Dr. Lanya Lamouria was selected for the 2017 Curtis P. Lawrence Master Teacher Award. The Honors College recognizes one faculty member with this award. The recipient is exclusively nominated by Honors College Students and chosen by an Honors College student committee in collaboration with the Honors College administrative staff The award was created in honor of the first … [Read more...] about Lanya Lamouria recognized with Curtis P. Lawrence Master Teacher Award
The Council on General Education and Interdisciplinary Programs (CGEIP) has selected Dr. Rhonda Stanton and John Turner for the 2017 General Education Assessment Award for their leadership in assessment for improvement and for employing effective and innovative practices to help students achieve success in general education. Stanton was recognized for the course English 321: … [Read more...] about Stanton, Turner recognized with General Education Assessment Award
Langston Hughes is most commonly associated with the Harlem Renaissance, but he spent his early life in the Midwest. Dr. Matthew Calihman, associate professor in the English department, said, "I do think Missouri is important to him," noting that regional geography and events often emerged in Hughes' writing. Visiting scholar and documentarian Dr. Carmaletta Williams will … [Read more...] about Explore the Midwestern roots of a literary icon
Dr. Leslie Seawright has been studying how and why officers are writing their police reports. … [Read more...] about The how and why of police report writing
The creative writing faculty has chosen seven writers, spanning four genres, to represent the student creative force at the Fall 2016 Student Invitational Reading. Who will read? This semester's readers include the following students: Ana Berkovich, fiction Brandy Clark, poetry Aundrea Davis, memoir Ali Geren, poetry Jessica Hawkins, fiction Amy … [Read more...] about Students chosen for Moon City Press’ fall Student Invitational Reading