Emma Herrman (BA '16) I was hired as an events coordinator two days before the world ended. Yes, I’m being a bit dramatic, but only slightly. In March 2020, I was working as an administrative assistant to two deans in the College of Arts and Sciences at K-State, and I was ready for a change. … Continue reading Alumni Spotlight: Emma Herrman
Postcard of a roadside sign for the Indian Burial Pit near Salina, Kansas, c. 1950-1960. Courtesy of the Kansas Historical Society’s Kansas Memory online archive. Since our blog debuted in 2017, we have published 500+ posts. While some of you may have been with us from the start (thank you, loyal readers!), others may have … Continue reading From the Archive: Rebury, Repatriate, Reclaim: Rhetoric of the “Salina Burial Pit”
Kim Peek (MA '10) As a kid growing up on a pig farm in southern Illinois, I didn’t know much of the world outside my hometown, but that didn’t stop me from imagining it. In elementary school, I wrote chapter books about haunted houses with magical powers or girls going on solo adventures around the … Continue reading Alumni Spotlight: Kim Peek
Location: 2nd Floor, English Counseling Services BuildingObject: Whiteboard (February 2025)Observations: 1) Since last academic year, the whiteboard on the 2nd floor of ECS has continued to pose questions, ask for opinions and recommendations, prompt stories, and offer hope and joy. 2) For the past week, it has been collecting goals for this current spring semester. … Continue reading Found Object: Semester Goals
Cover for Songs of Innocence by William Blake (Bodleian Library Publishing, 2024, distributed by University of Chicago Press), with an introduction by Mark Crosby. Each month during the academic year, we assemble a newsletter of the department's recent publications, presentations, announcements, and awards. We're happy to recognize the recent successes in research, scholarship, and creative … Continue reading Winter 2024-2025 Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
Stitch from Lilo and Stitch (2002) Since our blog debuted in 2017, we have published 500+ posts. While some of you may have been with us from the start (thank you, loyal readers!), others may have joined us more recently. So, we're highlighting periodically some of the posts that have garnered a lot of views … Continue reading From the Archive: A Master’s Project … in Stitch Gifs
Some of the ENGL 310 student presenters (left to right): Cindric White (BA ‘28, Secondary Education), Kaylee Bravo (BA ’26, English), Harrison Jones (BA ’28, English), and Beck Woodard (BA ‘27, Secondary Education) pictured with faculty instructor Dr. Wendy Matlock following the symposium. Last November 22, the two 2024 fall sections of English 310 “Introduction … Continue reading Literary Studies in the Digital Age: An Undergraduate Literature Symposium
Some of the 2024 picture books under consideration for this year’s Mock Caldecott Since our blog debuted in 2017, we have published 500+ posts. While some of you may have been with us from the start (thank you, loyal readers!), others may have joined us more recently. So, we're highlighting periodically some of the posts … Continue reading From the Archive: 2024 Mock Caldecott
Spring flowers in Manhattan, KS (2024) Welcome to the spring semester! We hope that you are keeping warm and safe as 2025 gets underway. Here are some of the events that we're looking forward to in the months ahead. Please join us for community, creativity, and conversation! All are free but online access requires advance … Continue reading Spring Preview
University Distinguished Professor Emeritus Jonathan Holden On December 20, 2024, University Distinguished Professor Emeritus Jonathan Holden passed away. (His obituary is available here.) I had the good fortune to know Jonathan as a colleague in the Department of English since my arrival in 2000. When I became Department Head in 2007, I enjoyed learning even … Continue reading Remembering Jonathan Holden
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