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Tweet of the Week: @iammadisonn

October 14, 2015 by tnwicker

Congratulations @iammadisonn, you’ve won Tweet of the Week. Come to RB 297 to claim your prize. You can find the rest of this week’s Storify here.

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Jennifer Bryan

October 9, 2015 by tnwicker

Dr Jennifer Bryan received her BA in English with minors in Sociology and Political Science from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She received an MFA in fiction from Bowling Green State University and a PhD from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. This semester, she’s teaching four sections of Eng 103. How would you describe yourself as a […]

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The Visiting Writers Series Presents Mark Irwin, October 14th

October 7, 2015 by tnwicker

The English Department’s Visiting Writers Series invites you to an evening with poet Mark Irwin on October 14th at 7:30 PM in Letterman Building 125. Who is Mark Irwin? Mark Irwin is a multiple award-winning (including four Pushcart prizes and fellowships from the Fulbright, Lilly, Wurlitzer Foundations and the National Endowment for the Arts), accomplished […]

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September

October 6, 2015 by tnwicker

In the latest installment of the “Good News” series, the Ball State English department highlights the accomplishments of our faculty and students. Prof. Jill Christman has three essays coming out this month: “The Eleven-Minute Crib Nap” will be released in a new literary anthology about all things baby on Oct. 5th, Oh Baby!: True Stories About […]

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TWEET OF THE WEEK: @TROILYNNE

October 5, 2015 by thereallukebell

Congratulations @troilynne, you’ve won Tweet of the Week. Come to RB 297 to claim your prize. You can find the rest of the Storify here.

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Guest Post: Anna Butler on The Skills No One Recognizes as Skills

October 2, 2015 by tnwicker

For a long, long time, I have been a person who does not know what she wants to be in a society/workforce that is absolutely obsessed with defining people. I am beside myself that the first question well-meaning strangers and distant family alike ask is, “What are you going to do with an English and […]

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Morgan Aprill

September 29, 2015 by tnwicker

Grad School Confidential is a new series featuring students who have made the transition from undergraduate to graduate school. Morgan Aprill, who studied literature as an undergrad, is now a graduate student in the Intensive English Institute here at Ball State University. When I first graduated in May of this year, I didn’t think I’d […]

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TWEET OF THE WEEK: @slaybrielbarr

September 28, 2015 by thereallukebell

Congratulations @slaybrielbarr, you’ve won Tweet of the Week. Come to RB 297 to claim your prize. You can find the rest of the Storify here.

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Michael Begnal

September 25, 2015 by tnwicker

Michael Begnal received his BA from Penn State University, and went on to earn his MFA from North Carolina State University. This semester he is teaching four sections of Eng 103: Rhetoric and Writing. How would you describe yourself as a teacher? I tend to combine a number of different modes, variously employing Socratic seminar-style discussion, […]

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Career Week 2015

September 22, 2015 by tnwicker

Next Monday (9/28) is the start of our annual Career Week, five days of informative sessions, visiting stars to steer by, and future-altering talks that are sure to boost your confidence and further prepare you for the real world. There’s something for everyone, from day one’s session with Professor Day, where she’ll offer an overview of […]

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