Dr. Kristine Swenson, Associate Professor of English and Technical Communication, has accepted the position of chair of the department. Dr. Swenson's duties will begin on July 1, 2009. Dr. Swenson's years of experience at Missouri S&T (UMR when … [Continue reading]
Retired . . . to a Sports Car
March 14, 2009 by
With my own retirement drawing near, I wonder about the situation of retired colleagues, friends who began teaching here when I did and have had the good sense to retire before me. One of these is Michael Patrick, Associate Professor Emeritus of … [Continue reading]
Celebrating the Humanities at Missouri S&T
March 11, 2009 by
We do have Humanities at Missouri University of Science & Technology.While some may think of the Humanities as an ornament to educating engineers and scientists, the areas in Humanities - English, History, Philosophy, the Arts, Languages - are … [Continue reading]
An Outstanding Student
March 11, 2009 by
Laura Ward, an English Education major, was recognized as an outstanding English student at the Missouri English Conference in February, meeting at Tan-Tar-A at the Lake of the Ozarks. Laura is currently student teaching as she finishes requirements … [Continue reading]
Floating Blue Squiggles
March 4, 2009 by
Really! A week ago - on Wednesday, February 25 - my wife and I saw blue forms - not exactly squiggles, what artists call "biomorphic forms" - forms that suggest living shapes.We saw shapes suggesting the human form -glowing blue shapes - shift, … [Continue reading]
A Tech Com Grad at Work
March 2, 2009 by
Elizabeth Richardson ("Libby") received her M.S. in Technical Communication in 2007. She has been working in the Republic of Korea, first teaching English as a Second Language, and now as a technical writer for Samsung. In a recent email, Libby … [Continue reading]
“And zero at the bone”
January 17, 2009 by
The title phrase comes from a poem Emily Dickinson wrote about suddenly encountering a snake while walking in tall grass. It's always resonated with me because I had the same experience more than once, encountering a variety of snakes, including … [Continue reading]
Weathering the Storm
December 6, 2008 by
Surely everyone knows by now that a series of economic catastrophes are shaking up our lives. Everyone I know has more questions than answers, and the answers seem to shift each day--or more often. The University of Missouri system faces serious … [Continue reading]
Jambalaya and Literature
November 10, 2008 by
On October 4 this year, Dr. Trent Watts was a featured author at the Louisiana Book Festival in Baton Rouge, an all-day event in and around the outstanding 34-story Art Deco state capitol, where Huey Long was assassinated in 1935. The organizers of … [Continue reading]
Creative Nonfiction Workshop
October 18, 2008 by
On October 17, Dr. Stacy Tintocalis gave a presentation on creative nonfiction to a group of students, townspeople, and faculty. Next semester (spring 2009), Dr. Tintocalis will teach an evening workshop in writing creative nonfiction. Her course … [Continue reading]