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April to December: Approaching Professor William Siebenschuh’s Retirement, with Prelude & Coda

April 4, 2019

by John Orlock Prelude: February, 2018. Late afternoon. The door to my Clark Hall office is open. From the classroom across the hall, I hear the jovial, energetic voice of Professor William Siebenschuh as he holds forth on Canterbury Tales before his undergraduate English class, introducing them to the wit...

Department of English Newsletter: September 2018

February 22, 2019

in this issue Letter from the Chair/ Faculty: Bob Wallace and Bits Press/Faculty Notes/Books@Work/Alumni News/Wayzgooz (a printer's celebration) Department Welcome Party July 2018 Letter from the Chair Dear Friends of English, It was heartening to see on display at this fall’s CWRU Convocation the prominence of English as a disciplinary pursuit. Not only...

Department of English Newsletter: June 2018

June 19, 2018

in this issue Siebenschuh's Last Class/ Writing Awards/ Faculty Photo:1980/Faculty Notes/Past Faculty: Robert LeFevre Shurter/Alumni News/Graduation 2018 Siebenschuh's Last Class Writing Instruction and Essay Awards Announced The Writing Program Award Ceremony honors award-winning teachers and students at the end of each year. The celebration is a recognition of writing faculty at CWRU...

Department of English Newsletter: March 2018

April 4, 2018

in this issue Ohio Poet Laureate/Past Faculty: Frederick Lovett Taft/Faculty Notes/Ukrainian Singers/Alumni News/Alumni Spotlight A Toast to Dave Lucas, Ohio's New Poet Laureate On Thursday evening, February 15th, Dave Lucas was honored as Ohio’s new Poet Laureate during an event jointly hosted by the English Department and SAGES Program at Case...

William Marling Wins the Nancy Dasher Award

April 2, 2018

Bill Marling's Gatekeepers: The Emergence of World Literature and the 1960s (Oxford University Press 2016) is the recipient of this year's College English Association of Ohio’s Nancy Dasher Award. Bill will be honored at the association’s conference on April 14. The Nancy Dasher Award recognizes outstanding publications by faculty members...

Dave Lucas Named Ohio Poet Laureate

January 19, 2018

Dave Lucas has been named the new Ohio Poet Laureate. He follows Dr. Amit Majmadar, a radiologist in the Columbus area, who was the state's first poet laureate. Lucas says, “I am grateful, humbled, and eager for the opportunity to serve as the Poet Laureate of the State of...

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April to December: Approaching Professor William Siebenschuh’s Retirement, with Prelude & Coda

William Marling Wins the Nancy Dasher Award

Dave Lucas Named Ohio Poet Laureate

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