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Narrative installation ‘Lost in the Woods’ taps into art, writing students’ talents
A steady flow of students and other visitors toured an interdisciplinary immersive narrative installation, created by SUNY Fredonia students enrolled in writing and art courses, on an unusually warm December afternoon.
Cuthbert short story earns ‘Honorable Mention’ in writers contest
"The Six O'Clock House," a speculative short story written by Department of English Lecturer Rebecca Cuthbert, earned Honorable Mention in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest, 3rd Quarter.
President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning lecture slated for Dec. 1
Dr. Ann Siegle Drege will present the lecture on Dec. 1, “Engagement through Active Learning” as the 2020 recipient of the President’s Award for Teaching and Learning.
McRae's work on gender, digital culture featured in NeON Digital Arts Festival
NEoN, a charitable arts organization based in Dundee, Scotland, commissioned Department of English Professor Shannon McRae to write an exhibition piece for their digital reading room addressing the year's Digital Arts Festival theme of “Wired Women.”
Cuthbert has poem published in Memoryhouse Magazine
Department of English Adjunct Lecturer Rebecca Cuthbert had her poem, "In Memory of Exoskeletons," published in the Memoryhouse Magazine's "Albeit" issue.
Award-winning author of ‘Amphibians,’ Lara Tupper, to give craft talk, reading
Lara Tupper, whose short-story collection “Amphibians” was a Leapfrog Global Fiction Prize winner, will present a virtual craft talk on Wednesday, Sept. 29, and a virtual fiction reading on Thursday, Sept. 30, as part of the Mary Louise White Visiting Writers Series.
Cuthbert’s short story a finalist for New Millennium Writings Award
Rebecca Cuthbert, an adjunct lecturer in the Department of English, was named a finalist for her short story, "Joiner," in the 51st New Millennium Writings Awards competition.
Writing courses take center stage in reimagined minors
The Department of English and Registrar's Office have created a new prefix for all writing courses: WRTG. The department has also revised its Creative Writing minor, and reorganized the Writing and Rhetoric minor as a minor in Professional Writing.
Vanwesenbeeck delivers paper at ACLA conference
Department of English Professor Birger Vanwesenbeeck presented a scholarly paper at the annual convention of the American Comparative Literature Association.
‘Be the Change’ is message Fredonia alumni will convey at Writers@Work series
Alumni – each of whom has become a changemaker in their respective career field – will speak at a virtual residency in the Writers @ Work Young Alumni Changemakers series.