Category: Department Events

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Cancelled — Integrating Grammarly into your ISU Course: Why and How

In this interactive workshop, Dr. Jim Ranalli will provide a guided introduction to the premium version of Grammarly, an online writing enhancement tool, which all ISU faculty and students currently have access to via a pilot program. Dr. Ranalli’s 2018 CELT-sponsored trial of Grammarly in writing-focused and writing-intensive courses (including ENGL 150 and 250) found … Continue reading Cancelled — Integrating Grammarly into your ISU Course: Why and How

April 2, 2020, 1:00-2:00pm | Ross 212
CATEGORIES: Department Events

Creating a Community Curated Reader

Join us to share your favorite freely accessible reading or resource. Our goal will be to create a curated list of thematically relevant readings that can be assigned for ENGL 150/250. In particular, we are interested in readings that help you teach pedagogically challenging skills and readings that promote understanding of diverse voices, perspectives, and … Continue reading Creating a Community Curated Reader

February 26, 2020, 1:00-2:00pm | Ross 212
CATEGORIES: Department Events, Department News

Cancelled–Novotny Lawrence selected to deliver LAS Dean’s Lecture

Unfortunately this has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 partial shutdown Beate Schmittmann, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, selected Novotny Lawrence, associate professor in the Greenlee School of Journalism and the Department of English, to deliver the spring 2020 LAS Dean’s Lecture. Lawrence, who studies African American research in film and … Continue reading Cancelled–Novotny Lawrence selected to deliver LAS Dean’s Lecture

March 26, 2020, 8:00pm | Great Hall, Memorial Union
CATEGORIES: Department Events

SP CM 212 Presentation Showcase

SP CM 212 Section 29: Fundamentals of Public Speaking for Advocates is proud to present their team informative speeches to you! Six teams worked with the Margaret Sloss Center for Women and Gender Equity’s Assistant Director, Andra Castle, and their staff. Topics include explorations of intersectionality, pronoun use, gender expression, and more! After the presentations, … Continue reading SP CM 212 Presentation Showcase

March 12, 2020, 9:30-10:50am | Ross 212
CATEGORIES: Creative Writing, Department Events

Cancelled — Your One Wild & Precious Life — MFA Creative Writing & Environment Faculty Reading

Your One Wild & Precious Life — MFA Creative Writing & Environment Faculty Reading Part of The Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writer Series 2019-2020 The MFA Faculty Spring 2020 reading takes its inspiration from the question posed in Mary Oliver’s poem, “The Summer Day,” which asks: “Tell me, what do you plan to do with your … Continue reading Cancelled — Your One Wild & Precious Life — MFA Creative Writing & Environment Faculty Reading

April 22, 2020, 7:00pm | Pioneer Room, Memorial Union
CATEGORIES: Creative Writing, Department Events

Cancelled — Sheryl St. Germain — Songs for a Son: On Lyricism, Addiction, and Recovery

Sheryl St. Germain — Songs for a Son: On Lyricism, Addiction, and Recovery Part of The Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writer Series 2019-2020 Sheryl St. Germain is the author of several poetry collections including Making Bread at Midnight, How Heavy the Breath of God, The Journals of Scheherazade, Let it Be a Dark Roux: New and Selected Poems, and The … Continue reading Cancelled — Sheryl St. Germain — Songs for a Son: On Lyricism, Addiction, and Recovery

April 7, 2020, 6:00pm | Pioneer Room, Memorial Union
CATEGORIES: Creative Writing, Department Events

Rick Bass — The Traveling Feast: On the Road and At the Table with My Heroes

Rick Bass — The Traveling Feast: On the Road and At the Table with My Heroes Part of The Pearl Hogrefe Visiting Writer Series 2019-2020 Author and environmental activist, Rick Bass is the author of over two dozen books of fiction and nonfiction including Why I Came West, Ninemile Wolves, The Watch: Stories, All the Land to Hold … Continue reading Rick Bass — The Traveling Feast: On the Road and At the Table with My Heroes

February 18, 2020, 8:00pm | Gallery, Memorial Union
CATEGORIES: ALT, Department Events

Brown Bag Colloquium

The first presenter this semester will be Reza Neiriz, a Ph.D. student in ALT. He will present his research on interactional competence in oral communication assessment. Attached is a PDF with the abstract for the presentation. Please come join us to learn more about language assessment and share ideas with faculties and graduate students in our … Continue reading Brown Bag Colloquium

January 31, 2020, 12:00-1:00pm | Ross 212