Department News

November 23, 2010
Leigh Ryan wins the IWCA Muriel Harris Outstanding Service Award
The International Writing Centers Association awards our Writing Center director, Leigh Ryan, the Muriel Harris Outstanding Service Award.
November 22, 2010
Four MFAs Nominated for AWP Intro Journals Project
Djordjevic, Ellis, Kleinman, and Leverone are nominated for a major creative award.
November 2, 2010
Lisa Zimmerelli (PhD 2009) wins Best Dissertation Award
The American Society for the History of Rhetoric formally awards a recent department alumnus.
October 26, 2010
Hannah Wenger Wins Dean's Senior Scholar Award
One of our own English majors wins one of seven 2010 Dean's Senior Scholar Awards!
October 11, 2010
A Book Launch and Poetry Reading with Jazz, Hors D’oeuvres, and Wine!
UM Professor Emeritus Rod Jellema reads from his new book, Incarnality: The Collected Poems.
October 8, 2010
Martha Nell Smith Delivers Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Lecture
Professor Smith addresses hundreds of students concerning the value of the humanities to academia and our communal history.
October 5, 2010
Leigh Ryan Honored with President’s Distinguished Service Award
Our Writing Center's Director wins prestigious, much-deserved award.
October 4, 2010
MITH Receives $785,000 National Leadership Grant for Preserving Virtual Worlds II
Research led by English Professors Matthew Kirshenbaum and Kari Kraus receives a second round of funding.
September 28, 2010
David Wyatt's “Secret Histories: Reading Twentieth Century American Literature”
David Wyatt's newest book is scheduled to come out October, 2010.
September 21, 2010
Laura Leichum Wins John Frederick Nims Memorial Prize for Translation
This 2009 MFA wins a prestigious award for her translations of Gisela Kraft.

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