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  • First Friday Series: Jeff Grabill & Bill Hart-Davidson
    April 18, 2012 by

    The Writing Program’s First Friday Series returns with April’s installment featuring Jeff Grabill and Bill Hart-Davidson. In this free event, Grabill and Hart-Davidson will discuss Eli: a revolutionary web service which supports peer review activity. Be sure to join us at 10 AM on April 20 in BC 129 for this exciting and informative event.

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  • Gala Winners’ Profile: Joseph Samaniego
    April 12, 2012 by

    Tuesday evening, the Writers’ Community hosted their annual Gala Winners’ Reading featuring Ashely Ford and Joseph Samaniego. In honor of this reading we invited each winner to provide a short interview and profile. You can read Ashley’s profile interview here, and continue reading below to see our next feature on winner Joseph Samaniego.

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  • Gala Winners’ Profile: Ashley Ford
    April 10, 2012 by

    Each year, the Writers’ Community hosts a Gala in which twenty Ball State undergraduates from all disciplines read their works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. The Gala is a competition which produces three winners chosen by judges made up of Ball State creative writing faculty. We congratulate Thomas Dubach, Ashley Ford, and Joseph Samaniego on […]

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  • Flash Mobs: Eng 104 as a Mini-Immersive Learning Class
    March 23, 2012 by

    Many of Ball State’s unique educational opportunities are based in immersive learning. Unfortunately, many classes are not given this exciting and innovative learning atmosphere for a variety of reasons. English 104 has largely been among these classes until recently when English Professor Adrienne Bliss stumbled upon a radio broadcast which was the inspiration for a whole […]

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  • In Print VII Interview: Glenn Shaheen, Poet
    March 16, 2012 by

    Our next In Print Festival interview is with poet, Glenn Shaheen. Shaheen was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In high school he was set on fire, which is the only time he has ever punched someone in anger. He is a former nonfiction editor for Gulf Coast and presently edits the journal NANO Fiction. His work has […]

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  • First Friday Series: Harry Denny
    February 28, 2012 by

    This week, March and Spring Break begin with the Writing Program’s next installment of the First Friday Series. On March 2nd, Harry Denny of St. John’s University,  will visit Ball State via video conference to give his talk, “Of Sticks and Stones, Words that Wound, and Actions Speaking Louder: Contesting Academic Bullying at the Intersection […]

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  • Book Talking? A New Spin on the Book Report
    February 6, 2012 by

    Today’s guest post, written by current English student Amanda Drozd, discusses a recent class project she created which gave a new spin to the traditional book report: book talking. The project explored the possibilities of incorporating technology into more and more facets of education. See Amanda’s full post below.

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