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Spring 2020 News
Faculty/Staff News
- Dr. Timothy Helwig publishes new book April 2020
- April 24 - Reading Room Series - Featured Faculty: Dr. Christopher Morrow
- March 27 - Reading Room Series - Featured Faculty: Dr. Magdelyn Helwig
- February 21 - Reading Room Series - Featured Faculty: Dr. Alisha White
- Dr. Roberta Di Carmine and Barb Lawhorn (not pictured) recruited at Liberty High School on February 14 by engaging students in creating film scripts and much more!
- Western Illinois University Professor Emeritus Richard Vick Obituary (University Relations)
- Journalists on Film - The Quest for Truth - Dr. Rich Ness (Tri-States Public Radio)
- WIU's Richard Ness Releases Book: 'Encyclopedia of Journalists on Film'
Student News
- April 24 - Reading Room Series - Featured Graduate Student: A.J. Rocca; Featured Undergraduate Students: Emma Dayhoff & Kaylee Gundling
- April 20 - English Undergrad, Conner Sullivan, has a book signing for his short collection of poems entitled "An Emotional Kaleidoscope"
- March 27 - Reading Room Series - Featured Graduate Student: Gustavo Primo; Featured Undergraduate Student: David Vawte
- Five English graduate students will be giving podium presentations February 28 at the annual Graduate Research Conference
- College of Arts and Sciences Student Speaker Series - English major Kevin Titus presents "How I Wrote an Award Winning Essay"
Event News
- WIU English Department Hosts Regional High Schools for Writing Festival (University Relations)
- WIU to Host Three Authors March 19 for Fred Ewing Case and Lola Austin Case Writers-in-Residence (University Relations)
- WIU Writing Festival 2020: How Do You Define Love
Other News
Spring 2020 Publications:
The Mirror and the Lamp (blog)
Mirror and the Lamp 2020 (pdf)
SITREP: Veterans Perspectives on Combat and Peace
- Submissions Accepted for sixth Edition of SITREP: Veteran Perspectives on Combat and Peace
Film Minor
- Film Minor Newsletter Fall 2019 - Spring 2020 Published
Elements & Creative Writing Awards
- Elements 2020 Edition
- Creative Writing Award Winners
Western Voices
- See archive of winners for the 2020 edition from papers submitted in 2019
Spring 2020 Events
- January 29, 2020: Film Club Screening: Alice (Special Guest: AJ Rocca - English MA student at WIU) (Simpkins 220, 5:30pm)
- February 5, 2020: Film Club Screening: Girlhood (Simpkins 220, 5:30pm)
- February 10, 2020: Writing Festival (University Union, 10am-2pm)
- February 19, 2020: Film Club Screening: Playing Away (Simpkins 220, 5:30pm)
- February 21, 2020: Reading Room Series: Dr. Alisha White, Katya Kozhukhova, & Angelique Herrera (Simpkins 025, Student Lounge, 4pm)
- February 27, 2020: CAS Student Speaker Series
- February 28, 2020: Graduate Research Conference: Rachael Aderoju, Kendrick Keller, AJ Rocca, Maureen Sullivan, & Alex Weidenhamer
- March 4, 2020: Film Club Screening: i am not a witch (Simpkins 220, 5:30pm)
- March 18, 2020: Film Club Screening: Kanehsatake: 270 years of Resistance (Simpkins 220, 5:30pm)
- March 19, 2020: Case Writer-in-Residence: Fiction Writers: Hillary Leftwich, Rebecca Roanhorse, and Tiffany Quay Tyson (Art Gallery, 3-4pm & 5-7pm) - Canceled and Rescheduled for Fall
- March 23, 2020: Angela Vietto - English Program External Reviewer
- March 23, 2020: Mintie Das, Macomb Native, MHS alum, speaks at Macomb High School - Canceled
- March 24, 2020: Mintie Das Q&A, Reading, Local Book Launch, and Book Signing (WIU University Art Gallery, 5-7pm) - Canceled
- March 25, 2020: Mintie Das "Navigating Publication" with Edison Elementary School (Simpkins Reading Room 025, 5:30pm) - Canceled
- March 27, 2020: Reading Room Series: Dr. Magdelyn Helwig, Gustavo Primo, & David Vawte (Simpkins 025, Student Lounge, 4pm)
- April 1, 2020: Film Club Screening: OldBoy (Simpkins 220, 5:30pm)
- April 2, 2020: Get Lit in QC
- April 9, 2020: Magliocco Lecture Series: Michael Bérubé "English on the Brink" (Morgan 109, 7pm)
- April 15, 2020: Film Club Screening: Ali, Fear Eats the Soul (Simpkins 220, 5:30pm)
- April 16, 2020: Case Writer-in-Residence: Poets: Crisosto Apache, Jennifer Militello, and Marianne Boruch (Art Gallery, 3-4pm & 5-7pm)
- April 23, 2020: English Dept. Awards Ceremony (Lamoine Room, 6-8pm)
- April 24, 2020: Reading Room Series: Dr. Christopher Morrow, A.J. Rocca, Emma Dayhoff & Kaylee Gundling (Simpkins 025, Student Lounge, 4pm)
- April 29, 2020: Film Club Screening: Trainspotting (Simpkins 220, 5:30pm)
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