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  • Dr. Sharon Lynette Jones: Angela Davis and the Power of Protest
    March 14, 2019 by

    In honor of Women’s History Month, African-American studies scholar Dr. Sharon Lynette Jones will visit Ball State University on Tuesday, March 19 from 5-6pm in the Letterman Building (LB) 125. Dr. Sharon Lynette Jones will share her current research on renowned scholar Angela Davis through her presentation,“Angela Davis and the Power of Protest: Exploring the […]

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  • 100 Years of #BSUEnglish
    February 26, 2019 by

    By Cathy Day If Ball State is celebrating its 100th birthday, then so is the English department. We’ve been here from the beginning. The story of #bsuenglish is a microcosm of the story of the humanities in higher education. To tell that story, I spent a day digging around the Digital Media Repository at the […]

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  • Immersive Learning Opportunity: Makerspaces
    February 12, 2019 by

    Are you interested in collaborative work and local history? Professor Laura Romano is instructing a semester-long immersive learning course about makerspaces and their value in cities in the wake of an industrial decline. Makerspaces are collaborative, community spaces that extend typically inaccessible resources to a larger population.

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  • #bsuenglishworks: What’s in a Degree?
    February 12, 2019 by

    By Marisa Sloan Welcome back to our careers class, English majors! So now that we’ve established that you need to find what you want from a career rather than mold yourself into one, it’s time to address the obstacles to finding that fulfillment. There is no linear path Whether you’re relatively early in your college career […]

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  • Ball State Centennial Poem Contest
    January 31, 2019 by

    Calling all Ball State Poets, Wordsmiths, and Performance Artists! On the occasion of Ball State’s 100th Anniversary, the creative writing program is seeking a commemorative poem that honors Ball State’s history and celebrates its future. The winning poet will be published in the Spring-Summer 2019 issue of Ball State Magazine. Creative writing faculty will judge the […]

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  • So the Story Goes: A Conference for Future Educators
    January 29, 2019 by

    For the first time ever, a committee of Ball State’s English Education Club is organizing a one-day conference. They want to foster professional development not just within their own program, but all secondary education programs at Ball State. So the Story Goes: A Conference for Future Educators will take place on Saturday, February 9, 2019 from […]

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  • #bsuenglishworks: Welcome to the Class
    January 24, 2019 by

    by Dino Ljubijankic Wanna watch a horror movie, English majors?        80% of jobs are found through networking.        Upwards of 70% of jobs are not advertised.        The odds of landing a job by sending in a resume are 1 in 152. The odds of landing a job through a referral are 1 in 16. As it […]

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  • Come to Our Career Class: #bsuenglishworks
    January 15, 2019 by

    This semester, Prof. Cathy Day is teaching a special topics course entitled “Careers for English Majors.” Even if you’re not in the course, you can come to hear guest speakers and other presentations billed as “open sessions.” Undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty in the English department are all welcome. Freelance Editor Gretchen Stelter, “Making Books […]

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