href=\"http:\/\/wcsu.edu\/english\/resources\/#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">1<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em> Cheating<\/em>. If you use material other than those approved by the instructor when taking a test, or if you give or receive information during an examination, you are guilty of cheating.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<p id=\"orgs\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Student Organizations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>THE ENGLISH SOCIETY<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; padding-left: 30px;\">The purpose of the English Society is to encourage within the student body of WCSU an active interest in the arts, with an emphasis upon literature.\u00a0 The English Society officers and faculty advisors intend to promote scholarship, career advancement and cultural enrichment.\u00a0 Membership is open to all WCSU students.\u00a0 If you are interested in joining the group, please contact the faculty advisor Dr. Margaret Murray (203-837-9120\/<a href=\"mailto:murraym@wcsu.edu\">murraym@wcsu.edu<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; padding-left: 30px;\">The department sponsors a chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the International English Honor Society. Sigma Tau Delta&#8217;s central purpose is to confer distinction upon students of the English language and literature in undergraduate, graduate, and professional studies. Candidates for undergraduate membership must have completed at least three semesters of college work and a minimum of two college courses in English language or literature beyond the usual requirements in freshman English. They must also have a minimum of 3.0 grade point average in English and rank at least in the highest 35 percent of their class in general scholarship. Students may contact the faculty advisor Dr. Margaret Murray (203-837-9120\/<a href=\"mailto:murraym@wcsu.edu\">murraym@wcsu.edu<\/a>) for more information.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p id=\"awards\" style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #333399;\"><strong>English Department Awards<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #333399;\"><em><strong>Undergraduate Awards<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The English Department offers a number of awards for outstanding student achievements, as listed below:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em><strong>English Department Outstanding Student Service Award:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Open to ENG and ENG Ed students.<\/p>\n<p>Award: Certificate Criteria: Academic achievement and leadership in the student organizations (the English Society and the English Honor Society)<\/p>\n<p>Recent recipients:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em><strong>Bigelow Paine Cushman Award<\/strong><strong>:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\nRecognizes the most outstanding American Studies student in the current academic year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Award: Certificate<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Criteria: Academic achievement.<\/p>\n<p>Recent recipients: Kevin Maxen<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Steven Neuwirth American Studies Award:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em><br \/>\nEstablished to honor the memory of the late Dr. Stephen Neuwirth, co-founder of Western Connecticut State University\u2019s American Studies Program, this annual award goes to the most outstanding essay written by an American Studies or American Studies\/Elementary Education major in any class, regardless of length or discipline. Award: A certificate given at the annual awards convocation and a cash stipend of $100.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Submit entries or nominations to Dr. Margaret Murray, coordinator of American Studies.<\/p>\n<p>Recent recipients: Kevin Maxen<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>John Tufts Prize:\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nPrize is given for the best piece of writing submitted to the English Department during the academic year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Award<strong>:\u00a0<\/strong>Certificate<strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Criteria<strong>:<\/strong>\u00a0Academic achievement<\/p>\n<p>Recent recipients: Brody Ott, Sean Barrett<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em><strong>John Eichrodt Prize<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\nAward is given for the best critical paper submitted by an undergraduate student during the school year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Award<strong>:\u00a0<\/strong>Certificate<strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Criteria<strong>:\u00a0<\/strong>Academic achievement<\/p>\n<p>Recent recipients: Ryan Jones<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em>Most promising Undergraduate Scholar:<\/em><\/span><\/strong><em style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em>Recognizes the most promising student in the B.A. in English program. Eligibility: Junior or Senior status.<\/p>\n<p>Award: Certificate<\/p>\n<p>Criteria: Academic excellence<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><b>Outstanding Senior Thesis:<\/b><\/span><\/em><\/span><br \/>\nRecognizes the best senior thesis submitted to the English Department during the academic year. Eligibility: the thesis project having been completed; recommendation of the professor teaching Senior Thesis class the year of submission.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Award: Certificate<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Criteria: Academic excellence<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em><strong>Outstanding English Education Student:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Recognizes excellence in the English Education program. Eligibility: Senior status.<\/p>\n<p>Award: Certificate<\/p>\n<p>Criteria: Academic excellence in English<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Past Recipients<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>2009-2010<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i>\u00a0Elizabeth Tulloch James Scholarship<\/i>: Daniel Mortensen &amp; Skylar Hamel<\/p>\n<p>2008-2009<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i>\u00a0Elizabeth Tulloch James Scholarshi<\/i>p: Stephanie Bisson &amp; Sarah Murphy<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<i>John Tufts Prize<\/i>: Anthony Sorge<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>John Eichrodt Prize<\/em>:<\/strong>\u00a0 Jason Burger<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i>Steven Neuwirth American Studies Award<\/i>: Nathaniel Cullerton<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i>Bigelow Paine Cushman Award<\/i>: Schuyler Merritt<\/p>\n<p>2007-2008<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i>John Tufts Prize<\/i>:\u00a0 Dusty Zima<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>John Eichrodt Prize<\/em><\/strong>: Lisa Cantoni<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i>Steven Neuwirth American Studies Award<\/i>: Joanna Vill<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i>Bigelow Paine Cushman Award<\/i>: Michelle Miska<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #333399;\"><strong>Graduate Awards<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em><b>Best Research Paper of the Year<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recognizes the best research paper by a graduate student submitted to the English Department during the academic year. Eligibility: recommendation of the professor teaching the course for which the research paper was written.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Award: Certificate<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Criteria: Academic excellence<\/p>\n<p>Recent recipients: Jonathan Carignan<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em><b>Most Promising Scholar<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recognizes the most promising graduate student in the M. A. in English program. Eligibility: the student having taken at least six courses in the graduate program at the time of nomination.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Award: Certificate<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Criteria: Academic excellence<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em><b>Outstanding Thesis<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recognizes the best master&#8217;s thesis submitted to the English Department during the academic year. Eligibility: the thesis project having been accepted; recommendation of the thesis advisors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Award: Certificate<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Criteria: Academic excellence<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><em><b>Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recognizes the best graduate teaching assistant of the academic year.\u00a0 Eligibility: recommendation of the professor teaching the Megasection and supervising the graduate teaching assistants.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Award: Certificate<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Criteria: Teaching excellence<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Past Graduate Awards Recipients<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2014-2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i>The Best Research Paper of the Year<\/i>: Nada Takla<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i>The Most Promising Scholar<\/i>: Aaron Newcome<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i>Outstanding Thesis<\/i>: \u00a0Kathleen G. Cullen<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><i>Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year:\u00a0<\/i>Jessica\u00a0McCadden<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2013-2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i>The Best Research Paper of the Year:\u00a0<\/i>Aaron Necome<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i>The Most Promising Scholar<\/i>: Christopher P. Kobylinsky<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i>Outstanding Thesis:\u00a0<\/i>Christopher P. Kobylinsky<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i>Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year:\u00a0<\/i>Christopher P. Kobylinsky<\/p>\n<p><strong>2011-2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i>The Best Research Paper of the Year<\/i>: David Phillips<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Most Promising Scholar<\/em>: Diane Vagnini<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i>Outstanding Thesis Award:\u00a0<\/i>Christopher Bolster<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i>Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year:\u00a0<\/i>Christopher Bolster<\/p>\n<p><strong>2010-2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Best Research Paper of the Year:\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0Susan Eway<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>The Most Promising Scholar:\u00a0<\/em>Anthony Sorge<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Outstanding Thesis:\u00a0<\/em>Dustin Zima\u00a0<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year:\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0Kristina Zupnyk<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>[1] English majors document all sources in accordance with MLA style manual.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Student Advisement English Department Program Information (Catalog) Recommended Sequence of Study Guidelines for Student Developed Studies Guidelines on Academic Integrity\u00a0\u00a0 Student Organizations English Department Awards\u00a0and Recent Recipients Student Advisement Once you declare English as your major, you will be assigned &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":128,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"left-navigation.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/128"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}