The Duke’s English Department at would like to congratulate one of our own, Valerie Muensterman, Class of 2020, for being designated as a Faculty Scholar for the Class of 2020 by the Academic Council and its Faculty Scholars Committee.
The Faculty Scholar is awarded each year to a junior scheduled to graduate the following Fall or Spring. Departments or Programs poll faculty, reviews student’s records, or obtains student declaration of interest, etc. to select nominees. Department/Program notifies and solicits student essay. The committee requests that the student essay submitted provides an overview of the student’s intellectual interests, focusing in particular on major research projects that they have either completed, are currently in progress, or plan to undertake in the immediate future and should include their future plans.
“This is the highest honor that the faculty of Duke University can award its undergraduates. Your mentors, your Director of Undergraduate Studies, and the members of this committee believe that your intellectual engagement and remarkable scholarly accomplishments over the past two and one-half years exemplify the ideals that the Faculty Scholar Award was designed to recognize and promote.” - Professor Kathy Nightingale Chair, Faculty Scholars Committee
and fellow members of the Faculty Scholars Committee
Valerie was selected as the first prize winner of the Academy of American Poets Creative Writing Award for her poetic piece “Prophet Syndrome” last week by the English Department.
The department is extremely proud of Valerie and all of her wonderful accomplishments, with many more still to come.
English Department
