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  • Immersive Learning Opportunity: Makerspaces
    February 12, 2019 by

    Are you interested in collaborative work and local history? Professor Laura Romano is instructing a semester-long immersive learning course about makerspaces and their value in cities in the wake of an industrial decline. Makerspaces are collaborative, community spaces that extend typically inaccessible resources to a larger population.

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  • #bsuenglishworks: What’s in a Degree?
    February 12, 2019 by

    By Marisa Sloan Welcome back to our careers class, English majors! So now that we’ve established that you need to find what you want from a career rather than mold yourself into one, it’s time to address the obstacles to finding that fulfillment. There is no linear path Whether you’re relatively early in your college career […]

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  • #BSUEnglish and the Meaning of Life
    February 8, 2019 by

    We’re back with another Retweet Rapport! We’re talking about our faculty and students successes, and the power of English majors. Stay tuned for who won Tweet of the Week! Let’s start with successes! Agreed. Such great people. We @bsuenglish are lucky. https://t.co/rEoyGXwmok — Jill Christman (@jill_christman) February 7, 2019 Kinda geeking out at the CADMA […]

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  • Sigma Tau Delta is Going to St. Louis, and More!
    February 5, 2019 by

    This January was full of good news–from films and festivals to Sigma Tau Delta saving for St. Louis. Read on to learn more. Faculty Prof. Emily Ruth Rutter was awarded the John Coates Next Generation Award for her book Invisible Ball of Dreams: Literary Representations of Baseball behind the Color Line (University of Mississippi Press, […]

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  • #BSUEnglish and the Week of Hygge
    February 1, 2019 by

    We’re back with another Retweet Rapport! Take a look at what we talked about during #hyggeweek and see who won the #bsuenglish Tweet of the Week! But first let’s celebrate some “Yay!” moments! Got to see my name on the screen in RB (2nd floor) for english department members on the dean’s list ☺ #bsuenglish […]

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  • Ball State Centennial Poem Contest
    January 31, 2019 by

    Calling all Ball State Poets, Wordsmiths, and Performance Artists! On the occasion of Ball State’s 100th Anniversary, the creative writing program is seeking a commemorative poem that honors Ball State’s history and celebrates its future. The winning poet will be published in the Spring-Summer 2019 issue of Ball State Magazine. Creative writing faculty will judge the […]

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  • So the Story Goes: A Conference for Future Educators
    January 29, 2019 by

    For the first time ever, a committee of Ball State’s English Education Club is organizing a one-day conference. They want to foster professional development not just within their own program, but all secondary education programs at Ball State. So the Story Goes: A Conference for Future Educators will take place on Saturday, February 9, 2019 from […]

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  • #BSUEnglish and the Misinformed Masses
    January 25, 2019 by

    Welcome back to our new feature Retweet Rapport! Grab a warm drink, get comfortable, and dive right in to this week’s tweets. We began the week by asking you about the assumptions surrounding English majors. What assumptions do you get when you say you’re an English major? The good news is you’re not alone: https://t.co/GAD4SpF3YU […]

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  • #bsuenglishworks: Welcome to the Class
    January 24, 2019 by

    by Dino Ljubijankic Wanna watch a horror movie, English majors?        80% of jobs are found through networking.        Upwards of 70% of jobs are not advertised.        The odds of landing a job by sending in a resume are 1 in 152. The odds of landing a job through a referral are 1 in 16. As it […]

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