St. Cloud State University alumna Carissa Natalia Baconguis ’24 has been named the 2025 Distinguished Thesis Award recipient.
Her thesis, “Sacred and Perishable Country of Want: Poems,” was submitted for consideration by Dr. Sarah Green, associate professor of English. The abstract is available to read in the SCSU Repository.
A thesis is the culmination of a graduate student’s significant scholarly activity that demonstrates the student’s mastery of the background and principal works of the field of study.
The completion of a thesis requires a commitment of time and energy from the student, the thesis chair, the thesis committee and the graduate program faculty.
Baconguis graduated from SCSU in May 2024 with a Master of Arts in English Studies.
Other nominees
Alyssa Roberts, Master of Science in Biology, “Using Environmental DNA to Detect the Four-toed Salamander (Hemidactylium scutatum) in Minnesota”
May Dang, Master of Science in Applied Behavior Analysis, “Establishing Assent Topographies Through Assessment: A Preliminary Study”
Salome Pantuvo, Master of Science in Information Assurance, “A Novel Business Email Compromise Detection Model Using Supervised Machine Learning”
