Miscellaneous… Graduating Senior Nick Healey Joins Navy 7 May 2015May 8, 2015 Graduating senior Nick Healey is using his degree in English in what might seem surprising fashion: he's joining the Navy. As Nick describes it, "My post graduation plans are to…
Academics… Rising Senior Olivia Gillespie Wins President’s Fellowship for Summer Research 5 May 2015 Congratulations to Olivia Gillespie (BA, English, 2016) for winning one of the university's competitive Summer Research Fellowships. The grant provides her with funds to live on campus over the summer,…
Faculty News… Prof. Kraus Publishes Flash Fiction/Prose Poem in “Flare” 1 May 2015 Joe Kraus, who teaches creative nonfiction writing as part of the creative writing faculty, has just published a prose poem/flash fiction piece called "Three Stories about My Body" in Flare, the literary…
Student Success Stories… Graduating Senior Dan Crawford Lands Teaching Position at St. Joe’s Prep 27 Apr 2015 Dan Crawford, a Senior English major, has been awarded the privilege to teach English for the next academic year at Saint Joseph's Preparatory School in Philadelphia. As a part of…
Creative Writing… Alum Ashley Teatum Wins Honorable Mention in Flash Fiction Contest 21 Apr 2015April 22, 2015 Ashley Teatum, (BA, English, 2009), currently working as an entrepreneur in an on-line editing company, is also still flexing her creative writing muscles. In that light, she recently received honorable…
Music… First Year English Major Catie Bombard “Sings” about Spring and Baseball 16 Apr 2015April 16, 2015 Catie Bombard, a first year English major, is one of a handful of students tabbed by the admissions office to share her experiences through a University-hosted blog. Her latest piece describes…
Faculty News… Dr. Gougeon Offers Editorial on Significance of Lincoln as First Working Class President 15 Apr 2015 Our own Len Gougeon, distinguished scholar of American literature, has an editorial at Pennlive on a sometimes overlooked significant quality of Abraham Lincoln: Remember Abe Lincoln, defender of the working…
Acting/Performance… Kiley Lotz Off-Broadway Debut Favorably Reviewed in New York Times 15 Apr 2015 The reviews are starting to come in for Underland, which includes the off-Broadway debut of recent alum Kiley Lotz (BA, Theatre, 2013). The April 15, 2015 issue of The New York…
Student Success Stories English Alum Hanarae Dudek Working as Speech Pathologist 15 Apr 2015April 15, 2015 We like to say that English majors can do anything, and it's good to hear news of Hanarae Dudek (BA, English, 2009) who has gone on to work as a…
Academics… Senior English Major Lindsey Pelucacci Wins Top Fellowship to Fordham 14 Apr 2015April 14, 2015 Lindsey Pelucacci (BA, English, 2015) has just accepted a prestigious Bennett Assistantship, one of Fordham’s most distinguished awards for first-year students, enabling her to go on to study for her…
