College of Arts and Sciences

Letter from the chair/Welcome back lunch/Department news/New faculty/Ada Limon/September colloquia/Journey to publication/Alumni news/Send me your news// Letter from the Chair It was the middle of a Friday afternoon in late August and the atmosphere was buzzy in Guilford House. Over a plate of chicken wings and sliders, Laura Sarafian, a first-year...

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Graduation Day/Letter from the Chair/Writing Program Faculty Awards/Students to Progressive Field/Making the Colloquium Happen/Department News/Promotions & New Appointments/Recalling Lee K. Abbott/Alumni News/In Memoriam/Send Me Your News Graduation Day, May 2024 Graduation selfie with (back row) Hayley Verdi, Isabelle Toler, Cadence Dangerfield, Kurt Koenigsberger, and (front) Kim Emmons. Letter from the Acting Chair My...

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//Letter from the Chair/Burgess-Van Aken Retirement/Grad Student to Medical Writer/Earlier This Year/Department News/The Way We Write Now/Alumni News// Letter from the Acting Chair This spring, I have had the privilege of serving as the department’s Acting Chair - don’t worry, our intrepid poet-scholar, Walt Hunter, will return next semester - and,...

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