Your Guide to English Celebration of Graduates 2018
Please join us for the Department of English Celebration of Graduates Friday, May 11, 2018 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Elvehjem Museum 800 University Avenue (in the Chazen Museum on UW campus) The venue …
March 27, 2018English and Business: The BEST of Both Worlds
How can English majors help solve problems in the real world? When alumni Chris Houben (then a senior) signed up for the BEST Challenge, he wasn’t quite sure. “I jumped into the cold water not knowing …
December 5, 2017Announcing the Global Black Studies Fundraising Initiative
UW English is kicking off a fundraising initiative to fortify future excellence in teaching and research. The College of Letters and Science has authorized three new faculty positions to form a center of research and …
December 5, 2017Discussion Section 101: Why We Talk about Books
The Board of Visitor’s discussion group takes us back to the seminar room. “What is it like to read a book written by a dying person?” Talk about an icebreaker. This question initiated this autumn’s …
December 5, 2017Mentors Light the Way for English Majors
Emily Klode is an English major who dreams about becoming a lawyer. Pat Brady is a lawyer who majored in English. We asked Pat and Emily to talk about their mentoring relationship, and to reflect …
December 5, 2017A Conversation with Angela Ramos, 2017 Winner of the Urish Prize
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 …
December 5, 2017First GEMs Shine in the English Department
“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 …
December 5, 2017Four Must-Reads by Creative Writing Alumni
You’ve seen them on Late Night with Seth Meyers, read about them in The Nation, and perused their work in bookshops nationwide. But did you know that these four writers also spent time with Madison’s creative …
December 5, 2017Emerita: A Fond Farewell to Susan Bernstein
Professor Susan Bernstein retired from the UW-English faculty in Spring 2017 after devoting 28 years of service to the department as a teacher, advisor, and administrator. She departed from Madison and headed to Boston University to …
December 5, 2017Detectives on the Net: UW’s First Online English Lecture Course
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 …
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