a Bulletin Board of ETC-Related News
Students in English 3214 Shakespeare participated in S&T’s annual Renaissance Fair in the Havener Center on April 29, 2022. Their contributions included a bust of the drowned Ophelia, posters and a script for a new ending to Hamlet, sketches and weenicons of Shakespeare’s characters, a photograph of the assassination of Julius Caesar with one person playing all the roles, gooseberry fools (from a recipe in the book Shakespeare’s Kitchen), and venison pie (a popular Renaissance dish).
Nadia Ahmadi, a master’s student in technical communication, has been accepted into the PhD program in rhetoric and writing at Virginia Tech. She will be supported by a full graduate research assistantship, working with Dr. Julie Gerdes on an … [Continue reading]
We visited English 2230 Literature and Film when Dr. Trent Brown, professor of American studies, was discussing the 1971 MGM blockbuster Shaft, starring Richard Roundtree. The film is often classified as blaxploitation, a label combining the words … [Continue reading]
The Missouri Department of Higher Education recently approved our request to combine the Bachelor of Arts in English and the Bachelor of Science in Technical Communication into a single degree program: a Bachelor of Science in English and Technical … [Continue reading]
Starting in fall 2020, BA and BS majors in our department were given an exciting new option: an accelerated master’s degree program. This program, one of several Graduate Track Pathway (GTP) programs on campus, allows a student to start working on … [Continue reading]
A revised version of our Master of Science in Technical Communication went into effect in Fall 2020. The major changes are as follows: An MS student is no longer required to take a comprehensive examination or complete a thesis, although … [Continue reading]
Dr. Ed Malone, professor of English and technical communication, is the co-author of Technical Editing: An Introduction to Editing in the Workplace, recently published by Oxford University Press. His co-authors are Donald H. Cunningham and Joyce M. … [Continue reading]
Our department is continuing its partnership with Adobe Systems Inc. to give students and faculty in technical communication classes hands-on experience with Adobe’s industry-standard software. This partnership is made possible through Adobe’s … [Continue reading]
The Discovery Center of Springfield is happy to announce Jennifer Collins as their new Marketing & Advancement Director. “I’m excited to continue with the Discovery Center on this new chapter. While working at the Discovery Center, you hear the … [Continue reading]
Faculty in our department recently offered their choices for some of the most interesting, challenging, and absorbing books and articles they read in 2016. • His Bloody Project, by Graeme Burnet. “It's historical fiction disguised as a memoir and … [Continue reading]