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Retiring after almost 30 years at UWEC
As of the end of the Fall 2023 semester I will be retiring after working as a university level faculty member since the start of the Spring 1985 semester and at UW-Eau Claire as a professor of English since the Fall 1997 semester.
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New University Fellows program rewards, celebrates high-achieving UW-Eau Claire faculty
UW-Eau Claire has named 10 educators as University Fellows, a new donor-supported initiative that aims to recognize and celebrate high-achieving members of the university’s faculty and instructional staff.
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Chair's Note: Spring 2023
It seems simultaneously like yesterday and eons ago that I wrote to you in June 2020 as incoming chair.
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Welcoming our new professor of Rhetorics of Science, Technology, and Culture
We are excited to welcome Shanna Cameron to the English department! Shanna will be joining us following the completion of her Ph.D. in Writing, Rhetoric, and Technical Communication from the University of Memphis this spring.
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Announcing the Blugold Seminar Outstanding Project Award
We will recognize four outstanding projects every year. One award for Outstanding Project will be given to a student from each Blugold Seminar course: WRIT 114, WRIT 116, WRIT 118, and WRIT 120.
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Aubrie Cox to join English Department and Center for Writing Excellence
The English Department is thrilled to welcome Aubrie Cox, who will join us this August as Lecturer and Assistant Director of the Center for Writing Excellence.
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English Major and CWE Intern Carlee Shimek Accepted for Publication
This past January, English Major Carlee Shimek saw her work published.
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2023 Robert Frost Event
Every year, the English Department and McIntyre Library put on a Robert Frost event to celebrate American poetry.
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Faculty Achievements: Fall 2022
The English department was rich with faculty accomplishments in Fall 2022.
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Dr. Dorothy Chan receives UW System’s Poorman Award for LGBTQ+ advocacy
Dr. Dorothy Chan, an assistant professor of English and nationally recognized poet, is among the recipients of the 2022 Dr. P.B. Poorman Award for Outstanding Achievement on Behalf of LGBTQ+ People.
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New Honors Fellowship program prepares Blugolds to be future community leaders
A new UW-Eau Claire Honors Fellowship program is giving Blugolds new opportunities to gain the communication and other skills they’ll need to become future leaders in their jobs and communities.
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Note from the chair: Summer 2022
Once again, I sit down to write you, nursing my coffee, and very late with my note for the Newsletter, which Alaina Guns, one of our Department Associates, has had ready since mid-June.
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English department good news and awards
The Midwest Artist Academy is THRILLED to announce that we are the 2022 recipient of the Wisconsin Art Education Association's prestigious James A. Schwalbach Award!
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Congratulations Spring 2022 Scholarship Recipients!
Congratulations to all of the recipients of this year's English Department scholarships and awards!
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On the news... In the News
But it was about 11 years ago, when my life crashed in addiction, that I was able to harness what I was really trained for at UWEC.
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Finding my path
It's safe to say that the UWEC English department shaped my personal and professional life.