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Two Alumni Featured in Visions Magazine

The Summer 2008 issue of Visions magazine interviews Omar and Ramsey Tesdell, two alumni of the BS in Technical Communication program.

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Geoff Sauer Receives 2008 APEX Award of Excellence

Geoffrey Sauer Receives a 2008 APEX Award of Excellence for his work on the EServer Technical Communication Library.

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New McGraw-Hill Anthology of Writing by Women Co-Edited by Diane Price Herndl

New McGraw-Hill Anthology of Writing by Women Co-Edited by Diane Price Herndl

Women’s Worlds, a new anthology of women’s writing, was created to make available a broad range of women’s voices from across time, across classes, and across the globe in a slimmer, more flexible, and more affordable format.

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Diane Price Herndl Honored at 123rd Annual MLA Convention

Diane Price Herndl Honored at 123rd Annual MLA Convention

The Women's Caucus of the MLA honored Diane Price Herndl at the 123rd Annual MLA Convention by awarding her the 2007 Florence Howe Award for the year's Best Essay in Feminist Studies in English.

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EServer Awarded LASCAC Grant

EServer Awarded LASCAC Grant

The EServer, an online publishing venture in the arts and humanities based in the ISU English Department, was recently awarded a grant to develop a Web 2.0 tool for English Department courses.

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RPC PhD Candidates Deliver Papers and Panels at ABC Conference in Washington, DC

RPC PhD Candidates Deliver Papers and Panels at ABC Conference in Washington, DC

Iowa State University's RPC doctoral candidates and faculty make a strong showing at the 2007 ABC Conference.

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ISU Professors and Graduate Students Receive "Top Panel" Award

ISU Professors and Graduate Students Receive "Top Panel" Award

Top Panel Award for the "Basic Course Division," Central States Communication Association Convention, Minneapolis, MN, March 30, 2007.

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Amy Slagell Receives 2007-2008 LAS Master Teacher Award

Amy Slagell Receives 2007-2008 LAS Master Teacher Award

Dr. Amy Slagell is one of six LAS professors who have been selected as 2007-2008 LAS Master Teachers for their work in developing innovative ways to teach large lecture courses. Dr. Slagell serves as the Director of the Fundamentals of Public Speaking Program, where she works closely with the English Department graduate students who are teaching assistants for SpCm 212, the department's basic public speaking course. Dr. Slagell is also the Professor in Charge of the speech communication program.

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JBTC Publishes Article by David Russell

JBTC Publishes Article by David Russell

The current issue of the Journal of Business and Technical Communication features an article by David Russell, ISU Professor of Rhetoric and Professional Communication.

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Amy Slagell Co-Edits Collection of Speeches and Writings of One of America's Most Important Social Reformers

Amy Slagell Co-Edits Collection of Speeches and Writings of One of America's Most Important Social Reformers

"This collection is perfect, offering the best of Willard without overwhelming the reader. The documents chosen illustrate Willard's uncanny political sense and ability to turn a phrase, as well as her personal trajectory through the halls of temperance into the wide arena of national and inter-national reforms." --Mari Jo Buhle, William R. Kenan, Jr. University Professor of American civilization and history, Brown University

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Geoff Sauer Interviewed by the IJTC

Geoff Sauer Interviewed by the IJTC

Assistant Professor Geoffrey Sauer is the feature interview of the current issue of the International Journal for Technical Communication.

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Goodwin and Hegelheimer Receive National Research Recognition

Goodwin and Hegelheimer Receive National Research Recognition

Professors Goodwin and Hegelhemer co-author award winning articles.

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Video from English Courses Training Now Online

Video from English Courses Training Now Online

On November 8th, Geoffrey Sauer, Rebecca E. Burnett and Quinn Warnick offered a presentation to interested English students, faculty and instructors about how to use the new English Department Course Website system. The streaming video is now online from the Studio for New Media website.

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Composition Essay Published in Newsweek

Composition Essay Published in Newsweek

A student essay written for a First Year Composition II class at Iowa State University was recently published in the August 8, 2006, edition of Newsweek magazine.

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Lindeman receives Outstanding Dissertation Award

Lindeman receives Outstanding Dissertation Award

Many graduates of our Ph.D. program in Rhetoric and Professional Communication have been recognized by CCCC.

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The Lectures Heard (and Seen) Around the World

The Lectures Heard (and Seen) Around the World

A new audio and video "podcast" streams lectures by English Department faculty to listeners and viewers across the state and around the world.

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Iowa State Daily article about the Studio for New Media

Iowa State Daily article about the Studio for New Media

On September 12th, the Iowa State Daily ran an article about the English Department's Studio for New Media which talked about our "high-tech computers," "lots of video equipment," and "comfortable environment."

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