CLU Poetry Prize Winners Announced

* Cal Lutheran University has announced the winners of the Mark Van Doren Poetry Prize. Diane Scrofano, an English major from Thousand Oaks, and Kai Robert Nygard, an economics and English major from Oslo, Norway, received a cash prize and a plaque. The winners were selected by faculty members of the English department after reviewing manuscripts of poems. The prize was first awarded in 1972 and became an endowed scholarship through donations of poet Mark Van Doren’s sons, John and Charles Van Doren.

Easter Seals Tri-Counties Receives Grant * Easter Seals Tri-Counties, California has received a $5,000 grant from Hutton Foundation. The money will be used to help support programs at a new children’s therapy center in Santa Barbara.

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