Category: News
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Faculty/Alumni Profile: Bruce Shields
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Read More: Faculty/Alumni Profile: Bruce ShieldsIntern Ashley Alfirevic sat down with Associate Director of the Writing Center Bruce Shields (who is also teaching faculty AND a department alumnus) to talk with him about the Writing Center, what brought him to CSU, the community of Eddy, the importance of the Humanities, his favorite books, and his current…
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New on the Website: Courses Pages
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Read More: New on the Website: Courses PagesWe’ve added new pages to the website that include listings of the department’s courses — Summer and Fall 2016; Composition (CO), English (E), American Studies (AMST), and Education (EDUC); and links to the current Rambler as well as a Rambler archive. Check them out: http://english.colostate.edu/courses/
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Humans of Eddy: Kseniya Walcott
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Read More: Humans of Eddy: Kseniya WalcottKseniya Walcott English Major: Languages Concentration Minors: Russian Studies Interdisciplinary in Foreign Languages and Literature, and Linguistics & Culture Interdisciplinary in English What brought you to CSU? I came to CSU by chance. I admit it wasn’t my first choice, but I resolved that I wanted to go to school…
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Retirement Celebration for SueEllen Campbell and John Calderazzo, a Reflection from Jill Salahub
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Read More: Retirement Celebration for SueEllen Campbell and John Calderazzo, a Reflection from Jill SalahubAt a special event last week, we celebrated John Calderazzo and SueEllen Campbell’s retirement. Current faculty, staff, and students, along with family, friends, and alumni gathered together in the Greyrock Room at the Lory Student Center. There were snacks and something to drink, an amazing cake, and a series of moving…
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Internships Now and Jobs After Graduation by Ashley Alfirevic
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Read More: Internships Now and Jobs After Graduation by Ashley AlfirevicA great post about internships and finding work after graduation from outgoing, graduating English department communications intern Ashley Alfirevic. “Taking the right pre-emptive steps with the available CSU resources can increase your ability to find employment after graduation. Four important factors are maintaining a GPA of greater than 3.0, completing internships, having…
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Internships Now and Jobs After Graduation
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Read More: Internships Now and Jobs After GraduationAs the semester, and this academic year, comes to a close, I’ve been working my way through my inbox looking for loose ends. What a surprise to find this great piece from our outgoing, graduating intern Ashley Alfirevic on internships and finding work after graduation. Our original plan was to…
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Retirement Celebration for SueEllen Campbell and John Calderazzo, a Reflection
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Read More: Retirement Celebration for SueEllen Campbell and John Calderazzo, a Reflection~from Communications Coordinator Jill Salahub This past week, John Calderazzo stopped by my office for some chocolate before heading to his last class — the final meeting of his last class ever at CSU. Once he discovered I had chocolate in my office a few years ago, John started stopping by sometimes before…
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Kristie Yelinek, Teaching in Vietnam
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Read More: Kristie Yelinek, Teaching in VietnamIn a recent English department blog post, (What Faculty Members Really Do Over Summer Break: Kristie Yelinek), Composition Instructor Kristie Yelinek said “The great thing about teaching is having time in the summer to be able to pursue passions that I have in addition to my passion for teaching.” At…
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News of Note Week of May 2
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Read More: News of Note Week of May 2Dan Beachy-Quick will be on Colorado Matters on the Denver NPR station on May 11. Ellen Brinks has been invited to give a plenary talk at the conference “Forgotten Geographies in the Fin de Siècle, 1880-1920,” at Birkbeck College, University of London, in early July. Doug Cloud’s article, “Talking Climate Change…
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Reading Series: Andrew Mangan and Vauhini Vara, a Reflection by Jill Salahub
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Read More: Reading Series: Andrew Mangan and Vauhini Vara, a Reflection by Jill Salahub~From Communications Coordinator Jill Salahub Usually one of our communications interns goes to the reading and writes about the event. They’ve written some really great pieces this semester that give a good sense of what it’s like to go to a reading, what it’s like to be read a particular piece…