English
h News
May 20
011
Volume
e 9, Issu
ue 7
“Summerr afternoon summer afternoon
a
n; to
me those have alwa
ays
been the two
t
most
beautiful words in the
English la
anguage. “
~Henry James
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Department
News
The Paul W. Nisly
Endowmeent for
Literaturee, Vocatio
on,
and Recon
nciliation..
In recogniition of
Professor
Paul Nisly
y’s
distinguish
hed career,, the
English Department is
proud to reeport that we
w
are four-fiifths towards
our goal on the Paul W.
Nisly Endowment. The
T
purpose off this fund is to
promote fu
urther
understand
ding of thee
writing an
nd study off
literature as
a a form of
o
Christian vocation.
v
It
I
especially promotes
activities that
t encourrage
inquiry intto how thiss
vocation iss related to
o the
task of peaacemaking
g, the
quest for social
s
justicce,
and the wo
ork of
reconciliaation of huuman
beings to one anothher
and to Go
od. The
following
g are the
programss involved::
Symposiu
um on
Literaturee,
Peacemak
king and S
Social
Justice, th
he Paul W .
Nisly
Writer-in
n-Residence
Program,, and a Studdent
Scholarsh
hip. For moore
informatiion please
contact Bob
B Brownn at
BBrown@
@messiah..edu.
anzen’s
Rhoda Ja
Reading at Messiaah
College
This sprin
ng, the Engglish
departmeent's Poets and
Writers Series
S
featuured
Rhoda Jaanzen, proffessor
of writing
g at Hope
College in Michigaan and
author off the memooir
"Mennon
nite in a Litttle
Black Dress." Besiides
the evening readingg and
book sign
ning in
Hostetterr Chapel, D
Dr.
Janzen was
w also a gguest
in Dr. Lake's Memooir
Workshop, where sshe
discusseed the
controveersies
surroundding the w
writing
of memooir, suggessted
that studdents who want
to write should reaad
extensivvely in theiir
chosen ggenre, and
discusseed the writiing of
her secoond memoiir
"Backsliidden" which
should aappear in
2012. H
Her currentt
memoir has been oon the
New Yoork Times
bestselleer list for oover 40
weeks.
Dr. Lak
ke at CCC
CC
Dr. Larrry M. Lakee
recentlyy attended tthe
Confereence on College
Compossition and
Commuunication, kknown
better byy its abbrevviation
"4 C's," in Atlantaa. He
attendedd workshopps on
Hawaiiaan and Natiive
Americaan protest
literaturre, as part oof his
development of coourses
in worldd and
postcoloonial literatture,
other sessions on
improving the whoole
class wrriting workkshop,
and one on using ffood
and foodd politics aas a
focus for student
s
wriiting.
Another seession, "Th
he
Lyric Essaay: Reading
g,
Writing, and Teachin
ng
the “Beauttiful Wild
Child” of Creative
C
Nonfiction
n" was
organized by Melissa
Goldthwa
aite, Messiah
College cllass of '93. Dr.
Goldthwaiite is the ed
ditor
of The No
orton Pockeet
Book of
o
Writing
g by
Studentts
(2010) and
has taug
ght
writing
g at
St. Joseeph's
Universsity
for ten
years.
Poetry Reeading!
Christine Perrin
P
and the
Contempo
orary Amerrican
Poetry class took to the
t
road again
n to hear
contemporrary poet,
Stanley Pllumly, read
d at
Gettysburg
g
College. They
T
camee
away with
h a strong
appreciatio
on for the
humility and
a respectt that
they have experienceed as
students att Messiah
College.
Tea N’ Bo
ooks
The British
h Topics
Inklings cllass intend
ds to
follow in the footsteeps of
their men
ntors this
semester (Sayers,
Tolkien, Lewis)
L
andd
have tea at
a the Midttown
Scholar in
n Harrisbuurg.
Holy Weeek Eventss The
Wednesd
day of Holyy
Week, the Intro to
Poetry claass celebraated
with a po
oetry liturgyy,
and on Maundy
M
Thursday
y, the Britissh
Topics cllass compilled a
radio dram
ma of Sayeer’s
Man Born
n to be Kinng.
ng!
Gardenin
On Servicce Day, Sigma
Tau Deltaa (the Engllish
Honor So
ociety) joinned
with the Grantham
G
Commun
nity Gardenn to
get the laand ready ffor
summer! Workers
relished in
i the warm
m sun
while plaanting
flowerbed
ds and
preparing
g the herb
garden.
ni News
Alumn
Nate Win
ndon ’10 hhas
been acceepted to sixx
graduate programs in
English: Maryland,
M
Pittsburgh
h, Villanovva,
UMass, Boston
B
Colllege,
and Univ
versity of
Connectticut. He has
chosen tto attend
Connectticut, not oonly
due to thhe quality of
their proogram, butt also
because they offerred him
a substaantial finanncial
packagee.
Ernestiaa Fraser ’07
receivedd her MFA
A in
Creativee Writing w
with a
Concenttration in
Screenw
writing in 22009
from Chhatham
University in Pittssburgh,
PA and won the M
MFA
Finalist for Best T
Thesis
in the Fiiction categgory
for her sscreenplay Inside
the Fallen Moon. IIn
2010, heer first boook,
Carnivaal of Love, was
acceptedd for publication
by Caribbbean Studdies
Press annd this pastt
school yyear, she haas
been teaaching Reliigious
Knowledge, U.S.
History,, and Bahaamian
Social S
Studies at M
Mt.
Carmel Preparatorry
School iin Nassau,
Bahamaas.
ny
Please fforward an
addition
nal alumn
ni news
to Mariaalana Gaetano
[email protected],
under thhe subject
heading “Alumni
News.”
Events and
s
Opporttunities
Job Oppo
ortunity!
Do you haave a writin
ng as
well as sciience
backgroun
nd? Do you
u
have four years
y
of
experiencee in either of
these field
ds? Then th
he
science wrriter positio
on at
Kelly Gov
vernment
solutions might
m
be fo
or
you! It is a contract
position with
w the
potential to be hired as a
federal gov
vernment
employee.. Follow th
he
link for mo
ore
informatio
on:
http://tinyu
url.com/3ccfwb
63.
p!
Internship
Health Am
merica is
providing current
students th
he opportun
nity
to becomee involved in a
full-time in
nternship
program beginning
b
May
M
21 and end
ding August
26. Positio
ons are offe
fered
in Medicarre Sales &
Operations, Health
Services and
a Utilizattion
Managemeent, Product
Developm
ment and
Implementation, Leg
gal
and Regullatory
Compliancce, Financee
and Budg
geting,
Commerccial Sales,
Commun
nications, aand
Underwriiting. Pay sstarts
at a minim
mum of $99.00
per hour. Contact thhe
Internship
p Center foor
more detaailed
informatiion and vissit
http://careers.cvty.ccom
for an app
plication.
Internship Resourrce!
The Annu
ual Internsship
Guide, which
w
lists a
variety off internshipp
opportunities at PN
NAmember newspaper
n
rs can
be found at
http://ww
ww.panewspapeer.org/webb/2005
/09/studeent_resourcces.as
px. The guide
g
is
alphabetized by cityy and
includes editorial,
e
advertisin
ng,
photograp
phy, and oother
valuable learning
opportunities.
The Men
nnonite Ceentral
Committtee United
d
Nations Liaison
L
Office
offers onee
unpaid in
nternship tthis
summer for
f interestted
and
qualified
college
and
university
y
students
with a bbackgroundd in
Peace Sttudies,
Internatiional Studiies,
Politicall Science,
Internatiional
Developpment,
Commuunications oor
other rellated fieldss along
with inteerest and
capability of web ppage
development for thhe
office . A
Applicantss must
be available to woork for
a minim
mum of 4 w
weeks,
maintainning an aveerage
of 40 woork hours pper
week beetween Julyy 12
and Auggust 17. Loodging
at Mennno House inn
Manhatttan can be
providedd, but interrns are
requiredd all other
expensees includingg food
and trannsportationn. The
applicattion is due via
email too
[email protected] by
Mondayy, May 2.
Interview
ws will be
conductted with a llimited
number of candidaates by
phone dduring the ttwo
weeks fo
following thhe
applicattion
deadlinee. The successful
applicannt will be nnotified
of his orr her accepptance
by Monday, May 99.
Writingg Contest: the
Norton Writers P
Prize.
Submisssion shouldd be
from an asssignment done
for a writin
ng class, and
winners will
w be
considered
d for inclussion
in the nextt edition off the
Norton Po
ocket Book
k
reports, prrofiles,
evaluation
ns, argumen
nts,
of
memoirs, proposals,
p
Writing by
y Students..
Acceptable genres
include “liiteracy
narratives,, literary an
nd
other textu
ual analysees,
mixed-gen
nre pieces, and
more: any excellent
writing do
one for an
undergrad
duate writin
ng
class will be
b
considered
d." Deadlin
ne is
May 27. See
S
http://book
ks.wwnorto
on.c
om/books//nortonwriters-priize/ for mo
ore
details.
A Marcelllus Shale
Developm
mental
Experiencce. The
Morgan Faamily has 36
3
acres of laand on the
Marcellus Shale to be a
demonstrration site oof
sustainab
bility and
permacullture designn and
as an edu
ucational reetreat
center. Th
hey are loooking
for Envirronmental
Science, Sustainabiility,
English, Theater,
T
History, and
a Journaalism
students with
w an intterest
in interdisciplinary
nd workingg on
studies an
the land, but who w
would
also
participatte
in
conductin
ng
interview
ws
with peop
ple
who havee
lived thro
ough the cooal
boom and
d who now
w have
a stake in
n the Marceellus
Shale Developmentt.
These intterviews w
will be
turned intto a short pplay
and be peerformed inn
August. While
W
theree is
no compeensation foor this
experiencce, the Morrgans
will provvide room and
board.
Writingg Contest! The
Confereence on
Christiaanity and
Literature is hostinng
their 2011 student
writing contest forr works
that suggest the auuthor’s
spirituall inquiry annd take
the form
m of either poetry,
creative non-fictioon,
fiction, oor academic
essays. Bessides
hhaving the w
work
ppublished oon the
C
CCL website, the
pprize also
inncludes a
seelection off
books, a subscriptiion to
“Image”” magazinee, and a
one-yeaar membersship in
CCL. Enntries are ddue by
May 13.. See
www.peepperdine.eedu/sp
onsoredd/ccl for
informaation on forrmat
and the pprocess off
sending an entry.