Honor Society® member
Charlotte Brockway
Part-time sales associate at Talbots in Bridgewater
- Drew University
- English Language and Literature with a double minor in Creative Writing and Medieval Studies
- Class of 2017
- North Plainfield, New Jersey
Member since March 2016
Education
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Drew University
English with a double minor in writing and medieval studies
2013 – 2017
Honors and awards
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Peter Fagone Memorial scholarship
Established at North Plainfield High School in memory of Peter G. Fagone, former Principal of West End Elementary School. This scholarship will be awarded to a financially deserving senior who shows an intellect and aptitude.
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Adele Deleeuw scholarship
A scholarship fund of $1 million established by the late Adele DeLeeuw to assist needy students in the Plainfield Area for their pursuit of post-secondary education in the arts, poetry, writing, journalism, or engineering.
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Dean’s award from Drew
The Dean’s Scholarship is awarded to applicants with a minimum high school GPA in the B+ range in an honors curriculum. This scholarship is awarded entirely on the basis of high school academic achievement
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Alfred Ayoub and Elaine Ornstein Ayoub Memorial Scholarship
The award was established in 2005 by Dr. Alfred Ayoub in memory of his wife Elaine Ornstein Ayoub. It is awarded annually to student in the College of Liberal Arts with an interest in English Literature.
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A member of the International English Honor Society: Sigma Tau Delta
The International English Honor Society strives to confer distinction for high achievement in English language and literature in undergraduate, graduate, and professional studies through local chapters.
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National Honors Society at North Plainfield High School
The National chapter of excellence at North Plainfield fosters to promote excellence in academics and to provide tutor instruction to others.
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French Honors Society
An organization in North Plainfield High School whose intent is to recognize high school students who have maintained excellent grades in French studies.
Goals and interests
- Career goal
I intend to mainly be a Fantasy novelist. Other jobs that I'm interested in are journalist/newspaper writer, playwright/screenwriter, poet (especially slam poetry), activist, medievalist and philologist.
- Graduate school interests
Western Michigan University, University of Notre Dame, Fordham, University of York, Bangor University, University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, University of Minnesota, Pennsylvania State University, University of Toronto and Seton Hill University (low residency program).
- Outside the classroom
My hobbies include free writing (working on my fantasy novel or writing poems, newspaper articles and plays), reading, singing (sometimes for Choral Union), exercising, doing medieval reenactments and stage combat for That Medieval Thing-student-run re-enactment troupe at Drew University, participating in campus events such as forum discussion of race and ethnicity, and walking my dog.
Experience
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Part-time sales associate
Talbots in Bridgewater
May 2015 – Aug 2015
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Cashier/waitress
The Brook on Greenbrook Road in North Plainfield
May 2015
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Independent Sales Representative
CUTCO
May 2015
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In-term counselor (summer job)
Middlesex County College Theatre Camp
Jun 2010 – Aug 2011
Languages
- English (US) Fluent
- French (France) Intermediate
