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  • Author Ira Sukrungruang to Visit Ball State
    November 8, 2017 by

    Author Ira Sukrungruang will be visiting Ball State University on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at 8:00 p.m., Arts and Journalism Building (AJ) 225, and it is free and open to the public. Ira will be making two classroom visits to discuss his work in creative nonfiction and poetry. These visits are also free and open […]

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  • Winners announced at revamped PCM / UES conferences
    November 5, 2017 by

    The Practical Criticism Midwest (PCM) and Undergraduate English Studies (UES) Conferences, October 13, were attended by over 85 students, faculty, and guests. The graduate students have run PCM in the past, but this year, we added the undergraduate student conference to it, and also opened up the conference to participants outside BSU English. We welcomed […]

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  • Register for Book Arts Collaborative!
    October 24, 2017 by

    Looking for another class to add to your schedule for Spring Semester that isn’t just another lecture? We have just the class for you. Book Arts Collaborative is an immersive-learning experience that is also student-managed business. What do students in Book Arts Collaborative do? Participants professionalize skills through a variety of hands-on learning and management […]

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  • Immerse yourself
    October 22, 2017 by

    by Erin Moreno Registration for Spring 2018 is almost here, and I want to tell you why you really, really need to sign up for an immersive-learning class. ORIGIN STORY My sophomore year,  I signed up for a 15-credit hour immersive-learning experience taught by a Religious Studies faculty member. I was an English Education major, […]

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  • This year you’re gonna do it!
    October 17, 2017 by

    50,000 words. One month. NaNoWriMo. Have you ever wanted to write a novel but weren’t sure how to get started? Have you ever been so overwhelmed by the thought of writing a novel that you don’t start? Do you have ideas floating around in your head, but you’re not sure how to piece them together? […]

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  • The “Grand” Challenge of Dublin
    October 10, 2017 by

    by Amanda Belcher How I Got to Ireland Last year, I was in a Shakespeare class when a girl named Hayley came to talk about the opportunity to travel with a program called CAPA to Ireland the following summer. Having strong Irish heritage on both sides of my family, I’d heard so many stories about […]

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