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Sandy McBride, assistant professor of English and Coordinator of Services for Students with Disabilities, has been honored with NWU's inaugural "Faculty Mentor of the Year" award.
English Department

English Professor Wins Inaugural Faculty Mentor Award

A Nebraska Wesleyan University English professor and Coordinator of Services for Students with Disabilities has been recognized by her peers for generously devoting time and energy to mentoring faculty.

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Ken Keith, a former NWU psychology professor, will join former philosophy professor John Walker on November 2 for the annual William C. Kloefkorn Nebraska Writers Series.
English Department
Lectures

Professors Ken Keith, John Walker Return to NWU to Deliver Kloefkorn Lecture

Two long-time NWU professors will return to campus on Thursday, November 2, to deliver the annual William C.

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Tessa Jolls is the president and CEO of the Center for Media Literacy. She will deliver the 2017 Holder Lecture on Thursday, April 20.
English Department
Lecture

President of Center for Media Literacy to Discuss Redefining Media Relationships and Culture

Tessa Jolls will deliver the lecture on Thursday, April 20 at 4 p.m. in the learning commons area, located on the first floor of Cochrane-Woods Library.

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Poet Brenda Shaughnessy will read at the Spring Visiting Writers Series on March 30.
English Department

Spring Writers Series Features Poets

Poet Brenda Shaughnessy, associate professor of English and creative writing at Rutgers University-Newark, will give a reading on Thursday, March 30. Poet and essayist Brian Blanchfield, visiting faculty at The Iowa Writers’ Workshop, will give a reading on Thursday, April 13.

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NWU senior Abby Feden was selected to attend the prestigious Juniper Writing Institute where she further developed her writing talent.
English Department

Student Finds Voice at Prestigious Juniper Writing Institute

English and gender studies major Abby Feden thought she had a strong writer's voice when she left for the Juniper Summer Writing Institute last summer.

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Mary Hickman
English Department
Lecture

Surgical Assistant Turned English Professor to Discuss How Research Enriches Creative Process

A former surgical assistant and current Nebraska Wesleyan University English professor who found herself more interested in writing about surgery than performing it, will deliver the university’s annual Faculty Scholarship Presentation on Wednesday, January 25.

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New York Times best-selling author Claudia Rankine will give a free reading at NWU on October 11.
English Department
Lecture

Visiting Writers Series to Include Renowned Poet Claudia Rankine

Renowned poet Claudia Rankine will headline Nebraska Wesleyan University’s Visiting Writers Series.

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Marjorie Saiser
English Department
Lecture

Kloefkorn Writers Series to Feature Nebraska Poet

Nebraska poet Marjorie Saiser will deliver the William C.

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Shakespearean artifacts
English Department
Lecture

NWU Marks Shakespeare Anniversary With Renaissance Expert, Rare Collection, Theatre Productions

To honor the 400th anniversary of playwright William Shakespeare's death, Stephen Buhler, an expert in renaissance literature, will deliver the lecture, "Eloquence in Action: Rhetorics of Response in Shakespeare" at Nebraska Wesleyan University.

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Michael Knight
English Department
Lecture

Feature Writer, Poet, Novelist Highlight Spring Visiting Writers Series

A feature writer, poet and novelist will highlight Nebraska Wesleyan University’s Spring Visiting Writers Series.

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