Dr. Ed Malone has successfully navigated Missouri S&T's tenure and promotion process and been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure. Dr. Malone has worked hard for this recognition, as a scholar, a teacher, and as Director of Technical … [Continue reading]
Department Picnic
May 1, 2009 by
I've just returned from the Department of English and Technical Communication's annual picnic. At the end of every spring semester, we gather to socialize, announce scholarship awards, give Academic Scholar's List certificates -- and eat. Despite the … [Continue reading]
How To Make a Difference
April 24, 2009 by
Terry Bollineger speaks with a tech com class "I'm an engineer, not a poet. How can English classes be important to me?" Terry Bollinger, Computer Science major at Missouri University of Science & Technology, answers clearly, "If you want to … [Continue reading]
Kate Drowne: Woman of the Year
April 20, 2009 by
Dr. Kate Drowne, Associate Professor of English and Technical Communication, was named Woman of the Year at the annual Woman of the Year luncheon on April 20. This Award is given annually by Missouri University of Science and Technology.The program … [Continue reading]
Dr. Kristine Swenson to be Department Chair
April 1, 2009 by
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]