College of Arts and Sciences

in this issue Past Faculty: Sarah Field Barrow/Faculty Notes/Dinner with Professor Orlemanski/Alumni News/ Writers Resource Center Workshops   Faculty of the Past Sarah Field Barrow b. 21 October 1877 in Mississippi d. 1 May 1956 in Memphis, Tennessee Sarah Field Barrow earned her Ph.B. at the University of Chicago in 1900, and then went on to...

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in this issue Letter from the Chair/Faculty Notes/Past Faculty: Mary Esson Reid/Alumni News/Book Beetle/Fall 2017 Colloquia Letter from the Chair Dear Friends of English, Since I addressed you last year in this column, there has been, considerable volatility in our nation. But at least in our academic patch here at CWRU, conditions have...

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in this issue Post Retirement Life/Faculty Notes/Writing Program Awards/Alumni News/Past Faculty:Lyon Norman Richardson/Graduation 2017 Post Retirement Life by Judith Oster When Mary Grimm asked me to write “about post retirement life—teaching and living in another country,” flattered though I was, something in her request sounded a strange note and I soon...

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in this issue Postgrad:LA/Faculty Notes/Faculty Spotlight/Alumni News/Past Faculty: Oliver Farrar Emerson/Schedule of Events Postgrad in the Entertainment Industry by Samantha Flinn The year 2009 was probably the worst time for any college senior to graduate and enter the workforce. The U.S. economy was still in the throes of financial collapse and the job...

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in this issue Carlisle Interview/Faculty Notes/Ongoing Projects: Iris Dunkle/Past Faculty: Katherine Harriet Porter/Alumni News/Thank You/ Interview with Anne Carlisle ('73) A published novelist and journalist, Dr. Anne Carlisle is a full professor at the University of Maryland (UMUC), where she teaches online writing courses worldwide to U.S. military students. She also teaches...

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in this issue Letter from the Chair/Faculty Notes/Writers House/Past Faculty: Eleanor Thomas/Summer Project: Wiehl/Alumni News/Rare Book School/Project Narrative Letter from the Chair Dear Friends of English, We have been busy. 2015-16 turned out to be a period of significant transition for the English Department. The one-million-dollar renovation of Guilford House is perhaps the...

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