News & Kudos
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Tuesday, July 21, 2020 Dear Colleagues, On the surface, July has seemed to be a somewhat quiet month, but that isn’t entirely the case. I know that many of you have been hard at work on your research or planning your fall classes, whether they are face-to-face or some version of hybrid or online. I […]
Monday, June 15, 2020 Dear Colleagues, I hope your summer is going well and that you are finding time for rest and renewal after the challenging spring semester we had. I know Liz has kept you informed about the updates to the fall schedule taking place. I really don’t have anything new to add, except to […]
Thursday, May 21, 2020 Dear Colleagues, I hope your summer is off to a good start and that you are finding some time for yourself after the extraordinary semester we just finished. Planning for Fall 2020 continues, so more updates will be forthcoming in the weeks ahead. Liz Miller sent out an email earlier today […]