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The Department of English is Seeking Two Graduate Student Representatives The English Department is seeking two graduate students, one from the MAE and one from the MAWP, to represent English students in departmental discussions and decisions. The student representatives will join faculty on the department’s Personnel Committee to help evaluate the teaching of any professors up for tenure or promotion. Student representatives typically attend Personnel Committee meetings and relevant department, college, and university meetings; contact previous students of the professor going up for review; visit professors’ classes; and write an overall assessment of that professor’s… Read Article →

Writers have consistently taken up the causes of social justice. The Direct Action & Research Training Center (DART) is looking for those same writers: men and women interested in helping others, to attend their webinars on community organizing on Tuesday, October 22 at 7pm. DART is accepting applications for the 2014 DART Organizers Institute: a paid training and career placement program for individuals interested in launching a career in community organizing. DART has won social justice victories in education reform and low-performing schools, job training, drugs and violence, living wage, neighborhood revitalization, predatory lending, and… Read Article →

“And gladly would he learn and gladly teach.” Said Chaucer of his clerk in the The Canterbury Tales. MAWP and MAE students interested in lending their knowledge and expertise to two-year colleges should heed that line. Students interested in pursuing a teaching career in academia should consider this as an opportunity to get some real world experience. Interns work alongside an experienced two-year college professor who guides them through the 16 week semester. Interns must register with Professor Green for ENG 509 in order to pursue the internship. More information on the process is available… Read Article →

Autumn is intoxicating. Pour it into a tumbler with an ice cube and nurse it until your lips are numb with the season. Then, when you’re fully immersed in the warm oranges grab your pen and send in an application to become an editor for Threshold. The deadline is fast approaching for this thrilling opportunity to be part of an award winning literary magazine. The pride and joy of the English Department, Threshold provides students hands on knowledge through collecting submissions, editing, and then publishing a literary magazine. Your ticket to be part of the… Read Article →