The new "Arnie"

Attention all alumni/ae: Others may have the "Oscar," the "Hugo," etc., but we are inaugurating the "Arnie." The Arnie Johnston One Act Play Award is named in honor of the recent retirement of WMU English Department Chair and distinguished playwright Arnie Johnston, who began teaching graduate playwriting at WMU in 1975. For full information, please go HERE.

Darren DeFrain, PhD

Darren DeFrain's new collection of stories, Inside & Out, was just published by Main Street Rag Publishing Company and can be had via the web at http://www.mainstreetrag.com/store/MSRFiction.php . One of the stories in that collection, “Why Oshkosh,” was just nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
After directing the MFA program at Wichita State University last year he's back as Director of the Writing Program. He submitted his tenure file in October and is anxiously awaiting the verdict. "I do hope you and everyone in Kalamazoo are doing well. Please give my best to anyone who might remember me."