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Ted Kaouk (PhD 2014) Selected to Participate in the Excellence in Government Fellows Program for 2014-2015

November 04, 2014 English

Ted Kaouk (PhD 2014) was selected as one of four employees from the US Department of Agriculture to participate in the Excellence in Government Fellows Program for 2014-2015.

Howard Norman's Memoir and Novel Translated

November 04, 2014 English, Center for Literary and Comparative Studies

Howard Norman's memoir, I Hate to Leave This Beautiful Place, and novel, Next Life Might Be Kinder, will come out in Japanese, German, French and Dutch editions at the end of this year or beginning of next.

Danuta Hinc Presented Paper at Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures Panel at the SCMLA Conference

November 04, 2014 English

Danuta Hinc presented a paper, “Herta Müller’s ‘Der König Verneigt Sich Ünd Tötet’ and the Displacement in the Origins of Language,” at Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures Panel at the SCMLA Conference in Austin, Texas, in October 2014.

MFA Student Kelsey Kerr Published in Slippery Elm

November 04, 2014 English

MFA student Kelsey Kerr's poem "I dare you." will be published in the second issue of Slippery Elm.

Lecturer David Paglin's UMCP-AWASH in the Works

November 04, 2014 English

David Paglin is working on creating an English Department-based environmental/sustainability student communication/co-ordination panel -- called UMCP-AWASH (Anacostia Watershed Action for Sustainable Heritage).

Writing Center's Leigh Ryan and Tom Earles Presented at the European Writing Centers Association Conference in Frankfurt

November 04, 2014 English

Writing Center administrators Leigh Ryan and Tom Earles presented on “Tutoring Writing and Professionalism” at the European Writing Centers Association conference in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany in July.

Michael Olmert's "This Helpless Human Tide" Printed in "Colonial Williamsburg" Magazine

November 04, 2014 English

Michael Olmert's "This Helpless Human Tide" was printed in the autumn number of "Colonial Williamsburg" magazine.

Sangeeta Ray Particpates in Roundtable and will Give Talk at George Mason University

November 04, 2014 English

Sangeeta Ray participated in a roundtable on a symposium, ‘The University at the Boundaries of Knowledge” with Robert Young (NYU) at Old Dominion University on Thursday October 23rd, 2014.

Writing Center Tutors Awarded Scholarships to Attend Naylor Undergraduate Writing Research Workshop

November 04, 2014 English

Writing Center tutors James Gray and Dionte Harris joined a select group of invited students at the Naylor Undergraduate Writing Research Workshop, Nov 14-16 at York University of Pennsylvania.