Kim Ehrlich, graduating this May with a double major in B.S. Communication Arts and Literature and B.A. English with Writing Emphasis, has just been awarded a Student Fulbright to Taiwan for 2013-14. Excited and happy to be awarded such an honor, Ehrlich is enthusiastic about her “wonderful experiences in the MSUM English department faculty” both in her English Education classes […]
Kevin Zepper, MFA in the English Department, presented at the 17th Pecha Kucha (pronounced Pa-cha ku-cha) event April 18 in Bemidji. Zepper’s presentation followed the strict rules of Pecha Kucha: a 6:40 time limit, which is 20 seconds of “script” along with images projected every 20 seconds. The title of his distilled lecture was, “The Prose Poem: My Intuitive Journey.” […]
Sandy Pearce, English, returned from the international meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studies (ACIS) in Chicago, April 9-12. ACIS is an interdisciplinary organization presenting research on Irish literature, history, art, film, and music. Pearce chaired two sessions: one on Irish literature with NDSU colleagues, Miriam and Andrew Mara, and one on art history.
Dr. Elizabeth Kirchoff, Associate Professor of English, along with Katie Hansen, Abby Swegarden, and David Vinje, all three students majoring in Communication Arts/Literature Teacher Education, presented at the Minnesota Council of Teachers of English Spring Conference Friday, April 12, in Bloomington, Minn. Their panel presentation, “From Theory to Practice: Luring and Leading Reluctant Readers,” focused on pre-reading and during-reading lesson […]
Kevin Zepper, MFA in the English Department, presented at the Minnesota Writing and English Conference at Normandale Community College in Bloomington, Minnesota April 5. The theme for this year’s conference was “Writing Cultures.” Zepper’s presentation topic was “Prose Poems as Teaching Resources.” His program encouraged instructors to incorporate their own creative writing examples to generate assignments and prompts for English […]