English Student Julia Barabas chosen as Inaugural Winner

The English Department is pleased to announce that Julia Barabas was chosen as the inaugural winner of the department's American Scholar Prize. She will be presented with her award at the English Department Commencement Ceremony on Sunday, June 16.

The American Scholar Prize award was created by Dr. Linda Halisky, former English Department Chair and College of Liberal Arts Dean, to recognize an English major whose passion for literature is palpable. The $500 prize is awarded to a Cal Poly English major who exhibits an interest in literature and language – someone who is “lit up” by literature. The English Department will award the American Scholar Prize annually in order to highlight and reward enthusiastic and bright English major scholars. 

For more information please contact the English Department at english@calpoly.edu or 805-756-2596.