On November 5, the Department of English hosted its first town hall on Zoom. Members of the English faculty and the MSU campus community gave students information about spring semester classes, certificate programs, internship opportunities, student organizations, career resources, and campus support services for students during the pandemic. If you missed the town hall, you … [Read more...] about English Department Town Hall
Practitioner-in-Residence Dr. Sean Herring has recently assumed editorial responsibility for the Recent & Relevant (R&R) section of Technical Communication: Journal of the Society for Technical Communication (TC). For each of the journal’s issues, published quarterly, Herring curates a collection of abstracts that cover a range of topics related to the wide field of … [Read more...] about Faculty assumes editorial responsibility for technical communication journal
Congratulations to Amber Spencer, Chloe Sierks, and Rae Snobl who were selected to present their original works at the 2020 Sigma Tau Delta (STD) English Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. All STD members are invited to go listen to their presentations. Stay tuned for when and where! Be sure to check out Delta Nus - February 2020. … [Read more...] about MSU Students to Present Original Works in Vegas!
Stories, big and small, permeate our daily lives. Not just through words on a page, but through the pieces of gossip we share with our friends and the recipes we use to cook dinner. Everyone is, in some way, a storyteller. Last spring, Maria Meluso earned a bachelor's degree in professional writing and a minor in screenwriting, and she plans to make storytelling her … [Read more...] about Maria: storyteller
The STC 17th Annual Regional Student Conference will be held at Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri on Saturday, April 13, 2019. Attend presentations by a variety of speakers in the field as well as from colleges and universities. Please register online before conference day. This year’s lineup of speakers is impressive, including presenters and alumni from … [Read more...] about STC 17th Annual Regional Student Conference