Interested in teaching or in applying for the Two-Year College Teaching Internships? Read on for a first-hand account from MAWP student Steve Bogdaniec, who is currently student-teaching at Wright College through the program. The Two-Year College Internship program offers placement at a two-year college for class credit. I’m doing my internship right now (Autumn 2010) at Wright College, one of Chicago’s city colleges. I was paired up with a great professor, Michael Petersen, in an English Composition 102 class with Shakespeare’s Tragedies as its theme. (We’re covering Macbeth, Othello and Hamlet, as well as a… Read Article →
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Hi all, Things to come next week on Ex Libris and the Graduate Programs Website: All Winter Quarter course descriptions Spring class schedule 2011-2012 Graduate assistantship applications Posts from MAE and MAWP students Student news Thanks, and keep checking back!
Program: MAWP Graduate Assistant Role: Editor of Ex Libris, webmaster of graduate programs websites, assistant in the graduate office, and tutor at the Writing Center Accomplishments, Publications: My most recent accomplishments include a proofreading internship at Sourcebooks, Inc. this summer where I spent my days scouring the Chicago Manual of Style and reading romance novels, and a story recently published in Michigan Audubon Society’s bi-monthly magazine, the Jack-Pine Warbler, about owling. Favorite Author or Period of Study: I’m drawn to literary nonfiction and nature writing, especially essays by Annie Dillard. I can’t help but devour anything… Read Article →
Program: MAE Graduate Assistant Role: tutor in the writing center and assistant to Matthew Pearson in faculty services Accomplishments, Publications: presented at Chicagoland Writing Centers Conference last academic year, Sigma Tau Delta member, Golden Key Honor Society member Favorite Author or Period of Study: Early Modern drama, but I also love several authors outside of that period (of course) such as George Elliot, Flannery O’Connor, T.S. Elliot, and Jessica Powers Plans for the school year: Finish two classes (Structure of Modern English and a Medieval req.) and write my thesis under the guidance of Professor McQuade. I also… Read Article →
Please read the flyer below for more information. This conference, held on October 15, 2010 from 3:30-7:15pm in the DePaul Art Gallery, is presented by the Department of Modern Languages.
Please visit the Newberry Library’s website for more information on this event. From the website… Now in its twenty-fifth year, this seminar brings together interested scholars to read and discuss selected precirculated papers on aspects of Milton studies. Each meeting is conducted by a seminar leader, who delivers a brief presentation and leads a discussion based upon a paper he or she has written. To obtain precirculated papers, see the registration section below. Sponsored by DePaul University, the University of Illinois at Chicago, Loyola University Chicago, Northwestern University, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Newberry… Read Article →
I find these things so incredibly difficult, she thought to herself as she spun in circles at her desk. Yes, I do carry on an inner monologue, a lot like J.D., Zach Braff’s character on Scrubs. However, my inner monologue is slightly less annoying and doesn’t impair my ability to function like his often does. I also enjoy putting theme music to my life Sinatra, Sondre Lerche and the Temptations. Like a new car, I have plenty of quirks, but I hide them pretty well until you get to know me. So my name is… Read Article →
The DePaul Summer Writing Conference was held this past summer from July 16-18, 2010. Trudie Gauerke shares her thoughts on the experience. Trudie is a second-year MAWP student and acquisitions editor at Publications International, Ltd. in Lincolnwood. At the risk of sounding like a fifth-grade composition teacher, take a moment to think about how you spent your summer vacation. Did you dabble in writing specialties you might not otherwise fit in your Masters program, or meet with professors you might not have the opportunity to take a class from? Were you introduced to writers and… Read Article →
The applications for a two-year college teaching internship, for Winter/Spring 2011, are due on Friday, October 22, not 23rd. Please email Professor Carolyn Goffman at cgoffman@depaul.edu if you have questions.
Program: MAE Graduate Assistant Role: Tutor, Receptionist, Research Team Leader in the Writing Center Favorite Authors: Chaim Potok, David James Duncan, Oscar Wilde Matthew is a first year student in the M.A.E. program and a Graduate Assistant in the Writing Center. He completed his undergraduate degree in 2007 from Purdue University with majors in English Literature and General Communications. After graduation Matthew joined the Peace Corps and lived for over two years in northwestern Kazakhstan teaching English, learning Russian, and eating horsemeat. He is pleased to have reentered the Western academy and is looking forward… Read Article →
Mark your calendars! DePaul professors and authors will be participating in readings around the city this fall. Don’t miss out on these fabulous opportunities below: TONIGHT: Thursday, September 30 Amina Gautier, a new assistant professor of English, joins author Audrey Niffenegger (The Time Traveler’s Wife, Her Fearful Symmetry) and other writers for a discussion entitled “Ordinary Women: Extraordinary Heroines–A New Paradigm for the Modern Heroine.” Women & Children First Bookstore 5233 N. Clark St. Chicago … Read Article →