2026 Department of English Graduation & Scholarship Banquet

Published on April 16, 2026

We are pleased to announce the English Department Graduation and Scholarship Banquet Celebration on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, 5-8 pm at the El Dorado Event Center at 2400 Studebaker Road, Long Beach, CA 90815. We hope to see you there!

Students and Guests $10
Faculty $20

Kindly RSVP by Friday, May 15th, 2026. 

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Please join us in congratulating the winners of our 2026 English Department scholarships and awards:

  • Elizabeth Nielsen Scholarship: Gianna Fasano-Ernst

  • James I. Murashige Scholarship for a short story: Nathanael Hiromoto

  • William Shadden Memorial Award for poetry: Terran Noreyko and Leon Negrete

  • Gerald Locklin Writing Prize: Darya Jafarinejad and Noah Rubio

  • Isabelle McCaffrey Horn Memorial Scholarship for chapter of a novel: Alexis Harper

  • John B. Williams Scholarship in literature: Gisela Sequieda Lemus

  • John B. Williams Scholarship in English education or rhetoric and composition: Anaisabel Badilla Tlatoa

  • Mary Purcell Scholarship in 17th- and 18th-century studies: Drea Wineman and Alexis Ragan