KINGSTON, RI — May 15, 2000 — The Grace B. Sherrer Awards are presented by the University of Rhode Island annually by URI Honors Center to outstanding freshman, sophomores, juniors, and senior honors students. The awards are named after Grace B. Sherrer, a professor emeritus of English, retired in 1966 after having been a member of the University faculty for many years. She joined the URI faculty in 1949, and from the beginning gave her time and energy to enriching the University’s programs and its Department of English studies. She played a key role in the development of the University Honors Program and was selected to give the University’s first Honors Day address. Her daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Sherrer Bown, of Connecticut, and her husband, Carroll, established the Grace B. Sherrer Endowment Fund, which is a memorial fund, in 1988. The Browns were present during the award ceremony and met with the recipients who are: Winners Seniors: Hometowns Honorable Mention Hometowns Tracy Auclair Wakefield Christine Bailey Pawtucket Erin Cornell – Narragansett Sarah Clark Westfield, MA Laurel Hovey Newport Beth Jarosz Lincoln Freya K. Recksiek Saunderstown Rachel T. Walshe East Greenwich Kyle Zambarano Newport Juniors: Hometowns Honorable Mention: Hometowns Katie Sheehan Averill, NY Bryan Bannon Narragansett Melanie Sullivan Leicester, MA Todd Arnold Newport Nicholas Ucci Warwick Marissa Silva Hope Karen Palmer Nashua, NH Joline Swonger Saunderstown Sophomores: Hometowns Honorable Mention: Hometowns Jessica Brown Woonsocket Catherine Truslow East Greenwich Julie Erickson Woonsocket Brian Toomey Chepachet Jayme Zimmerman Pittsgrove, NJ Freshman: Hometowns Honorable Mention: Hometowns Nevan Hanumara Kingston Vivienne O’Dwyer Newport Lee Stetson Wyoming Scott Liberman Wakefield Paul Jarosz Lincoln -xxx- For Information: Jan Sawyer, 874-2116