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Amaris Feland Ketcham

Amaris Ketcham

Amaris Feland Ketcham is an Associate Professor in the University of New Mexico’s Honors College. As a writer and artist, Amaris explores the combination of text, image, and place. She has written two poetry books, A Poetic Inventory of the Sandia Mountains and Glitches in the FBI; a camping guide to New Mexico, Best Tent Camping: New Mexico; and a graphic

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Chosen Companions of the Goblin: Kathryn Smith

June 22, 2020

Chosen companions feature

MFA alum, Kathryn Smith’s debut poetry collection, Chosen Companions of the Goblin, won the 2018 Open Country Chapbook Contest which was chosen by Heather Cahoon. The collection was published in 2019 by Open Country Press.            

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Happy Like This: Ashley Wurzbacher

Happy Like This feature

2010 MFA graduate in fiction, Ashley Wurzbacher’s debut short story collection Happy Like This, won the John Simmons Iowa Short Fiction award and was published by the University of Iowa Press in October 2019. The collection features some stories from her thesis from her time at Eastern’s MFA program!            

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Pencils Down Virtual Symposium: June 18, 2020

June 15, 2020 by Sam Buzby

T-shirt that reads "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter," by Martin Luther King

Student Symposium: “Pencils Down: Confronting Hate with, and in, the Humanities” Event Date and Time: June 18, 2020, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Event Address: Online Even in times of enormous social need, the Humanities too frequently take their responsibilities to confront hatred and iniquity in society, along with their potential to address social justice,

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Professor Judy Rohrer’s “White Supremacy is the Deeper Virus”

Car protesters with signs that read: White Supremacy: What have I done today to confront it? What more can I do tomorrow? and Justice 4 George!

Judy Rohrer, PhD reminds us, “Before we act as accomplices, we need to listen. And I mean really listen hard, especially to young leaders of color.”

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English Student Spotlight: Drew Larson

June 2, 2020 by Sam Buzby

Drew Larson

English Student Spotlight: Drew Larson BA in Journalism: News Editorial BS in Journalism: Public Relations 2020 CALE Dean’s Student Excellence Award Recipient Drew Larson is a student with a BA in Journalism, News Editorial Emphasis and the BS in Journalism, with a Public Relations Emphasis; he graduates in June, 2020. How is the English program

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English Student Spotlight: Brittany Copeland

June 1, 2020 by Sam Buzby

Brittany Copeland

Student Spotlight: Brittany Copeland BAE English Secondary Education Brittany Copeland is a student in the EWU Teacher Preparation Program majoring in Secondary English Education. She graduates in Spring 2020. What projects have you worked on that you would like to highlight? I am so excited to have the opportunity to continue to work with my

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English Student Spotlight: Raghda Al Hmeyrat

May 29, 2020 by Sam Buzby

Raghda Al Hmeyrat

Student Spotlight: Raghda Al Hmeyrat M.A. Rhetoric and Technical Communication Raghda Al Hmeyrat is a graduate student in the MA in English with Emphasis in Rhetoric and Technical Communication Program. She graduates in June 2020. Do you have any exciting projects that you are currently working on or past projects that you want to highlight

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COVID-19 Reveals Viral Discrimination, Higher Ed Should Pay Attention

May 28, 2020

Image by Dr. Judy Rohrer: car protest that took place in Oakland, CA on April 11, 2020 organized by Mom’s 4 Housing and the Black Housing Union

An article by our director, Judy Rohrer, PhD, titled “COVID-19 Reveals Viral Discrimination, Higher Ed Should Pay Attention” was published by “Diverse Issues in Higher Education” this week. Rohrer writes, “People are still saying “the virus doesn’t discriminate,” in spite of all the evidence to the contrary. We are not equally “all in this together.” The

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Join Us for Our Virtual Convocation

May 27, 2020

Students playing instruments

Join us for our virtual convocation at 7 p.m., Wednesday, May 27. Program The Star Spangled Banner – Lyrics: F. S. Key/J.S. Smith: music The EWU Symphonic Choir Kristina Ploeger-Hekmatpanah, Conductor When You Wish Upon a Star – Ned Washington/Leigh Harline Adam Shiner, voice Don Goodwin, piano Etude No. 8 – N. Kapustin Stephanie Zickau, piano Gaztelu – S. Jenkins

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