English News
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Abigail Zimmer Receives Outstanding Recent Alumnus Award
Since graduating from UW-Eau Claire in 2007, Abigail Zimmer has earned a master of fine arts degree in creative writing from Columbia College Chicago and built an acclaimed and prolific career as a poet and poetry editor.
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The Perfect Fit - A Dream Internship
Rebecca’s internship with the CVWG involves writing articles for the organization’s newsletter and website, where she previews literary events and spotlights local writers. She reads the works of local writers, then interviews them.
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UW-Eau Claire students, faculty to present ‘Dmitri’s Dream’
The story behind the Periodic Table of the Elements will be the focal point of “Dmitri’s Dream: Discovering the Alphabet of the Universe” on Dec. 3, a presentation of the UW-Eau Claire Art AND Science program.
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Dmitri's Dream: Discovering the Alphabet of the Universe
Dmitri’s Dream: Discovering the Alphabet of the Universe is an interdisciplinary collaboration of UWEC faculty and students from the Arts and Sciences who are celebrating the 150th anniversary of the periodic table of elements.
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Fall 2019 event recognizes faculty, staff for service to students with disabilities
The Services for Students with Disabilities office at UW-Eau Claire celebrated Disability Awareness Month on Oct. 29 and honored faculty and staff members for their service to students with disabilities.
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The University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire’s English department welcomes a new Creative Writing professor this semester, Dorothy Chan
Dorothy Chan is from “all over,” though, she adds, Las Vegas is the closest definition to home.
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Researchers create tools to test hearing in people who speak Hmong
Speech-language pathologists will eventually have a better option for testing the hearing of their patients who speak Hmong thanks to the work of a UW-Eau Claire faculty-student research team.
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Sandra Lindow, UWEC English Alum
Sandy Lindow is a 1971 alum who majored in English and continued for her master's degree in English immediately after, graduating from UW-Eau Claire again in 1974. Sandy came to visit me on campus last month after I first met her, just one year ago.
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Professors at UW-Eau Claire changed my life
Dr. Debra Monroe has had a distinguished career as an author, professor, teacher and mentor. She has had six books published and has been honored with the Flannery O'Connor Award for Fiction.
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Dr. Alvergue awarded Poets Out Loud Editor's Prize
Dr. José Alvergue has been awarded the 2019 Poets Out Loud Editor´s Prize for his manuscript "scenery."
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2019 English Department End-of-year Celebration
The English department's End-of-Year Celebration was held on May 10, 2019 in the Dakota Ballroom of Davies Center. Here students were honored for their hard work and scholarship awards and faculty, alumni, and donors were celebrated.
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Thoughts on Leaving UW-Eau Claire
In the long narrative of an institution, or an English Department, a retirement is of course not a death. But each one creates a momentary disturbance and a sense of something newly missing.
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Undergraduate Student-Faculty Research Project Spotlight
As UWEC highlights student research through the annual Celebration of Excellence in Research and Creative Activity this week, the English Department also has noteworthy student-faculty research projects to share.
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Frost poetry celebration to feature 'Poetry and Nature' theme
UW-Eau Claire will host the sixth annual Frederick and Joan Christopherson Schmidt Robert Frost Celebration of American Poetry at 4 p.m. Monday, April 29 in the Lantern space on the third floor of Centennial Hall on the university's lower campus.
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Calling all writers: Retreat at The Priory sure to spark creativity
The Chippewa Valley Writers Guild has announced the inaugural Priory Writers’ Retreat, to be held July 18-21 at The Priory, UW-Eau Claire’s scenic property just three miles south of the university’s main campus.
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International Poetry Reading to showcase languages from around the world
UW-Eau Claire will celebrate the beauty of language from around the world at the 13th annual International Poetry Reading from 7-9 p.m. April 24 in the Ojibwe Ballroom of Davies Center.
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English Research Spotlight
Academic research opens up the doors to an array of valuable opportunities and experiences. For most, projects are grounded in a passion or specific interest.
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Works of Dr. Tess Onwueme are focus of new anthology
An international anthology of critical studies of the creative works of Dr. Tess Onwueme, University Professor of Global Letters in English at UW-Eau Claire, is set to be released in May by Africa World Press.
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International Poetry Reading participants sought
Readers are sought for the 13th annual International Poetry Reading at UW-Eau Claire, to be held from 7-9 p.m. April 24 in the Ojibwe Ballroom of UW-Eau Claire’s Davies Center.
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Immersion inspires Blugolds to appreciate importance and beauty of Hmong culture
Blugolds grew their understanding of and appreciation for Hmong culture and language during a recent immersion in California, a state with one of the largest Hmong populations in the United States.
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Eight to receive UW-Eau Claire alumni awards
Eight alumni and friends of the university will receive UW-Eau Claire Alumni Association awards Dec. 22 at an event in conjunction with winter commencement.
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Internships Turned Employment Reality
Internships are an effective way for students to prepare themselves for a career through immersion in hands-on professional experiences that develop their skills. Sometimes, internships even launch students right into employment.
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A Department Committed to Excellence
Dr. David Shih, associate professor of English, received UW-Eau Claire’s inaugural Excellence in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Award.
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UWEC English Literature Grad Published in The Oswald Review
UWEC English alum Katelyn Sabelko has accomplished what many writers work hard to achieve: publication in a scholarly journal.