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 J 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 [email protected] @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.
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