Saint Michael's Class Appreciation Award goes to Assistant Dean Joan Wry of Underhill

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Dean Joan Wry, left, receives 2013 Class Appreciation Award at Saint Michael's. Class President Nora Moore makes the presentation.

COLCHESTER, VT (05/20/2013)(readMedia)-- During Commencement Week activities May 9-12 at Saint Michael's College, Joan Wry of Underhill, associate dean of the college and instructor of English, was presented with a 2013 Class Appreciation Award, given to members of the Saint Michael's faculty and staff who have made a significant impact within the class.

In presenting the award, senior class President Nora Moore spoke of how beloved Dean Wry is among students she works with due to her compassion and intelligence. "Though pint-sized, she's a powerhouse of goodness," Moore said. "We love you Dean Wry!"

Wry, herself a 1979 graduate of Saint Michael's, has her English master's from the University of Virginia and doctorate from McGill University. She will return to the classroom full-time as an English instructor in the fall after stepping aside from her dean duties, after eight years in administration. Wry teaches  American Literature surveys, Literary Studies and first-year seminars, and has published papers on Shakespeare, Shelley, Whitman and antebellum women writers.

About Saint Michael's

Saint Michael's College www.smcvt.edu  students are challenged to do their best, find their niche, take on opportunities to grow, and immerse themselves in academic pursuits. Intellectual rigor, compassion, teamwork, caring-these characterize a Saint Michael's experience. A residential Catholic college, Saint Michael's is steeped in the social justice spirit of its founding priests, the Edmundites. Saint Michael's is located three miles from Burlington, Vermont, one of America's top 10 college towns. Headed by President John J. Neuhauser, the college has 1,900 undergraduate students and 500 graduate students. Identified by the Princeton Review, 2013 as one of the nation's Best 377 Colleges, and included in the Fiske Guide to Colleges 2013, Saint Michael's students and professors have received Rhodes, Woodrow Wilson, Goldwater, Pickering, Guggenheim, Fulbright, and other grants. The college is one of the nation's top-100, Best Liberal Arts Colleges as listed in the 2013 U.S. News & World Report rankings.