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VERMONT COLLEGE M.F.A. IN WRITING ALUMNA OLENA KALYTIAK DAVIS

Received a prestigious John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship award in recognition of her poetic life and works. Davis joins a growing list of UI&U/Vermont College alumni, faculty, and staff to receive Guggenheim Fellowships, including M.F.A. in Writing faculty Richard Jackson, Ph.D., William Olsen, Ph.D., and Mary Ruefle, M.A.

Davis received word of her fellowship in 2004. She is one of 185 artists, scholars, and scientists chosen from over 3,000 applicants. Fellows are selected by the Foundation’s Board of Trustees, based upon “distinguished achievement in the past and exceptional promise for future accomplishments.”

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