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<span style="font-size: large;">Master of Applied Arts in Written Communication, Writing Studies</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">-Elisabeth Alkier</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bachelor of Arts, English</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">-Clarissa Jean Blakely</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">-Jordan E. Chambers</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">-Jay Robert Fude</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">-Lora Kay Kroush</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">-Jilian Jiumei Whitehead</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bachelor of Arts, Modern Languages</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">-Eduardo Rafael Cruz</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">-Kalyn Elizabeth Smith</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bachelor of Science in Education, English</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">-Katelyn Marie Maley</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bachelor of Science in Education, Spanish</span><br />
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Congratulations to the EML outstanding graduates and award recipients for 2019-2020. Thank you to everyone for joining our ceremony on Zoom.</div>
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Certificate of Recognition for serving as Editor-in-Chief of Reach, MWSU's literary and arts journal: Lora Kroush</div>
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Outstanding Graduate in Creative Writing and Publishing: Caitlin Dillon </div>
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Outstanding Graduate in Spanish: Kalyn Smith </div>
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Outstanding Graduate in French: Jazmin Rivera </div>
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Outstanding Graduate in Technical Communication: Jay Fude </div>
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Outstanding Graduate in Literary Studies: Jordan Chambers </div>
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Outstanding Graduate in English Education: Kate Maley </div>
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Robert J. Greef Award for MWSU's Outstanding English Education Graduate: Tiffany Rice </div>
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Certificate of Post-Baccalaureate English Teacher Certification: Michael Cullinane </div>
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Outstanding Graduate Student: Elisabeth Alkier</div>
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EFLJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06436735515869542819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424214643329162813.post-37242413391702678062020-04-24T12:12:00.000-05:002020-04-24T12:12:42.116-05:00Cadden Publishes Book on Young Adult Literature<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jzSurgVLc7E/XqMdnDuAySI/AAAAAAAAExM/-01_WCPOzzEr4NQWfRMV8K89vIIwxwhhwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Teaching%2BYoung%2BAdult%2BLiterature%2Bcover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="934" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jzSurgVLc7E/XqMdnDuAySI/AAAAAAAAExM/-01_WCPOzzEr4NQWfRMV8K89vIIwxwhhwCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/Teaching%2BYoung%2BAdult%2BLiterature%2Bcover.jpg" width="266" /></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dr. Mike Cadden, professor of English, is one of the editors of a collection of essays in the Modern Language Association series "Options in Teaching," </span><a href="https://www.mla.org/Publications/Bookstore/Options-for-Teaching/Teaching-Young-Adult-Literature" target="_blank"><em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Teaching Young Adult Literature</span></em></a><em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. </span></em></span><br />
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EFLJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06436735515869542819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424214643329162813.post-46325993687294622852020-03-31T17:45:00.001-05:002020-03-31T17:45:18.522-05:00Alkier Defends MAA ProjectToday Ms. Elisabeth Alkier defended her capstone portfolio: "The Teacher as Writer: Mentor Texts and Shared Experiences in the Writing Classroom." The work provides research behind, pedagogical rationale for, and course plans exhibiting the theory of imitation and use of mentor texts in the teaching of writing in the middle school. <br />
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The occasion introduced a first in our pandemic age: a zoom defense. Elisabeth met with her committee (Dr. Susan Martens, Dr. Mike Cadden, Ms. Dawn Terrick) to answer questions and explain her work. In virtual attendance were also Dr. Michael Charlton (EML's graduate director) and Dr. Susan Bashinski (MWSU dean of the graduate school).<br />
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Congratulations to Elisabeth for completing her Master of Applied Arts in Written Communication with a focus in writing studies!<br />
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<br />EFLJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06436735515869542819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424214643329162813.post-68698586645544650632020-03-27T09:18:00.001-05:002020-03-31T10:36:51.845-05:00Spanish Faculty Reach Out to Public Schools<div>
On March 3rd, Drs. Rocío Moir<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ó</span>n and Daniel Gilden accompanied six MWSU Modern Language students to Spring Garden Middle School in St. Joseph for the entire morning. "The idea was to promote the study of foreign languages and bilingualism by partnering with the Spanish classes and especially the ESOL classes where many of the students speak Spanish at home, as well as indigenous languages from Central America," Dr. Gilden explained." We shared ideas about languages, college readiness, and got to know each other a little better. MWSU had a wonderful opportunity to put their language skills in practice with native speakers!"</div>
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The two faculty also <span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">spent a day promoting languages at Park Hill School in Kansas City on Feb. 18th. </span> </div>
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<span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The essay was composed during last year’s New Orleans Writing Marathon Retreat where she served as a retreat leader at the invitation of the Southeastern Louisiana Writing Project.</span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 17.12px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Congratulations, Dr. Martens!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">On Thursday, March 5, 2020, the Prairie Lands Writing Project hosted High School Writing Day, an annual gathering of students for a morning of writing activities and workshops with an open mic reading held after lunch. This year, 125 students from ten area schools attended, accompanied by fourteen high school teachers. PLWP Co-Director and the EML department’s Dual Credit Liaison, Amy Miller, coordinated the event. Poet t.l.Sanders, a PLWP Teacher Consultant and spoken word performer (Frontier Schools, KC) served as emcee. Opening session speakers included MWSU’s President, Dr. Matt Wilson, as well as Dr. Bill Church and PLWP Director Dr. Susan Martens.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Workshop sessions for the students, led by MWSU faculty members and area high school teachers, ranged in topics from poetry and fiction to zine-writing, journalism, and technical communication. Our workshop leaders this year were Ms. Jenny Jackson, Dr. Bill Church, Ms. Alyssa Striplin, Ms. Vickey Meyer, Dr. Kaye Adkins, Dr. Janice Cools Stephens, Mr. Meredith Katchen, Ms. Misty Burright, Mr. Daniel Gilden, Ms. Kelly Lock-McMillen, and Dr. James Carviou.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">MWSU English majors also assisted with the event by serving as campus guides, assisting the emcee, and supporting student readers at the Open Mic. Volunteers this year were English education majors Al’Eysha Byrd, Tommy Stewart, Toni Cooper, and Aaron Siefers who were joined by Creative Writing and Publishing majors Matthew Ball, Leila Collins, Anne Davies, Rachael Drenckpohl, and Gwen Lock.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Several PLWP Teacher Consultants presented workshop sessions at Missouri’s annual conference for English teachers, Write to Learn, held at the Tan Tar A Conference Center in Osage Beach on Feb. 27-29. Presenters included Diane Mora (Central High School, KC), Kelly Lock-McMillen (MWSU), Blake Thorne (Grain Valley), Rachel Daniels (Lathrop), and Amanda Collier (Buchanan Co. R-IV). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Assisting with the conference’s Scholastic Writing Awards Ceremony for Missouri high school students was PLWP Director, Dr. Susan Martens, Co-Directors Josie Clark and Elisabeth Alkier (Bode Middle School, SJSD), and Elizabeth Hoskins (Bode Middle School).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">English Education Graduates. Tiffany was honored on Feb. 28 by the Missouri Council of Teachers of English at the Write to Learn Conference, which she attended with her mother, Carol Rice, and one of her professors, Dr. Susan Martens.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Tiffany grew up in Smithville, Missouri. The daughter of Adam and Carol Rice, she graduated from Smithville High School, then graduated cum laude from Missouri Western State University this past December. She was a volunteer at the Prairie Lands Writing Project’s annual High School Writing Day where she assisted high school students attending writing workshops on campus. She served as a workshop leader in MWSU’s developmental writing program and supported young writers in a blogging partnership with Bode Middle School in Saint Joseph. She is currently substitute teaching and planning for graduate coursework this summer with the Prairie Lands Writing Project while she prepares to seek a fulltime high school ELA position for the coming school year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Crawford enlisted in the U.S. Army in 2014, attended Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson, S.C. and went on to the Defense Information School at Fort Meade, Maryland to earn her military occupational specialty.</span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><br />Since July 2016, she has worked full-time for the Nebraska National Guard’s State Public Affairs Office as a public affairs specialist. In 2017 she supported Hurricane Irma relief operations in Florida and was named National Guard Bureau’s Outstanding New Writer. In March 2019, she helped manage and provide public affairs support for the rescue response, relief and recovery operations following historic flooding across Nebraska, resulting in multiple video and print products being shared across every major national news outlets.</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Student Nikki Groom has published her poem "What My Mother Doesn't Know" in the <em><a href="https://issuu.com/tulanereview" target="_blank">Tulane Review</a></em>, the publication of the Tulane University Literary Society. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Speaking of Louisiana, Nikki will be transferring to Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA to finish her undergraduate studies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Congratulations on both, Nikki. Show them what a Griffon can do among LSU Tigers!</span></div>
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Alumni Ken and son Brent Rosenauer are the new publishers and editors of <i>The Savannah Reporter</i>. Read all about their plans for the newspaper in the <span id="goog_125613875"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/u/2/goog_125613874"><i>St. Joseph News-Press</i>. <span id="goog_125613876"></span></a><br />
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EFLJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06436735515869542819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424214643329162813.post-78400705286102780292019-12-14T15:51:00.000-06:002019-12-14T16:05:39.920-06:00Winter Commencement 2019<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Damon Xavier Albertson, BS Technical Communication</div>
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Eduardo Rafael Cruz, BA, Modern Languages</div>
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Brooke Michelle Howe, BSE English Education</div>
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Stefanie Elizabeth Lowe, Post Baccalaureate Certificate in the Technical Communication</div>
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Diana Marie Mora, Post Baccalaureate Certificate in the Teaching of Writing</div>
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Hannah Elizabeth Mullins, BA English</div>
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Tiffany Nicole Rice, BSE English Education</div>
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Jazmin Valencia Rivera, BA Modern Languages</div>
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Nayeli Elizabeth Romo, BA Modern Languages</div>
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EFLJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06436735515869542819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424214643329162813.post-82304150330371550612019-12-08T14:40:00.003-06:002019-12-08T14:48:35.687-06:00EML Represents at Midwest Modern Language Association meeting 2019<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline; float: none; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Three EML faculty members and two students represented our department at the Midwest Modern Language Association convention this year, held in Chicago. </span><br />
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EFLJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06436735515869542819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424214643329162813.post-73271293651431415232019-12-08T00:42:00.003-06:002019-12-08T00:42:55.658-06:00Alyssa Striplin Spills the Tea about Godzilla<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Instructor of English Alyssa Striplin gave her lecture "Godzilla: King of the Metaphors" at East Hills Library today. The talk is part of the series "Pop Talks," a collaboration between the St. Joseph Public Library and the Department of English and Modern Languages that interprets popular culture issues for the community. <br />
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EFLJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06436735515869542819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424214643329162813.post-85623144817612056862019-11-30T17:05:00.001-06:002019-11-30T17:05:09.739-06:00Reach Open Mic a Big Success<div>
On Nov. 21, 2019,<span> </span><i>Reach</i> (MWSU's literary and arts journal sponsored by our English and Modern Languages department) hosted its last open mic for the fall semester. More than 60 people gathered in Mokaska Coffee shop on a cold night to hear the poetic, prosaic, and musical gifts of MWSU students and faculty and local authors. Clarissa Blakely, an English major, MC'd this monthly event, called "Reach 4 the Mic." </div>
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Following the open mic was a launch for an ENG 395 student project by Janae Boykins: a zine called<span> </span><i>Flavor</i> featuring all African-American writers and artists. Janae spoke about making her project, and then cut a cake celebrating<span> </span><i>Flavor<span> </span></i>and led the crowd in a few readings out of<span> </span><i>Flavor</i>. </div>
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EFLJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06436735515869542819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424214643329162813.post-67274541695869472202019-10-30T11:20:00.002-05:002019-10-30T16:52:33.942-05:00Tiniest Haunted House--A Crypt for Poetry and Cider<br />
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The 2019 edition of the Tiniest Haunted House was found in Murphy Hall on October 30 and 31. Students, staff, and faculty were treated to cider and scary poems as they rode up and down the Murphy Hall elevator. <br />
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EFLJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06436735515869542819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424214643329162813.post-4510332743653920542019-10-26T17:56:00.003-05:002019-10-27T11:56:12.214-05:00Dawn Terrick Gives Dracula Lecture<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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EFLJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06436735515869542819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424214643329162813.post-70715784938128385392019-10-23T09:46:00.001-05:002019-10-23T09:46:07.953-05:00Professor Charlton publishes two chapters<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dr. Michael Charlton, professor of English, has recently published chapters in two different books. His essay "The Bunker Horror Film" appears in the collection <em><a href="https://vernonpress.com/book/807" target="_blank">The Spaces and Places of Horror</a></em>, edited by Francesco Pascuzzi and Sandra Waters and published by Vernon Press. His essay "Dumbo and the Circus of Childhood" appears in the collection <em><a href="https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/the-big-top-on-the-big-screen/" target="_blank">Big Top on the Big Screen: Explorations of the Circus in Film</a></em>, edited by Teresa Cutler-Broyles and published by McFarland Press. <br />
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EFLJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06436735515869542819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424214643329162813.post-2867048385612986452019-10-15T14:36:00.004-05:002019-10-15T14:36:42.715-05:00Dr. Kaye Adkins Receives Major Professional Award<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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EFLJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06436735515869542819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424214643329162813.post-3911829705822830072019-09-26T21:32:00.000-05:002019-09-26T21:36:48.961-05:0023rd Annual Reading of Banned and Challenged Books<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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EFLJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06436735515869542819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2424214643329162813.post-16988573829497136592019-09-19T21:41:00.002-05:002019-09-19T21:42:44.862-05:00Kelly Lock McMillen to Work on MA in Nonfiction<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6Ps4GGJNic8/XYQ8O6FEYxI/AAAAAAAAEmc/fEgnANx_JbQWZpy4HsE7tqvti6DGTcn0wCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Kelly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="960" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6Ps4GGJNic8/XYQ8O6FEYxI/AAAAAAAAEmc/fEgnANx_JbQWZpy4HsE7tqvti6DGTcn0wCLcBGAsYHQ/s200/Kelly.jpg" width="200" /></a>Instructor and alumna Kelly Lock McMillen has been accepted into the Johns Hopkins University Masters of <br />
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Arts program in Creative Nonfiction. Kelly will be working on the program online as she teaches at Missouri Western. Kelly looks forward to instruction and feedback on her writing and plans to use this as a springboard to more publishing. Kelly teaches an online course on creative nonfiction through the Prairie Lands Writing Project. <br />
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