Tag: Michaela Hayes
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Women’s History Month: Carrie Brownstein
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Read More: Women’s History Month: Carrie Brownstein~from Michaela Hayes Carrie Brownstein is a renaissance woman. In her 43 years of life she has pioneered a feminist movement, co-written an award-winning show, and written a memoir about the process of it all. Brownstein was born and raised in Washington where she stayed until after graduating from Evergreen…
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Women’s History Month: Janelle Monàe
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Read More: Women’s History Month: Janelle Monàe~from Michaela Hayes Janelle Monàe is a singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, actress, and model, born on December 1, 1985. She was born and raised in the slums of Kansas City, Kansas (KCK) to working class parents. Her musical career began in the late 90’s, when she moved to New…
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Women’s History Month: Greta Gerwig
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Read More: Women’s History Month: Greta Gerwig~from Michaela Hayes Greta Gerwig is a 34 year old actress, writer, and director, known most recently for writing and directing the critically acclaimed film Lady Bird. Lady Bird was her solo directorial debut, but she collaborated and acted in several other films prior, such as Frances Ha, Greenberg, and…
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Creative Writing Reading Series: Daryl Farmer
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Read More: Creative Writing Reading Series: Daryl Farmer~from Michaela Hayes Daryl Farmer is a photographer, husband, professor, program director, cyclist, and most notably to us, a writer. He has two books out, Where We Land: Stories (2016) and Bicycling Beyond the Divide: Two Journeys into the West (2008). He holds a BA in Physical Education from Adams…
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Creative Writing Reading Series MFA Reading Reflection from Michaela Hayes
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Read More: Creative Writing Reading Series MFA Reading Reflection from Michaela HayesAt the end of November, four MFA students wrapped up the semester’s Creative Writing Reading Series for Fall 2017 in a stellar performance at the Visual Arts building. By the time the reading began, the walls of the lecture hall were lined with students, faculty, and community members alike. The…
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Black History Month: Books by Black Authors Adapted to Film
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Read More: Black History Month: Books by Black Authors Adapted to Film~From Michaela Hayes Black Panther: Based on a comic book of the same name released in 1966, Black Panther has made a huge splash in pop culture the past few weeks. Though several other superheroes of African descent debued just a few years after Black Panther, it was America’s first in…
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Black History Month: Lucille Clifton
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Read More: Black History Month: Lucille CliftonLucille Clifton (1936-2010) was a prolific poet, children’s book author, and professor. Clifton’s poetry focuses mainly on the strength and endurance one must possess in order to live as a Black American, though it also explores other aspects of her identity, such as being a woman and a poet. She taught at a…
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Humans of Eddy: Jordan Ferensic
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Read More: Humans of Eddy: Jordan FerensicJordan Ferensic English major with a Linguistics concentration and a minor in Japanese Besides your current classes, what else are you doing or have you done that we should know about? Should know about is a tricky phrase, I don’t feel that there’s anything about me anyone ought to explicitly…
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Black History Month: Ross Gay
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Read More: Black History Month: Ross GayRoss Gay, born in 1974, is an American writer and professor, and considered by many to be one of America’s leading poets. Gay was born in Ohio but soon relocated to Pennsylvania, where he stayed until graduating from Lafayette College with a BA. He then moved on to receive an…
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How to Survive Finals Week
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Read More: How to Survive Finals Week~by Michaela Hayes Make a to-do list and start with what intimidates you the most. Get the hardest thing out of the way to make sure that you have the time and energy to really ace it — then move on to the easier stuff. Stay active. Taking care of…