English faculty and students present at Minnesota Council of Teachers of English Conference

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 […]

English profs to present at Minnesota teachers conference

Elizabeth Kirchoff, English, and Michael Tomanek, English, have had papers accepted for presentation at this spring’s meeting of the Minnesota Council of Teachers of English. Both papers will address teaching college composition. Kirchoff will present “Literature Circles in College Composition Classes” and Tomanek will present “In the Spirit of Twain.”

Free “Last Lecture” books still available

The Faculty Development Book Talk on “The Last Lecture” by Randy Pausch will be held Wednesday, Sept. 23 at 11:30 a.m. in CMU 203. Elizabeth Kirchoff, English, and Becky Williams, STL, will serve as discussant leaders. (The first 28 faculty to email Steve Grineski, grineski@mnstate.edu, with their campus mailing address and agree to attend the event will receive a free copy of the book.) Click link to read more.