This year marks the retirement of three valued and long-time colleagues in the English Department: Joe DeRoche, David Tutein, and Susan Wall. Each of them has contributed so much to the teaching and learning in the Department, each in a special way. Read more on page 2 of the Spring 2008 English Department Alumni e-Newsletter.
Undergraduate Graduation Party, Thursday, May 1
The Department extends its congratulations to Ph.D. student Cory Grewell for receiving a Dissertation Writing Fellowship for the Summer 2008 semester. The award is sponsored by the Office of the Provost and offers financial support to Ph.D. candidates so they may spend their final semester writing. Cory's dissertation is entitled, “Satiric Servants: The Revival of the Clever Roman Slave in Ben Jonson's Comedies," and his advisor is Professor Kathy Howlett.
Grahame Turner, an undergraduate in Prof. Kathy Howlett's Shakespeare on Film class, presented the paper that he wrote for her class at an undergraduate Shakespeare conference in Worcester in April.
On their website, Writing on the Line - Rhetoric in Boston's Southwest Corridor, Prof. Sullivan's Spring 2008 English Senior Seminar class explores the rhetorical nature of the prose and poetry carved on monuments in Boston's Southwest Corridor. Take the tour by visiting Writing on the Line.
In the Category of Scholarly Writing:
Winner: Elyse Merlo, “Identification and Categorization in People v. Kobe Bryant.” Written for Prof. Britt for Rhetoric of Law in Fall 2007.
Honorable Mention: Emily Lemiska, “Frances Burney’s Evelina.” Written for Prof. Howlett’s Junior/Senior Seminar in Women of Letters in the Long 18th Century in Fall 2007.
In the Category of Creative Writing:
Winner: Jacey Fortin, “Exile.” Written for Prof. Blessington for Fiction Workshop in Spring 2008.
Honorable Mention: Abigail Zorbaugh, “Warmer.” Written for Prof. Bernstein for Creative Writing in Fall 2007.
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