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Digest: What’s happening September 29-October 5

September 26, 2014 by beccakathleen

Welcome to the English department digest. Published on Fridays, the digest provides a comprehensive list of events for the upcoming week. If you need to look further ahead, be sure to check out our calendar. Week of September 29-October 5 Monday, September 29th Excellence In Leadership presents Sheryl WuDunn, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, who will […]

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New Faculty Profile of Lupe Linares

September 22, 2014 by Cathy Day

Here’s a small-world story: the first time Professor Cathy Day met new faculty member Dr. Lupe Linares, she asked, “So, where are you from?” “Oh, this little town near Gettysburg you’ve probably never heard of.” Prof. Day said, “I lived for a few years in this tiny town called Gardners, Pennsylvania.” There was a pause. […]

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Digest: What’s Happening September 22-28

September 19, 2014 by beccakathleen

Welcome to our first-ever installment of the English department digest. Published on Fridays, the digest is a list of what’s happening in Robert Bell in the week ahead. If you need to look farther ahead, be sure to check out our calendar. Week of September 22-28 Wednesday, September 24 Author, poet, and publisher Joyelle McSweeney […]

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Why don’t more English Majors go to the Job Fair?

September 18, 2014 by Cathy Day

[polldaddy poll=8316686] On Wednesday, September 17, the Ball State Career Center hosted the Cardinal Job Fair at Worthen Arena. 143 employers were on campus. Did you go? And if not, why is that? What do employers want? We spoke with a few English majors who said that, after taking a look at this Employee […]

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The Visiting Writers Series presents Joyelle McSweeney on Sept. 24

September 17, 2014 by beccakathleen

The English Department’s Visiting Writers Series invites you to an evening with poet, playwright, and publisher Joyelle McSweeney on September 24th at 7:30 PM in Bracken Library 104. Who is Joyelle McSweeney? Poet, novelist, publisher, and critic Joyelle McSweeney explores the way that writing is impacted by and transcends genre, language, and medium. What does […]

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Save the Date! Use our calendars!

September 16, 2014 by Cathy Day

Fun Fact: the English department at Ball State is as large as small college. Lots of faculty. Lots of students. This is great, really, except that it’s hard to know what the heck is going on sometimes.
So, we’ve created new external and internal calendars.

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New Faculty Profile of Silas Hansen

September 15, 2014 by beccakathleen

To begin the week, Ball State English brings you the first installment in the new faculty profile series. Be sure to check out past profiles, which include but are not limited to Prof. Susanna Benko and Prof. John King. Meet Silas Hansen, one of our newest assistant professors of English. Born and raised in western New […]

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“What do you write about?”: Brian Morrison on the origin of Take 3

September 12, 2014 by beccakathleen

The faculty in the English Department belong to one of five subareas: Literature Creative Writing Rhetoric and Composition Linguistics English Education What’s the difference between all those areas? Do you sometimes wonder what your professors are working on when they aren’t teaching? If so, you might be interested in the Take 3 Faculty Lecture Series, a […]

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Brianne Nickel: English Majors Will Dominate The World

September 8, 2014 by Cathy Day

Each week, we give you a “star to steer by.” What’s that? An alum whose story might give you some idea about what comes next. Here is an archive of all our “Life after BSU” posts. This week, our star is Brianne Nickel, who graduated from Ball State in 2007 with a degree in Creative […]

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Graduate School + You

September 3, 2014 by Cathy Day

Ball State’s Graduate School + You webinar will be held on September 10, 2014, at 12 p.m. or 4 p.m. EST. To register for the online information session, follow this link. Graduate School + You will help you explore if graduate school is right for your future. The free online informational session will: Let you […]

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