*Reminder: Tomorrow, Sept. 20 is the LAST DAY TO DROP A CLASS without penalty!* The University Center for Writing-based Learning invites students to join a writing group. Writing Center GA Claire Rooney sends us the following information: The Writer’s Guild and Writing Groups by Request The Writing Groups team at the UCWbL is pleased to announce the expansion of our group offerings at the Lincoln Park and Loop campuses! The Writer’s Guild Want to flex your creative writing muscles outside of class? The Writer’s Guild meets every Thursday from 4-5:30pm at the Richardson Library (Room… Read Article →
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Current MAE and MAWP students, check your email! The MAE and MAWP programs are offering Partial Tuition Scholarships (PTS) to recognize outstanding academic achievement of students in the English department’s two graduate programs. Partial Tuition Scholarships provide a partial reimbursement for tuition paid for 2011 autumn graduate courses in English taken toward the MAE and MAWP degrees. You are eligible to apply for a PTS award if: You have already completed at least two English graduate courses toward your MAE or MAWP degree You are enrolled in one or more English graduate classes for the… Read Article →
The DePaul English Department has a new faculty member this fall, Prof. Marcy J. Dinius. Prof. Dinius specializes in antebellum American literature, with interests in American literature from seventeenth century to the present; African American literature and culture; visual, print, and material cultures; Atlantic and hemispheric studies; critical and cultural theory; history of the book and publishing; material culture; history of photography; film and film theory. Dinius received her PhD in English from Northwestern University in 2003. She has held post-doctoral fellowships at the University of Pennsylvania and the Library of Congress and will be… Read Article →
Are you an alumni or current student of the M.A.E. or M.A.W.P. with news of your own? Please send announcements to Jan Hickey at jhicke11@depaul.edu. Elizabeth Turows (M.A.W.P. ’11) recently accepted a position at Truman College, where she will be teaching a developmental writing class as part of their adjunct faculty. Jennifer Cremerius (M.A.W.P. ’10) was recently hired as a copywriter at an upstart online company. She is excited to begin her new position that incorporates the skills she learned at DePaul. Eric Lafountain’s (M.A.W.P.) short story “Cheese” was recently published in The Potomac… Read Article →
The winners of the One Book, One Chicago Neverwhere Literature Contest, as judged by Kate Bernheimer, are: 1st Place: Megan McKeon (for “Attenuating”) 2nd Place: Erica Walker Adams (for “A Very Fine Thing”) 3rd Place: Richard Rodriguez (For “Exterior Decorator Feeling Restless in a Dead Room”) Please join us in congratulating the winners at the Awards Reception and Reading at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 1st, at the DePaul University John T. Richardson Library, Room 300 (The Rosati Room), 2350 North Kenmore Avenue, Chicago, IL 60614.
E.G.S.A. hosted its second annual Spring Conference on April 15, 2011. The conference featured student presentations of academic papers and creative work to fellow graduate students, faculty, and undergraduate students. The event concluded with keynote speaker Hannah Pittard. This year, the conference organizers published a proceedings of the event. This proceedings (and all student work published therein) will be available on Ex Libris soon in the E.G.S.A. section. In the meantime, you can read the proceedings in .PDF format by downloading them here. Please join the English Graduate Programs office in congratulating all student presenters… Read Article →
Are you an alumni or current student of the M.A.E. or M.A.W.P. with news of your own? Please send announcements to Molly Tranberg at mtranber@depaul.edu. A warm congratulations goes out to Rita on her accomplishments. Rita Leganski’s (M.A.W.P. ‘09) novel, The Silence of Bonaventure Arrow, was recently acquired by HarperCollins. The last class she took before graduating was Dan Stolar’s Short Fiction offering. It was there that she first tried her hand at magical realism. Professor Stolar encouraged her to continue to develop the story, and this debut novel was born. Rita also published an… Read Article →
The Humanities Center invites you to the opening reception for Jeff Carter’s new exhibition, “The Common Citizenship of Forms,” on Thursday, June 2, 5:30-8:00 p.m., at Mies van der Rohe’s Crown Hall, on the main campus of IIT (3360 S. State Street). Jeff Carter is Associate Professor of Art, Media and Design at DePaul, and a 2010-2011 Faculty Fellow of the Humanities Center. His exhibition presents a series of large-scale architectural models using altered IKEA products such as tables, desks, shelves and flooring. The models and their arrangement are based on the eight buildings at… Read Article →
by MAWP student Marianne Chrisos Last Friday, I attended and read at the Threshold Literary Journal 2011 Launch Party. My piece, a creative nonfiction essay called “Solving for X,” was published in the back of this bright and shiny bound-up creature. I am honored and excited. Threshold is a pretty neat thing. And it was a pretty neat night. I had two drinks because they gave me two drink tickets at the door, and I felt it would be wasteful to not use them. I also had to read an excerpt of my piece on… Read Article →
Each year at our end-of-year celebration we take time to recognize the achievements of our students. On June 3rd, 3-5pm, at McGaw Hall, we will be honoring graduate students who earned distinction on their Comprehensive exams and/or are receiving their master’s degree “with distinction.” We also want to recognize students who have presented scholarly papers or given public readings of their creative work as well as those who have published their work, completed a thesis, or been accepted to a doctoral or M.F.A. program. If you have accomplishments you want to have recognized at the… Read Article →
The English Department has arranged a special Career Center workshop for undergraduate and graduate students in English. If you’re looking for summer or permanent employment, we hope that you will find this workshop helpful in identifying and articulating your strengths to prospective employers. The workshop will take place in SAC on Thursday, May 19th from 6 to 7:30 pm in SAC 151. Here’s a description of the workshop from the Career Center: Wondering how to promote yourself to potential employers? Thinking about how your education has prepared you for success in the workplace? Join the… Read Article →