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Ellie Fawcett: Creating Social Media Content

September 4, 2018 by Jacket Copy Creative

Ellie Fawcett graduated from Ball State with a BA in English Literature in 2017. In college, she served as a member of the marketing team for the 2015 Digital Literature Review and as a strategic communications intern for Jacket Copy Creative. When we interviewed her for this article, she was working for Englin’s Fine Footwear as […]

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Short Film Corner with Rani: Wasp

August 30, 2018 by Jacket Copy Creative

One of my favorite short films is the Oscar winning 2003 short, Wasp, by British director, Andrea Arnold. Grounded in the style of British Social Realism, Wasp shows a young struggling mother with four young kids. With every bad decision she makes, she is trying to be a good mom. Andrea Arnold started her directing […]

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Allison Tourville: Telling Stories for Vulcan

August 28, 2018 by Jacket Copy Creative

Allison Tourville graduated from Ball State with a BS in History and Geography in 2007, and later received her MA in History in 2011. While Tourville was working on her MA, she worked at the Boys and Girls Club of Noblesville as the Assistant Manager of Athletic Operations. After graduating, she accepted a position as […]

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Mai Kuha: The Year of My Meme

August 21, 2018 by Jacket Copy Creative

Dear reader, I have something to ask you. I am taking the plunge and mentioning Finland, something I have avoided fastidiously for my 18+ years at Ball State so as not to get inaccurately and permanently categorized as being from Finland. If you could refrain from labeling me that way, I would be so thankful. […]

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The hits keep coming: English MVPs

May 8, 2018 by Jacket Copy Creative

Two months of good news means double the accomplishments for our #BSUEnglish faculty, students, and alumni! Please note the actual baseball references below. Faculty Good News On April 20, four English faculty were nominated as BSU Softball’s MVPs (Most Valuable Professors): Adrienne Bliss, Kathryn Ludwig, Katherine Greene, and Brianna Mauk. Prof. Katy Didden won a Junior […]

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Benefits of the English Major: Straight from the Seniors

May 1, 2018 by Jacket Copy Creative

Prof. Emily Rutter shares some of her Senior Seminar students’ reflections on their learning in the English Major. This semester, my English 444 students were asked to write autobiographical essays about their experiences as English majors. As a fitting close to the semester for some and to college for others, we wanted to share a […]

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Remembering Dr. Ruvoli

April 29, 2018 by Jacket Copy Creative

On Friday, March 17, 2018, Dr. JoAnne Ruvoli lost her battle with leukemia, leaving behind many loved ones, and leaving the English department poorer from her loss. I was a new professor at Ball State the same year as JoAnne. We became fast friends; both of us enjoying deep conversation, good books and films, Chicago […]

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What four moms talk about when they talk about “the talk”

April 26, 2018 by Jacket Copy Creative

Prof. Rani Crowe’s new film looks at what happens to a non-traditional family, comprised of four lesbian moms and a 15-year-old daughter, when it comes time to talk about sex. BSU student Tynan Drake reports on the film and Prof. Crowe’s vision of honest, helpful talk for young people on the verge of exploring their sexuality. […]

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Jessica Carducci: Service work, halfway around the world

April 24, 2018 by Jacket Copy Creative

Jessica Carducci graduated from Ball State with a BA in English Studies in 2016. During her time here, she worked on the Broken Plate and the Digital Literature Review, and was the design coordinator for Reacting Out Loud. As an avid hockey fan, Carducci has volunteered as an editor for the Canadian Women’s Hockey League. […]

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Dead Shakespeare Society Reading Friday

April 17, 2018 by Jacket Copy Creative

Three years ago, a small group of undergraduates banded together with me to adapt and reduce Shakespeare’s Macbeth for a performance in celebration of the 400th anniversary of the playwright’s death (April 23, 1616). We joined students from the Spanish Department and Professor Stephen Hesselm as it was also the 400th anniversary of Cervantes’s death. […]

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