Ten students were awarded prizes in the 2017 Common Reader Essay Contest, in response to book The Underground Railroad by Colsen Whitehead.

Here are the winners:

• First place: Jillian Krol, a nursing major from Rockaway Park, NY
• Second place: Michael Szczechowski, an Honors Program student and neuroscience major from Newark, DE
• Third place: Shay Lukas, an Honors Program student and international business studies major from Boxborough, MA
• Fourth place: Rebecca Clements, an Honors Program student and chemical engineering from Haddon Heights, NJ
• Honorable Mention: Alyssa Dorsey, a nursing major from Southborough, MA
• Honorable Mention: Anna Cauchy, an Honors Program student and nursing major from Wilmington, DE
• Honorable Mention: Nicole Gomez, a political science major from New Providence, NJ
• Honorable Mention: Anna Laderman, an Honors Program student and business major from Malvern, PA
• Honorable Mention: Brianna Martinez, a university studies major from New Castle, DE
• Honorable Mention: Jenna Whiting, an Honors Program student and management major from Newark, DE