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Geoffrey Hilsabeck

Department of English to host reading by instructor Geoffrey Hilsabeck

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The  WVU Department of English will host a reading by Geoffrey Hilsabeck on Thursday, Feb. 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the  WVU Downtown Library’s Milano Reading Room. 

Gwen Bergner

WVU's Eberly College announces 2017-18 Outstanding Teacher Award recipients

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The  Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University has named four recipients of the 2017-18 Outstanding Teacher Award: Gwen Bergner, Ned Flagg, Krystal Frazier and Carrie Rishel.

West Virginia University is an increasingly diverse place to learn, and our future will continue to see a growth in that diversity. Our students come from every county in West Virginia, all 50 states and over 100 countries around the world. WVU is aware of the differences this diversity fosters in its student body, and has several programs in place to bring all of its students together to form one WVU. As part of that diversity, dialects from Newark, New Jersey and Mingo County, West Virginia, come into contact at WVU, as do languages from different continents and different language families. To celebrate this diversity, linguistics professor Kirk Hazen and journalism professor Mary Kay McFarland have created WVU Voices. This mini-documentary is designed to educate the WVU community and beyond to create a more knowledgeable, appreciative and welcoming environment on campus. Language variation affects every person, and this video aims to bring those differences to light in a positive way. With the help of the Gabriel Brothers, Inc. Faculty Awards Program, we hope WVU Voices will foster a diverse culture in Morgantown, West Virginia and further the mission of WVU.

Voices of WVU

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Department of English's West Virginia Dialect Project launches 'WVU Voices' documentary

Katha Pollitt

WVU Department of English to host lecture on ‘Abortion: Truth and Post-Truth’

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The  Department of English  and the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences  at West Virginia University will host a lecture by social commentator and author Katha Pollitt on Monday, Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. in the Mountainlair Student Union’s Gold Ballroom.  

Maggie Anderson

Maggie Anderson, author of ‘Dear All,’ to give reading Oct. 30

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The Department of English at West Virginia University will host a reading by poet Maggie Anderson on Monday, Oct. 30 at 7:30 p.m. in the WVU Downtown Library’s Milano Room.

The Gaziano Family

Tradition runs deep

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Gaziano family creates WVU English professorship 

Annie Barrows

Annie Barrows, author of ‘The Truth According to Us,” to give reading Oct. 17

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The Department of English at West Virginia University will host a reading by Annie Barrows on Tuesday, Oct. 17 at 7:30 p.m. in the WVU Downtown Library’s Milano Room. 

Stephanie Foote is the first West Virginia University faculty member to be chosen for a National Humanities Center Fellowship. Foote is in residence at the National Humanities Center in Durham, N.C. for the 2017-18 academic year while working on her book about waste. In “The Art of Waste: Narrative, Trash, and Contemporary Culture,” Foote plans to examine the role of garbage in narrating the relationship of American culture to environmental crisis.

Discovering the art of waste

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WVU English professor named a fellow of the National Humanities Center 

Gabriel Fried, author of ‘The Children Are Reading,’ to give reading Sept. 5

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The Department of English at West Virginia University will host a reading by Gabriel Fried on Tuesday, Sept. 5 at 7:30 p.m. in the Milano Room of the Downtown Campus Library.

West Virginia Writer’s Workshop to focus on health, healing in 2017

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In its 21st year, the West Virginia Writers’ Workshop will offer lectures and readings related to creative writing on health and healing.