An essay by Bryna Siegel Finer, faculty member in the English Department and director of Writing Across the Curriculum, has been accepted for publication in the spring issue of the Journal of Teaching Writing.

Judith Villa and Rosalee Stilwell (English), along with several students, presented “The Roses That Grew Through Concrete: When Young Women Decide To Grow, They Can Break Through Any Barriers!” at the 2012 Women’s Consortium and Women’s Studies of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Conference.

All members of the campus community are invited to participate in an open-mic reading based on the prompt “Why I Write” at the Commonplace Coffeehouse on October 17, 2012.

Welcome back, English majors! We are throwing an ice cream social just for you on Thursday, September 6, from 3:00–4:30 p.m. in Leonard Hall, Room 112 (Nicholson Library).