Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Three English Alumni Publish

Dennis Hinrichsen (1975), winner of the FIELD Poetry Prize, 2008 (Kurosawa's Dog)

David James (1977), publishing his second book after a 25 year hiatus (She Dances Like Mussolini, March Street Press)

Marc Sheehan (1977), winner of the Ashland Poetry Prize for 2008 (Vengeful Hymns, Ashland Univ. Press)

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Party for Arnie

Dear All,

On behalf of the faculty and staff of the English Department, I would like to invite all of you to attend a retirement party honoring Arnie Johnston, since July 2008 Professor and Chair Emeritus after 42 (!) years of service to Western. Please join us and spread the word. All of Arnie's friends, students, staff, collaborators, and colleagues are invited. The event will take place on Tuesday, April 21, from 5-9:00 pm in the Lee Honors College Lounge.

All best,
Richard

Monday, April 13, 2009

Lisa Eckert becomes Director of Yellowstone Writing Project

Former Ph.D. student, Lisa Eckert, is now director of a new National Writing Project site at Montana State University. Lisa was originally a high school teacher at Gull Lake, and wrote an award-winning NCTE article for the English Journal that grew out of a paper she did for Larry Syndergaard. She also worked as a summer grad assistant for the Third Coast Writing Project..