UW-L English Studies Blog

ISIS Poetry Reading (3/5)

On Wednesday, March 5, CAB is bringing ISIS, a spoken word poet to campus.  Isis will be presenting herself and her poetry honestly, so all can see the beauty and scars that have made her a woman.  Her poetry explores universal themes of empowerment, reclamation, love, abuse and the mistakes we all make.  She will present our campus with a powerful message.

Liz Truax
Performing Arts Coordinator; Campus Activities Board

• Hear ISIS on MySpace

Randolph Colloquium (3/7)

As part of the UW–L English Department’s 2007–2008 William J. and Yvonne Hyde Colloquium Series, Patrick T. Randolph will present

“Conversation Analysis: The Awakening of Talk-In-Interaction Consciousness."

Friday, March 7th

Room 207 Wimberly Hall

2:30pm-3:30pm

All are welcome to attend.

Battle of Books

A competitive book test

Fourth graders from Emerson Elementary School in La Crosse competed against other fourth graders from the district in the annual “Battle of the Books” in Wimberly Hall Feb. 8. The elementary students read a series of books throughout the school year and participated in discussions with students from UW-L Professor Richard Gappa’s children’s literature class.

During the campus competition, UW-L students worked with the children and teachers conducting a competition regarding the books the children read. The previous week, fifth graders from the school district competed. The partnership enables UW-L students to interact and gain practical experience working with city students.

Butterfield Reading (2/15)

Friday, February 15, 2008

Bradley Butterfield (English) 

will be reading from his memoir, Idiot Boys,

in room 337 Cartwright from 12:00-1:00 p.m.

An Invitation for Faculty

Remember the nice invitation you received in your mailbox last Friday?  English students are hosting this event for faculty and students on this Friday evening in the Ward Room of Cartwright.  There will be a buffet-style food table, literary trivia games, awards to faculty and students, and the initiation of new Honors Society members.

I know how work-centered many of you have been these first few weeks, and the students know this as well.  They know about all of the job candidates and so forth, but they could not change the date of this event due to booking schedule.  So, you may be asked by a student in one of your classes if you will be coming to this event.

I hope you’ll consider going!

Sharon Jessee

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