The Afterword Spring 2013 University of Wisconsin Eau Claire English Alumni
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A Welcome from the
Department Chair
Upcoming
English Events
Tues., March 5 at
7 p.m. 330C Davies Dr.
Dennis Preston "Borders
on the Land and in your
Celebration of
Excellence: Dr.
Asha Sen
Dr. Sen is teaching at
Harlaxton and has just
published a new book
Max Garland
is named
Wisconsin
Poet Laureate
Head."
Tues., April 23 at
7 p.m. 328 Davies
Marilyn Nelson will read
her poetry under the
theme "African American
History in Verse."
Wed., April 24 at
6 p.m. 330 Davies
Pulitzer Prize winningpoet Claudia Emerson
will read on campus.
The Center for
Writing
Excellence:
Then and Now
Wed., April 24 at
7:30 p.m. 330 Davies
The Seventh Annual
International Poetry
The CWE welcomes a
new director and
exciting changes
Reading.
Introducing Dr.
Michael Faris
Friday, May 10 at
3:30 p.m. 328 Davies
Dr. Faris joined the
English Department
English Department
Awards and Alumni
last fall
Reception.
Bruce Taylor: Retired
Faculty Profile
A look at Bruce Taylor's
accomplishments from his arrival to
Eau Claire to his current commitment
to the city
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A Welcome from the Department Chair
Dr. Carmen Manning
Dear Alumni and Friends,
As I write this note, I think about the many of you we in the UW-Eau Claire English
Department have heard from in the past few months – the email about your new job, the
Facebook pictures of your baby, the blog post about your adventures teaching English in China,
the message that you are finishing up work on an advanced degree. It is always a special delight
to hear from you because we still think of you as members of the UW-Eau Claire English
Department’s community. As you will see in this issue of The Afterword, there are many exciting
things happening in the English Department including our own Max Garland being named the
Poet Laureate of Wisconsin. But your wonderful notes and posts remind us that the exciting and
important work of the English Department transcends space and time, beyond this campus and
your time at UW-Eau Claire. It extends into the many places where you, our graduates, make
your lives and careers. It is through you and your influence in the world that this department’s
true impact is realized.
We want to hear your stories – stories of your time in the English Department, stories of
your favorite moments with faculty members, stories of your life after graduation. You
contribute vitality to this department. So please join us on Facebook or send us a note. I also
hope you will consider giving back to the English Department through a contribution to the
English Advancement Fund or one of our excellent scholarship opportunities. If each one of you
reading this letter would give just $10, that would make a significant impact on the opportunities
for current and future English students. Thank you for your ongoing support of the English
Department. We look forward to hearing from you soon.
With Warmest Regards,
Dr. Carmen Manning
Chair, Department of English
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UW-Eau Claire Professor Max Garland named Wisconsin poet laureate
January 3, 2013
EAU CLAIRE — Max Garland, University of Wisconsin-Eau
Claire professor of English and widely published, award-winning
poet, essayist and fiction writer, has been named the 2013-2014
Wisconsin poet laureate by the Wisconsin Academy of
Sciences, Arts & Letters.
During his two-year term, Garland will promote poetry and
creativity among all ages, and act as an advocate for imaginative
engagement in poetry and the other arts in Wisconsin.
"Max Garland is an excellent poet and teacher," said Dr. Carmen
Manning, associate professor and chair of UW-Eau Claire's
department of English. "He is able to take what seems to be an
ordinary image or event, and through poetry, elevate that
moment into a thoughtful reflection on the human experience. He
cares deeply about poetry and the value of poetry in our
everyday lives, and he will be an outstanding advocate for poetry
as poet laureate of Wisconsin."
Poetry has an important place in today's society, Garland said.
Max Garland
(Photo by Juanita Brunk)
"As someone who believes poetry is particularly vital in a culture where so much of the language coming
at us is either sales pitch, bureaucratic jargon, or political propaganda, I think poetry offers a place where
we (young and old, experienced or just beginning) can still draw upon the power of honest and thoughtful
words to more deeply express who we are, who we might become and what connects us as human
beings."
Garland noted that poetry has been vital to human culture since long before written language.
"Although there are no signs of its going away, sometimes it's helpful to be reminded, among all the chat,
emails, updates, tweets and dashed-off text messages, that there is still this great ancient resource,
poetry, that allows us to express what can't be deleted, what William Faulkner referred to as the 'old
verities and truths of the heart,'" Garland said. "So the job of the poet laureate is to invite more people to
participate (as readers, listeners and writers) in this art form. Also, as any child can tell you, poetry is fun."
Garland has been a member of the UW-Eau Claire English faculty since 1996. He taught previously at
UW-Madison, the University of Iowa, the Iowa Summer Writing Festival, and as a poet-in-the-schools in
Kentucky, Iowa and Wisconsin. He also has taught many adult and community courses in both poetry and
fiction writing.
Before re-entering the university community he worked at many nonacademic jobs in his native western
Kentucky, including working for 10 years as a rural mail carrier on the route where he was born, a route
formerly run by his grandfather, an experience drawn upon in his first book of poems, "The Postal
Confessions," winner of the 1994 Juniper Prize for Poetry. His second book of poems, "Hunger Wide As
Heaven," was the winner of the Cleveland State University Poetry Center Open Competition.
Garland's other awards and honors include a National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Fellowship, the
Tara Award for Short Fiction, a James Michener Fiction Fellowship, a Wisconsin Institute for Creative
Writing Poetry Fellowship, two Wisconsin Arts Board Literary Fellowships, a poetry fellowship from the
Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission, a Bush Artist Fellowship for 1999-2000, and the Arts and
Letters Poetry Prize for 2004.
Garland's poems, stories and essays have appeared in many journals, including Poetry, New England
Review, Georgia Review, Ploughshares, Crazy Horse, Chicago Review, Gettysburg Review, Prairie
Schooner, Poet and Critic, as well as in the anthologies "I Know Some Things: Stories About Childhood
by Contemporary Writers," "High Infidelities," "The Most Wonderful Books" and "Best American Short
Stories 1995." In addition to his two books of poetry, a chapbook of his poems, "Apparition," was
published in 1999 by Parallel Press. His poems also have been chosen for inclusion on Poetry Daily (an
online anthology of contemporary poetry) and have been featured on Garrison Keillor's "The Writer's
Almanac" on National Public Radio.
At UW-Eau Claire, Garland teaches introductory and advanced creative writing; creative writing
workshops in poetry and fiction; introductory courses in college writing, literature, poetry and the short
story; and upper-level and graduate courses in modern and contemporary poetry.
Garland is the second individual with UW-Eau Claire connections to be named Wisconsin's poet laureate.
In 2004, Denise Sweet, a UW-Eau Claire alumna, award-winning author and the university's former staff
coordinator of conferences and institutes, was named to the post. Sweet is now an associate professor
emerita of humanistic studies at UW-Green Bay.
The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters has overseen the Wisconsin Poet Laureate program
and provided support for the Wisconsin Poet Laureate Commission since May 2011, following the
elimination of state support for the position. The Wisconsin Poet Laureate Commission, which includes
members from various statewide arts organizations, conducts the poet laureate selection process,
assigns responsibilities to the poet laureate and assists him or her in performing the official duties of the
position.
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The Center for Writing Excellence:
Then and Now
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Ashly Curtis
The Center for Writing Excellence
university as a whole, and in spring 2009,
has come a long way since its humble
the writing center moved to a shared space
beginnings as the Composition Lab in
with the Center for Excellence in Teaching
Hibbard Hall. The Center for Writing
and Learning (CETL) in the Old Library
Excellence is celebrating its second year in
(OL 1142).
the McIntyre Library, and this past fall
The year after, Dr. Shevaun Watson
welcomed Dr. Alan Benson as its first
was hired as the Director of Composition
director.
(after Dr. Welch’s retirement), and Dr.
As many of our alums and some of
Watson developed a two-part proposal, the
our faculty may remember, the Composition
first part of which granted the writing center
Lab was available only for students in
an independent budget and transformed the
English 110 and was designed to help
English Writing Center into the University
students pass the English Competency
Writing Center. In addition to becoming
Exam. Eventually, the Composition Lab
available for students in all disciplines, the
gained permission to become available to
center recruited tutors from all disciplines.
other designated writing courses, including
While the University Writing Center was in
English 099 and English 112, and finally,
the Old Library, it grew substantially–the
effective in 2003, the English Competency
writing staff increased, the center was open
Exam was dropped in favor of a grade
in the summer, online help became
requirement in English 110/112. Soon after,
available, and satellite centers opened in
the Composition Lab became the English
residence and academic halls.
Writing Center, and gradually became
The second part of Dr. Watson’s
available to students in all English classes.
proposal allowed for the creation of the
Those who sought help in the center were
Center for Writing Excellence (CWE) with
tutored primarily by English majors.
its own budget and director. In 2011, the
In the 2008-2009, academic year,
CWE moved to its current home on the
Director of Composition, Dr. Karen Welch,
second floor of McIntyre Library. The CWE
expanded the English Writing Center to the
not only helps students, faculty and staff of
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all disciplines with their writing, but also
and the faculty, and that aren’t something
assists faculty and staff in integrating
just done for a grade. Dr. Benson has high
writing into their courses, using the writing
hopes for the Writing Fellows Program,
across the curriculum model.
initiated by Dr. Watson, which pairs
The CWE continues to grow and in
advanced writing center tutors with a
fall 2012 welcomed its first director, Alan
professor to work together crafting effective
Benson. Dr. Benson oversees the CWE and
assignments and providing support and
its future development, training and
feedback to students in the course. Writing
coordinating undergraduate and graduate
Fellows are expected to attend classes and
student tutors, coordinating writing-across-
work closely with the professor and
the-curriculum efforts on campus, and
students.
promoting writing activities on campus and
The CWE will continue to grow over
in the community (for example, via
the next few years expanding to two main
activities celebrating the National Day on
sites on campus: one in the McIntyre
Writing, scholarship-writing workshops, and
Library, and the other in the new Education
more).
building. The site in the Education building
Dr. Benson joined us after
will be mainly by appointment, while the
completing his Ph.D. at the University of
site remaining in the library, along with the
North Carolina at Greensboro in Rhetoric
satellite locations in the study lounges of
and Composition. At UNC-Greensboro, Dr.
both Sutherland and Towers Halls (and a
Benson worked in the writing center and as
new one across the river that is also in the
a Graduate Assistant Director, created the
works), will not require appointments. In the
university’s online writing center. Believing
meantime, Dr. Benson wants everyone to
that peer-to-peer experience is a valuable,
know that the CWE is here for any
powerful way of learning, he continues his
assignment, any time, in person or online.
work in the CWE here at UW-Eau Claire.
As the CWE continues to grow, Dr.
What do you remember about the
Composition Lab, the English Writing
Benson hopes to expand writing across the
Center, the University Writing Center, or the
curriculum to help faculty and staff integrate
Center for Writing Excellence? Share your
writing assignments into their courses that
thoughts on our Facebook page.
really work, that really engage the students
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Celebration of Excellence: Dr. Asha Sen’s
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Experience Abroad & Published Book
Lisa Berfeldt
Dr. Asha Sen is having a busy, yet exciting spring semester. Currently, Dr.
Sen is teaching abroad at Harlaxton College in Grantham, England. In addition, Dr.
Sen’s book, Postcolonial Yearning: Reshaping Spiritual and Secular Discourses in
Contemporary Literature, was published.
Dr. Sen teaches 20th century British and postcolonial literature, and
therefore, her study abroad exchange program is very relevant to her work. Dr. Sen
said “teaching at Harlaxton is a dream come true.” She has the opportunity to visit
places she read about as a child, making those stories that much more meaningful.
At Harlaxton, students are able to see the literature they read in real life, and Dr.
Sen wishes more students could take part in the exchange program there.
While Dr. Sen is having a great time in England, she has more to celebrate
since her book was published. Postcolonial Yearning: Reshaping Spiritual and
Secular Discourses in Contemporary Literature was inspired by experiences
during and after the loss of her partner Dr. Eberth Alarcon to leukemia in 2006.
Writing the book brought Dr. Sen comfort, and she hopes “reading it will extend
comfort to others as they navigate their personal literary and life journeys.”
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Introducing Dr. Michael Faris
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Lisa Berfeldt
The English Department is
thrilled to welcome Dr. Michael Faris
who joined us last fall. Dr. Faris
completed his undergraduate work at
Iowa State University, majoring in
English Education and History. After
teaching 8th grade English for a
couple of years, Dr. Faris earned his
MA in English at Oregon State
University and then went on to
complete his Ph.D. in English at
Pennsylvania State University.
Dr. Faris’s emphasis is digital
rhetoric: his dissertation dealt with
literacy practices related to privacy in
social media. Dr. Faris strives to
integrate his research interests into the
courses he teaches. For instance,
currently, Dr. Faris is teaching
English 372 “Topics in Popular
Culture.” The class discusses social
media and the changes in literacy and
social practices that are occurring in
these environments. Students in the
class receive the opportunity to
experiment with different types of
social media, such as Tumblr and
Twitter. Dr. Faris is very interested in
introducing students to digital
communication. In addition, he is
helping the English Department
develop and manage its social media
presence.
Dr. Faris grew up on an
isolated farm in Iowa. He described
his hometown similar to the areas
surrounding Eau Claire. When asked
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what brought Dr. Faris to UW-Eau
Claire, other than the job opening of
course, he stated that the “English
Department faculty was very
energetic” and he was excited that the
university could give him that type of
environment. Although Dr. Faris has
lived in a few different locations
around the country, he noted that it is
“good to be back in the Midwest.”
When asked what Dr. Faris
likes to read, he admitted he does not
read a lot of fiction (although he is a
fan of Gabriel García Márquez), but
he likes to read articles on theory and
is currently reading the popular
culture book, Gaga Feminism. Dr.
Faris also confessed that he loves to
read online articles that his friends
link to him from Facebook.
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Bruce Taylor: Retired Faculty Profile
Ashly Curtis
It’s difficult to imagine now—
though some of our alumni might
remember—a time when the creative writing
community was practically nonexistent in
the Chippewa Valley: no creative writing
program in the English Department, no open
mic nights at the Acoustic Café, no Poet
Laureate of Eau Claire. That barren
landscape was what now-retired faculty
member Bruce Taylor encountered when he
arrived in Eau Claire forty years ago, and he
was determined to make some changes.
As a child, Bruce Taylor was a
‘voracious reader,’ a trait that he never
outgrew. Throughout his life, Taylor was
given praise for his writing, so he continued
to write his way to the university. In 1972,
he was given a ‘short term appointment’ at
UW-Eau Claire. Not long after, Taylor
decided to kick start courses that would
prove his teaching abilities, and so the first
creative writing courses were born in the
English Department.
Taylor, and colleagues Dick
Kirkwood and Peg Lauber, were writing
poetry and encouraging their students to take
part in creative writing. Eventually, more
writers joined the staff of the English
Department–including John Hildebrand and
Karen Loeb, and together, they and Taylor
developed an English Creative Writing
minor followed by an English Creative
Writing major.
The cherry on top was the founding
of None of the Above (NOTA), the arts and
literature publication of the English
Department in the early 1970s. The open
readings of NOTA allowed writers to gather
and share their work early in the process,
garnering a long-lived interest in the creative
writing community on campus.
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During his time at the university,
Taylor was a big proponent of NOTA and
the open reading series and since his
retirement, Taylor has taken his expertise
and passion into the Eau Claire community.
Taylor is the second Poet Laureate the city
has seen—the first was former English
Department professor Nadine “Dina” St.
Louis—and he has taken his dedication to
poetry seriously in creating an excitement
and interest in the creative writing
community outside the university.
With the support of community writers
and others, including Bess Arness, Ben
Richgruber, and Blayne Powell, Taylor has
developed three different monthly reading
series:
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“OUTLOUD”–poetry and prose
open mic at the Acoustic Café every
first Wednesday
“Writers Read”–readings at L.E.
Phillips Memorial Public Library
every second Tuesday
“Third Thursdays at The Gallery”–
readings at the State Theatre.
In addition to these accomplishments,
Taylor published his eighth book this year,
The Longest You’ve Lived Anywhere, a
collection of new and old poetry as well as
essays on writing and teaching. Taylor says
that he’s always working on new poetry,
keeping his passion, from which many have
benefitted, alive.
Share your stories about Bruce or
your experiences as an English creative
writing major or minor on our Facebook
page.
Spring 2013
Events
February 25 - March 10, 2013
On Campus Events
Thursday, February 28, 2pm-English Fest meeting: Promote English studies on campus and in the
local community by helping plan events for English majors/minors, faculty/staff, and local community
members. Kate Gill Library (Hibbard Humanities Hall 407).
Friday, March 1, 9am-English Writing Internship Meeting: Learn more about the English Writing
Internships available for Fall 2013. If you are considering doing an internship next semester (or at some
point in the future, you should come to this meeting). Kate Gill Library (Hibbard Humanities Hall 407).
More information about English internships can be found here:
http://www.uwec.edu/English/internships/apply.htm
Monday, March 4 at 5 p.m. in Hibbard Hall 206: A Workshop in Folk Linguistics. Dr. Dennis Preston,
Regents Professor, Oklahoma State University, and University Distinguished Professor Emeritus,
Michigan State University, will talk research methods for the study of folk linguistics. This workshop will
focus on various methods of data collection and interpretation in the general area of folk linguistics, or,
perhaps more broadly conceived, language regard, an area meant to cover both conscious and
unconscious reactions to language as well as evaluative and non-evaluative beliefs. The modes of
investigation discussed will range from the experimental to the discoursal, but there should be ample
room for discussion of local projects of interest. Participants might read Preston's "Methods in (Applied)
Folk Linguistics." AILA Review 24 (2010), 15-39 to prepare for this workshop. For more information
contact Erica Benson (bensonej@uwec.edu). This event is hosted by the English Department and
English Fest and is generously supported by the UW-Eau Claire Foundation and the UW-Eau Claire
Academic Affairs Professional Development Program.
Tuesday, March 5 at 7 p.m. in the Ojibwe Ballroom C (330C), Davies: "Borders on the Land and in
your Head" Dr. Dennis Preston. Dr. Dennis Preston, Regents Professor, Oklahoma State University,
and University Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Michigan State University, will talk about his research
on folk linguistics and perceptions of American Dialects. Mental maps are now a mainstay of cultural
geography. Who cares where things really are if ordinary people (i.e., not geographers) believe they are
somewhere else (and operate as if that were true)? The same can be said of language. Who cares where
and even what different varieties of a language really are if people believe they are somewhere or even
something else (and operate as if that were true)? Recently, linguistics (sociolinguistics and
dialectologists in particular) have become interested in what ordinary people (i.e., not linguists) believe
about language in general (folk linguistics) and where varieties of it are located (perceptual dialectology).
In this presentation I will contrast what we know about the 'real' dialectology of some areas with
popular/folk beliefs about language distribution and outline some of the ways linguists have gone about
collecting and interpreting such information. I will be especially interested in the give-and-take relationship
between beliefs and stereotypes about regional and other groups and beliefs about their variety of
language. Do Southerners talk slow because they are? Do Northerners sound unfriendly because they
are? A reception will follow the lecture. For more information contact Erica Benson
(bensonej@uwec.edu). This event is hosted by the English Department and English Fest and is
generously supported by the UW-Eau Claire Foundation and the UW-Eau Claire Academic Affairs
Professional Development Program.
Thursday, March 7, 2pm-English Fest meeting: Promote English studies on campus and in the local
community by helping plan events for English majors/minors, faculty/staff, and local community members.
Kate Gill Library (Hibbard Humanities Hall 407).
Thursday, March 7, 5pm-Sigma Tau Delta-Theta Zeta chapter meeting: Our English honor society
and community service organization has lots on tap. Join the Fun! Kate Gill Library (Hibbard Humanities
Hall 407).
Off-Campus Events
Wednesday, March 6, 7-9pm-Outloud-Poetry and Prose Open Microphone: The Acoustic Cafe is
once again opening the stage to local poets who care to share their words with the public. This open
microphone for local poets is held monthly, sponsored by the Chippewa Valley Words Work. Sign-up
starts at 6pm. Come listen. Acoustic Cafe, Eau Claire 505 S. Barstow St., downtown Eau Claire.
Thursday, March 7, 11am-noon-Jay Gilbertson: Jay Gilbertson reads from his new book (10%
discount) set on Madeleine Island, then the lunch special at Ted's and 15% off Aveda products at
Leissa's. Bookends on Main 214 E. Main St., downtown Menomonie.
Upcoming April and May:
Tuesday, April 23 at 7 p.m., in Woodland Theatre, Davies: Marilyn Nelson Reading. Marilyn Nelson
will be reading her poetry under the theme "African American History in Verse." Marilyn Nelson is the
2012 recipient of the prized Frost Medal--the Poetry Society of America's most prestigious award, for a
"distinguished lifetime achievement in poetry." She also is a three-time finalist for the National Book
Award and winner of two Pushcart Prizes as well as multiple other honors. A book signing and reception
will follow the reading. For more information, contact Jennifer Shaddock (shaddoj@uwec.edu).
Acknowledgements: UW-Eau Claire Academic Affairs Professional Development Program, UW-Eau
Claire Foundation, UW-Eau Claire Visiting Minorities Artists Program, UW-Eau Claire College of Arts and
Sciences, UW-Eau Claire departments of English, history, education studies and women's studies
program, Eau Claire Area School District, Eau Claire School Library Friends, Memorial High School Teen
Literacy Initiative.
Wednesday, April 24 at 6 p.m., in the Ojibwe Grand Ballroom, Davies: Claudia Emerson Reading.
The Blugold Visiting Writer Series is proud to announce that poet Claudia Emerson will be reading on
campus. Emerson is the author of five collections of poetry, including Late Wife, for which she was
awarded the 2006 Pulitzer Prize. A book signing and reception will follow the reading. This event is
hosted by the English Department and English Fest and is generously supported by the Morris Fund
through the UW-Eau Claire Foundation and the UW-Eau Claire Academic Affairs Professional
Development Program.
Wednesday, April 24 at 7:30 p.m., in the Ojibwe Grand Ballroom, Davies: The Seventh Annual
International Poetry Reading. The International Poetry reading will follow Claudia Emerson's reading.
The organizers are aiming for a representation of 40 different languages/dialects. Refreshments will be
available. For more information contact Audrey Fessler (fessleaa@uwec.edu) or Jeff Vahlbusch
(vahlbujb@uwec.edu). The International Poetry Reading is hosted by UW-Eau Claire's English Festival
and generously supported by the UW-Eau Claire Foundation, Center for International Education, English
Department, Foreign Languages Department, Student Senate and University Printing Services.
Wednesday-Thursday, May 1 and 2, in Davies (times and rooms to be announced): English Fest at
CERCA. English Festival presentations at the Celebration of Excellence in Research and Creative Activity
(CERCA). A variety of presentation styles (e.g., traditional conference presentations, readings of creative
works, panel discussions, pecha kuchas) are anticipated. The abstract submission process for English
Fest at CERCA will begin February 8, and the deadline for submission is March 1.
Friday, May 10 at 3:30 p.m., in Woodland Theatre, Davies: English Awards Ceremony and
Reception. This event is hosted by the English Department and English Fest.
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Please help support the outstanding learning environment in
the UW-Eau Claire department of English through your gift to
the UW-Eau Claire Foundation.
Your gift to support any of the following will help enhance
student learning experiences and provide valuable faculty
resources.
Your support can:
The amount in parentheses indicates the annual amount required to meet current obligations.
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A scholarship for a student in one of the five major emphases ($500 annual, $15,000 to endow).
Any of the existing department scholarships (any amount). Learn more.
The creation of a Visiting Writer Fund to bring literary figures to campus for public readings,
lectures, classroom presentations and writing workshops (any amount).
The English Festival Fund, used to expand this annual spring event (any amount).
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The creation of a Web Site Internship Fund to involve science and technical communication
students in improving and maintaining the departmental Web site, including a new interactive
alumni page ($1,500).
Summer stipends for faculty to work with students on collaborative research projects ($500 per
stipend).
The English Advancement Fund, which provides flexible funding for priorities like student/faculty
collaborative research, student conference travel, faculty research and travel, supplemental
sabbatical support, and new faculty and student recruitment (any amount).
Thank you for considering a gift to benefit the department of English at UW-Eau Claire.
"Engaging in faculty-student research was integral to my college education."
- Michael, English major
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