Kunkel and Terrick score university awards!

At today's university awards and retirement reception, two faculty members were recognized for their work.

Assistant Professor Marianne Kunkel was one of two university faculty presented with the James Mehl Faculty Scholarship Award.

Advanced Instructor Dawn Terrick was one of three university faculty presented with the university Excellence in Teaching Award.

Congratulations to our colleagues for this wonderful accomplishment!

Kunkel and Terrick show off their award bling

REACH for the stars!

The MWSU journal of literature and contemporary art has a new name, and under that name it was launched this week. REACH, formerly CANVAS, will continue to serve MWSU undergraduates and alumni.

Students and faculty gathered to celebrate the launch and award winners from this year's edition. Editor-in-Chief Huey and his staff--JulieAnne Barber, Caitlin Dillon,  and Lora Kroush (rising Editor-in-Chief) ran the event.

Award for best prose piece: Skylar Nichols for "The Aftermath" (Dr. Bill Church served as prose judge)

Award for best poem: Shaya Force for "Seven" (Dr. Gaywyn Moore served as poetry judge)

Editor-in-Chief Huey Welcomes the Crowd

Award for best art: Chloe Oyler for "Alexis's Sunflowers" (Dr. Madeline Rislow served as art work judge)

Featured readers at the event included Shaya Force, Caitlin Dillon, JulieAnne Barber, Jilian Whitehead, Chastity McCourt, Michel Pippins, Skylar Nichols, Clarissa Blakely, and Levi Smith

Dr. Marianne Kunkel is the faculty adviser for REACH

Dr. Marianne Kunkel, Faculty Adviser to REACH

Terrick presents paper

On April 11, Dawn Terrick presented, "Discovering the Student, Discovering the Self: Teaching Developmental Writing Students to Find and Refine their Personal and Academic Voices" at the CRLA (College Reading and Learning Association) Conference in Ashland, NE.

2019 ENG 100 Essay Reading and Reception

The 13th annual reception to celebrate the ENG 100 student publication, Discovering the Student, Discovering the Self, was hosted by Dawn Terrick, Director of Developmental Writing, and held on Wednesday, April 17.  Approximately 85 people attended, including students and their families, faculty, administration and staff. 

 

President Vartabedian kicked off the reception, then Dawn Terrick awarded students with certificates and copies of the book, and the students themselves concluded the afternoon by reading excerpts from their essays. 

 

Students read about truly personal experiences, with courage and grace.  The newly published authors were able to keep the audience enthralled.  This truly was an afternoon of celebration.  

 

 

 

 

 

EML 2019 Student Awards

Today we had the great joy of presenting our outstanding graduates with well-deserved awards and recognition.

Outstanding Foreign Language Graduate: Cydney Puckett (French)

Outstanding Bachelor of Science in Education Graduate: Alexandria Null

Outstanding Bachelor of Arts in English Graduate: Brooklyn Lance

Outstanding Graduate Student: Christina Lund

Congratulations to them for their wonderful academic careers at MWSU!

Outstanding students Lund, Puckett, Lance, and Null

 

Naftal and Lund Defend Theses

Two students in the Master of Applied Arts in Written Communication program successfully defended their final projects this week.

Christina Lund submitted a thesis on the connections between politeness theory and technical communication,
using an autoethnographic model to study her experiences as a new employee at a large organization.  Dr. Kaye Adkins chaired her committee and her other members included Dr. Janice Cools-Stephens and Dr. Mei Zhang of the Department of Communication and Journalism. 

 

Ms. Lund also received the Outstanding Graduate Student Award from the department this year. 

Naftal Naftal submitted a capstone on community engagement and the technical communicator's value in organizations.  His work included instructional documents created for clients, research, and a grant proposal concerning his home country, Mozambique.  Dr. Michael Charlton chaired his committee and his other members included Dr. Kaye Adkins and Dr. Cynthia Jeney.

Congratulations to both students on their achievements!

Grant Writing Workshop

On Saturday, April 6, Dr. Michael Charlton and Dr. Susan Martens conducted a grant writing workshop for area teachers. Thanks to Prairie Lands Writing Project and the MWSU graduate school for their support.

Amy Miller Publishes in TETYC

Instructor Amy Miller has published her article "Let's Talk About Grades" in the March edition of Teaching English in the Two Year College, an NCTE journal of national significance.

Congratulations, Amy!

Faculty Go A-Presentin'

Caroline Whiteman organized a seminar (a group of three panels under a common theme) and gave a paper, "Otakus à la française: Le nouveau japonisme in Contemporary France," at the American Comparative Literature Conference (ACLA) in Washington DC the week before spring break. Juliette Papadopoulos, our French Fulbright from last year, attended as well and presented her paper "Connected Amazonia: The Emergence of Digital Patrimonial Spaces in French Guyana."

The following week, Whiteman gave the paper "Critical Disasters: Xabi Molia's Literary Catastrophes as Social Commentary and Cultural Reflection" at the 20th and 21st Century French and Francophone Studies Colloquium in Oklahoma City.

Marianne Kunkel and Mike Cadden presented at the Association of Writing Professionals (AWP) in late March. Kunkel’s session was “The PushMePullMe of Advising Lit Journals: Publishing While Getting Published.” Cadden’s session was “A Tribute to Ursula K. Le Guin.”

 

Kaye Adkins, Brooksie Kluge, and soon-to-be colleague Jennifer Jackson attended College English Association (CEA) meeting in New Orleans. Adkins’ presentation was “Envisioning Online Classes: What Instructional Design Professionals Can Teach Us.” Ms. Jackson’s presentation was “Individual: FYW DIY: Multimodal Zines for a New Perspective.”

 

Kluge, Jackson, and Adkins

Kay Siebler has a chapter included in the book Strategies for Resisting Sexism in the Academy, edited by Gail Crimmins and published by Palgrave Macmillan Press. Siebler's chapter, "Civic Engagement as Empowerment" focuses on her work getting MWSU students to connect rhetorical analysis, writing, and public/political action