Students pass culminating essay with distinction
As one of the requirements to graduate from Castleton University, students must pass a 90-minute culminating essay showing a mastery of writing standards set by the university. And while most pass, a small number of students pass with distinction and those overseeing the essay recently released a list of those students for both the fall and spring of 2020.
FALL 2020 Writers Earning Pass with Distinction include:
Josie Gawrys
Connor Lennox
Jake Apjohn
Leo Richardson
Jaden Luke
Samuel Lucia
Jacob Lazo
Taylor Ladue-Robinson
Alyssa McMahon
Sunny Singh
Jonathan Caswell-Dubois
Bella Varisco
Will Buck
SPRING 2020 Writers Earning Pass with Distinction include:
Analisa Starr
Matthew Charbonneau
Lindsay Wyman
Jay Marcy
Zackery Quesnel
Alyssa Ezell
Kyle Buckley
Haydn Renouf
Denis LeCours
Jayna Ryan
Toby Duke
Bonnie Ross
Wade Hirschbuhl
Parth Patel
Andrew Austin
Carley Patch
Ethan Cameron-Vaupel
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