{"id":1680,"date":"2019-03-26T12:22:35","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T18:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.unm.edu\/blog\/?p=1680"},"modified":"2019-03-29T12:23:44","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T18:23:44","slug":"english-graduate-students-sweep-larry-morris-memorial-scholarship-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.unm.edu\/blog\/blog\/2019\/03\/26\/english-graduate-students-sweep-larry-morris-memorial-scholarship-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"English Graduate Students Sweep Larry Morris Memorial Scholarship Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Three English Department graduate students take home all three prizes for the Larry Morris Memorial Scholarship in 2019:<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doaa Omran, PhD Candidate Medieval Studies (1st place, $2,500)<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heather Johnson, MFA Creative Nonfiction (2nd place, $1,000)<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lydia Wassan, MFA Creative Nonfiction (3rd place, $500)<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hillsidesource.com\/2019scholarshipawards\ufeff\">Go here<\/a> for more information on their specific topics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Larry Morris Memorial Scholarship was dedicated in honor of Dr. Larry Morris, Senior Minister and co-founder of Hillside Community Church, who completed his undergraduate and doctoral degrees at the University of New Mexico.&nbsp; You can read his biography by clicking&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/hillsidesource.com\/churchhistory\">here<\/a>.&nbsp; Larry told many stories of his university experiences from his unique spiritual perspective and maintained a relationship with the University of New Mexico, particularly with the English Department faculty who for many years read their poetry at the Hillside Church&#8217;s annual Christmas Eve service.&nbsp; Larry felt that the process of writing his dissertation,&nbsp;<em>Charles Williams\u2019 Novels and the Possibilities of Spiritual Transformation in the Twentieth Century<\/em>(1978), contributed to his own spiritual unfoldment and insight.&nbsp; He continued to write spiritual and mystical poetry throughout his life.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This educational and travel scholarship is intended to encourage and support a graduate level academic project in the field of mystical or spiritual literature, through an annual award of $2,500.&nbsp; This project may be a scholarly analysis of an existing literary work(s) or an original creative work by the student (poetry, short story, book, etc.), or possibly a project to inspire and promote further inquiry into the field through travel and general reading\/research.&nbsp;&nbsp;University of New Mexico graduate students majoring in the field of English Literature or any Language\/Literature Department or area relevant to contemporary spirituality\/mysticism with a GPA of 3.2 or above may apply.&nbsp; Outstanding upper division (Junior or Senior) undergraduates will also be considered.&nbsp; Preference will be given to a project that relates to late 20th Century or early 21st Century spirituality, or contemporary issues that impact spirituality.&nbsp; We invite the recipient of the scholarship to contribute a short article or essay for posting on this website on insights or perspectives gained in the academic year that is relevant to the subject matter.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three English Department graduate students take home all three prizes for the Larry Morris Memorial Scholarship in 2019: Doaa Omran, PhD Candidate Medieval Studies (1st place, $2,500) Heather Johnson, MFA Creative Nonfiction (2nd place, $1,000) Lydia Wassan, MFA Creative Nonfiction (3rd place, $500) Go here for more information on their specific topics. 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