Student Spotlights
Work Published in Allegheny Review
Senior Adam Pollak's poem "Unknown" has been accepted for publication by The Allegheny Review.
Old Line Publishing Internship
Junior English major Emma Kinsey will be working as an intern during summer 2013 for Old Line Publishing.
2013 Adrienne Athanas '13 and Diana Clark '13 Accepted to Writers Institute
Senior English majors Adrienne Athanas '13 and Diana Clark '13 have been accepted to the 2013 New York State Summer Writers Institute, which will be held at Skidmore College in July.
2013 Association of Core Texts and Courses Conference
In March, English major Theresa Gillette presented a paper at the Association of Core Texts and Courses conference in Chicago. Her paper, "Belittled Babel and Banished Busiris: How Milton Uses the Bible to Show the Ungodliness of a King," was written for Dr Beth Savage's ENGL 355 course: Interregnum, Restoration, and Revolution.
2012 Riverviews Literary Lounge
English majors Diana Clark, Brogan Franklin, Sarah Lavinder, and Nik Warkoski read from their fiction and poetry for Literary Lounge on November 29, 2012 at Riverviews Artspace in downtown Lynchburg. Pictured at left: Sarah Lavinder, Nik Warkoski, Brogan Franklin, and Diana Clark.
2012 Summer Study Abroad Trip
Thirty-two study abroad students, including several English majors and minors, travelled to Italy and Sicily this past summer with Dr. David Lipani in order to study Classical Greek and Roman literature. The month-long trip included visits to Rome, Naples, Florence, Syracusa, Taormina, Agrigento, and Palermo, where students toured museums, churches, and galleries that captured Italian history, religion and, especially, art.
