Last fall, English Department senior, Stuart Deets, completed a final project for Professor Caroline Gottschalk Druschke‘s “Writing Rivers” course (a section of English 245). Stuart’s project involved taking photos of Madison lakes, developing them in water from those lakes, and posting the photos in an exhibit at the Center for Limnology‘s Hasler Lab, as well …
A passion for literature and writing as well as a desire to share this passion through teaching—this is what is looked for in the recipient of the Dorothy Classen Urish Scholarship. This scholarship was created in 2013 by Jack Urish (BS ’70 English) in honor of his mother, who taught English and Latin in Paw …
“Wow, we’re here. We’re here, that’s significant.” According to UW junior Alexandra Pleasant, this realization sparked the creation of a new undergraduate group in the English department. First GEMs (the brilliant acronym for “First-Generation English Majors”) is a group for English majors who are the first in their families to attend college. Founded by Alexandra …
For the last two summers, UW undergraduates have had the opportunity to delve into the sometimes seamy world of stolen letters, government conspiracy, drug trafficking, and murder from the safety and comfort of their own apartments. English 142: Mystery and Crime Fiction is the English department’s first fully online lecture course. Both summers, students read …