While a student in the English Department, Taylor Supplee dreamed of moving to New York City. After obtaining the MA in English (2016), Supplee did just that. He became the first Lucie Brock-Broido teaching fellow at Columbia University, where he received his MFA in 2020. Today, Supplee is a project engineer for the P1 Group, a construction, fabrication, and facility … [Read more...] about The Alum Report: Taylor Supplee
The English Department’s chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, an International English Honor Society, inducted seven new members at its first meeting of the fall semester in the Plaster Student Union, where Dr. Heidi Hadley, Director of English Education, delivered the keynote address. “Only students of high scholarship are admitted to our ranks,” Dr. Jonathon Newman, one of the … [Read more...] about To Study English . . .
“It’s great that we can do so many things as technical communicators, but it’s also really overwhelming,” Lydia Welker explains. Welker is a 2015 graduate of the English Department’s program in Professional Writing. “I realized that freelancing would allow me to get some experience while letting me explore different fields, companies, and skills to my heart’s content.” She … [Read more...] about The Alum Report: Lydia Welker
Dr. Jonathan Newman will present at an upcoming book launch, Old Media and the Medieval Concept, a collection of essays that explores how media was developed and affected by the culture surrounding it in the pre-digital, pre-1800s ages. The free event will be held online Friday, October 22, 2021, from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. EDT. Old Media and the Medieval Concept is the first … [Read more...] about Dr. Jonathan Newman to Present Essay at Upcoming Webinar Book Launch
Creating Community: The Jews of Springfield, Missouri by Dr. Mara W. Cohen Ioannides will release at a special book launching event held by the Greene County Historical Society Press on Sunday, October 17, at 3 pm. The author will present a lecture on the history of antisemitism in the city of Springfield, where the event will be held, at the historic Fox Theatre. Dr. Cohen … [Read more...] about Missouri State University Professor to Release Book Honoring Jewish Founders