June 25, 1997 - State University Students Receive Carothers Awards
for Excellence in Writing
Seven students at the Minnesota State Universities have been honored
as recipients of the Robert L. Carothers Distinguished Writers Award.
The annual award recognizes one student from each of the seven Minnesota
State Universities who has demonstrated excellence as a writer. Each state
university uses its own selection process to choose a student for the
honor, and each recipient is awarded $100.
The awards are made possible through the personal contributions of the
friends and colleagues of Dr. Robert L. Carothers, a poet and scholar.
Carothers was president of Southwest State University from 1983 to 1986
and served as chancellor of the Minnesota State University System from
1986 to 1991. He is now president of the University of Rhode Island.
This year's Carothers Distinguished Writers are:
- Matt A. Moyle, Bemidji State University. A senior with a double major
in French and history, he enjoys writing poetry and short fiction about
history and literature, especially about the ways that nature describes
human response to historical events. Moyle is from Maple Grove, Minn.
- Elizabeth K. Hermanson, Mankato State University. Hermanson graduated
from Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato with her associate's degree
in 1966 and from Mankato State University with her bachelor's degree
in English this spring. She was awarded the Mary Jane Young Scholarship
at Mankato State University last year. Hermanson worked eleven years
as a reporter and editor of her community's weekly newspaper, the Wells
Mirror, Inc., and she lives in Wells, Minn. with her husband, Ross.
- Margaret Emmett Farrell, Metropolitan State University. Farrell received
a commercial art diploma from Hennepin Technical College and a spiritual
director certification from the Center for Spiritual Guidance in Minneapolis,
Minn. She is currently a senior majoring in writing at Metro State.
- Tenessa Gemelke, Moorhead State University. A native of Ghent, Minn.,
Gemelke is a senior pursuing a major in English-writing with a grade
point average of 3.97.
- Patricia Taylor, St. Cloud State University. Having earned her bachelor's
degree in English from Michigan State University in 1992, Taylor went
on to complete her master's degree in English at St. Cloud State in
May with a 4.0 cumulative grade point average. Taylor has had two poems
published in Upper Mississippi Harvest Art and Literary Magazine, and
she has presented papers at a number of national meetings. She is from
Burlington, Vt.
- Anthony D. Hemingsen, Southwest State University. A native of Renville,
Minn., Hemingsen is a senior majoring in literature and creative writing.
He has been named to the Dean's List at Southwest State.
- Judy Thorn, Winona State University. Thorn graduated from the College
of St. Benedict with her associate of arts degree in liberal studies
in 1974 and from the University of Minnesota-Waseca with her associate
of science degree in animal health in 1976. She is currently pursuing
a bachelor's degree at Winona State.
