{"id":7618,"date":"2017-07-11T16:51:40","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T15:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/secl-news-events\/?p=7618"},"modified":"2017-07-11T16:51:40","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T15:51:40","slug":"congratulations-to-our-2017-graduates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/secl-news-events\/2017\/07\/11\/congratulations-to-our-2017-graduates\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to our 2017 graduates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to our final-year students\u00a0from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/secl\/index.html\">School of European Culture and Languages<\/a>\u00a0(SECL), who graduated today with their well-earned degrees. This is the culmination of three or four years of hard work (or longer for part-time students).<\/p>\n<p>A pre-graduation party was held on campus today, complete with a prize-giving ceremony for those who have made a particular contribution to the school. The departmental prizes included:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/secl\/classics\/index.html\">Classical &amp; Archaeological Studies<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tia Walker won Best Degree in Classical &amp; Archaeological Studies or Ancient History and the Best Mark in Advanced Latin\/Ancient Greek<\/li>\n<li>Tilly Davenport and Harrison Kavanagh jointly won Best Classical &amp; Archaeological Studies or Ancient History Dissertation<\/li>\n<li>Yasmeen Soudani won the prize for the most significant contribution to Classical &amp; Archaeological Studies and Ancient History<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/secl\/complit\/index.html\">Comparative Literature<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Molly Littleboy won both Best Degree in Comparative Literature Roger and Agnes Cardinal Prize for the Best Dissertation<\/li>\n<li>Wesley Triffit won\u00a0Runner-Up for the Roger and Agnes Cardinal Prize for the\u00a0Best Dissertation<\/li>\n<li>Nathanael Kent won Most Significant Contribution to Comparative Literature<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/secl\/ell\/index.html\">English Language &amp;\u00a0Linguistics<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vilde Reksnes won Best Degree in English Language &amp; Linguistics<\/li>\n<li>Georgia-Ann Carter won Best English Language &amp;\u00a0Linguistics\u00a0Dissertation<\/li>\n<li>Lizzy Aumonier won Most Significant Contribution to English Language &amp; Linguistics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/secl\/modern-languages\/index.html\">Department of Modern Languages<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>French<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Julie Bilkova won Best Degree in French<\/li>\n<li>Cassandra Huchon won Best French Dissertation<\/li>\n<li>Callum Marius won Most Significant Contribution to French<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>German<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Isabelle James won Best Degree in German<\/li>\n<li>Laure Lincker and Luke Port jointly won Best German Dissertation Prize<\/li>\n<li>Vikki Brown won Most Significant Contribution to German<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>Hispanic Studies<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jack Davison won Best Degree in Hispanic Studies<\/li>\n<li>Stephen Washington won Best Hispanic Studies Dissertation Prize<\/li>\n<li>George Severn and Paola Sequeira jointly won Most Significant Contribution to Hispanic Studies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>Italian<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Peri Mirza won Best Degree in Italian<\/li>\n<li>Kealey Chapman won Italian Dissertation Prize<\/li>\n<li>Lucy Forrest won Most Significant Contribution to Italian<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/secl\/philosophy\/index.html\">Philosophy<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sam Holden won Best Overall Degree in Philosophy<\/li>\n<li>Joseph Sharp won Best Dissertation in Philosophy<\/li>\n<li>Cerys Jones won Best Performance at Stage 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/secl\/thrs\/index.html\">Religious Studies<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nathanael Kent won Best Degree in Asian Studies<\/li>\n<li>Anna Hosking won Best Degree in Religious Studies<\/li>\n<li>Aleksi Juhani Hamalainen and Katie Mae Kolman jointly won Best Religious Studies Dissertation<\/li>\n<li>Chris Handley won Most Significant Contribution to Religious Studies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Several students in the School also\u00a0won additional awards. The Faculty has awarded\u00a0the Humanities Rotary Prizes (for excellence in their subject) to: Tia Walker (from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/secl\/classics\/index.html\">Classical &amp; Archaeological Studies<\/a>), Vilde Reksnes (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/secl\/ell\/index.html\">English Language &amp;\u00a0Linguistics<\/a>) and Julie Bilkova (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/secl\/modern-languages\/index.html\">Modern Languages<\/a>, French). The SECL Employability Prize was\u00a0awarded to\u00a0Malika White (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/secl\/ell\/index.html\">English Language &amp;\u00a0Linguistics<\/a>) for her work experience at Canterbury Cathedral Lodge, volunteering work at Canterbury Food Bank, as well as contribution of articles for <em>InQuire<\/em> magazine.<\/p>\n<p>Following the pre-graduation party, our graduates were awarded their degrees at a ceremony held in\u00a0Canterbury Cathedral.<\/p>\n<p>An album of photos from the party has been added to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unikentsecl\/\">SECL Facebook<\/a> page here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/unikentsecl\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=1537229673015997\">www.facebook.com\/pg\/unikentsecl\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=1537229673015997<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to our final-year students\u00a0from the\u00a0School of European Culture and Languages\u00a0(SECL), who graduated today with their well-earned degrees. 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