Dylan Lewis Named to Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography
The prestigious fellowship is a capstone graduate career achievement for the English doctoral candidate.
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Last year, the English Department was awarded with the Bronze Certificate for Green Office departments. Thanks to the continued diligence of the Department, our Bronze Certificate has been renewed for another year.
Congratulations to Katie Stuller and Stacia Odenwald, for receiving the Dean's Senior Scholar Award for 2015. Both students impressed the selection committee with their academic achievement and will be honored at an award ceremony on November 18th.
Nikky Finney talked to students about the inspiration behind her poetry.
Jessica Enoch has just been elected to a four-year term on the Board of Directors of the Rhetoric Society of America. Congratulations, Jess!
Most recently, on October 23rd, Michael Olmert talked to four groups of junior-high students at the Talbot County History Museum in Easton, MD.
On October 20th, the Department celebrated the National Day on Writing by asking students, faculty, and staff why they write.
On October 22nd through 23rd, Sianne Ngai of Stanford University visited the Department as the 2015 Petrou lecturer.
At the International Writing Centers Association conference in Pittsburgh, PA (Oct. 8-11), Writing Center Assistant Director Nabila Hijazi presented on a panel “Consultant Training and Supporting New Graduate Writers: New Challenges.”
Location: Whittall Pavilion, Thomas Jefferson Building (ground floor)Our own Elizabeth Arnold and Charles Bernstein will celebrate the birthday of poet Ezra Pound by reading selections from his work and discussing his influence on their own writing.
The one-day symposium will feature a film screening and discussion, a roundtable discussion with professors Ryan Long (Spanish) and Hester Baer (German) and graduate students.