Kudos
February 2021
Monday, February 15, 2021 Dear Colleagues, Welcome back from Spring Break! I wish the weather could have felt more spring-like, but I hope you had a good break nonetheless. I have a few announcements and several “Kudos” to share. Pandemic or not, our faculty have been very productive and give us much to cheer about. As a reminder, activity reports are […]
January 2021, No. 2
Thursday, January 28, 2021 Dear Colleagues, I hope the start of Spring 2021 has gone well. The semester seems to have gotten off to a busy start and will no doubt get busier in the days and weeks ahead. I want to give you a few reminders and announcements before January gets away from us. […]
January 2021, No. 1
Monday, January 18, 2021 Dear Colleagues, Welcome back! We begin a new semester in what promises to be a momentous week, a week that begins with the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King. No doubt you are busy making last- minute adjustments to your courses, but I hope you are also taking time to reflect […]
November 2020
Monday, November 23, 2020 Hi All, I know this semester has been stressful and challenging, so perhaps some good news will be welcome. Below find information about some of the exciting things our faculty and students have been up to recently. Best wishes, Jen JuliAnna Avila has an article, “#MultimediaResponse: Instagram as a Reading Activity in a University […]
October 2020, No. 3
Monday, October 26, 2020 On this week’s SMGN, we have Chris Davis, one of our wonderful creative writing faculty members, and Austin Demeglio, one of our students, talking about the award-winning, nationally-recognized literary journal (housed in our department), Sanskrit. I’m sure you’ll enjoy this conversation with Chris and Austin as much as I did. Jen […]
October 2020, No. 2
Tuesday, October 6, 2020 Dear Colleagues, It’s time for some more good news. This week, we have a conversation with Meghan Barnes about her work with teacher education and some exciting news of her own. Warm wishes, Jen MunroeActing Chair
October 2020, No. 1
Monday, October 5, 2020 Dear Colleagues, It’s been a while, but here are some of the wonderful things our faculty have been up to of late. Kudos to you all! Alan Rauch participated in a ConTinual panel on graphic novels. Here is the link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ConTinual/permalink/682181605727748/ JuliAnna Avila published an article, “#MultimediaResponse: Instagram as a Reading Activity in a University […]
September 2020, No. 2
Monday, September 14, 2020 Hi Everyone, In the spirit of offering some (more) good news, please join me in celebrating two of our English faculty members who have been honored for their work–one for her teaching and the other for ongoing scholarly work. I interviewed Juan Meneses and Paula Connolly (and some additional mystery guests) on Juan’s National Humanities Center Residency […]
September 2020, No. 1
Sunday, September 6, 2020 Dear Colleagues, This week, I continue the series I’m calling “Some (More) Good News.” While this semester will bring its own set of challenges, this series aims to give us a moment of pause from the stressors and to highlight ways that people have found, and made, good during this time. One of the ways that […]
August 2020
Monday, August 24, 2020 Dear Colleagues, I know we are all working hard to prepare for this fall semester, but perhaps we can all take a deep breath and celebrate together some of the wonderful things our faculty have been doing in recent weeks. We could probably all use some good news for a change, which reminds me […]