Going back to college after 20 years as a non-traditional student I was nervous. My very first class was fabulous! I took courses in literature, creative writing, and got my bachelor’s degree in Professional Writing. The faculty truly put students first. After graduation, I got a job as Marketing and Communications Coordinator, and it draws on all the skills I learned in English. I love the English department and ISU!
Elisabeth Curtis | BA English, Professional Writing | Class of ‘22
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Events
We are a little light on events right now, but check back, and we hope to have something posted here soon.
Friday, Nov. 6th 12-1 pm in LA 273. "A Conversation with Novelist, Editor, and Essayist Aube Rey Lescure".
Please join the department of English and Philosophy as we chat with novelist editor and essayist, Aube Rey Lescure, about her writing and the philosophical ideas that underlie it. Aube is a French-Chinese-American author and Editor-in-Chief of the literary magazine Off Assignment. Her debut novel, River East, River West, was shortlisted for the 2024 Women’s Prize for Fiction, the Carol Shields Prize, the Massachusetts Book Award, and the Maya Angelou Book Award, among other awards. Her writing is in The New York Times, Granta, Guernica, LitHub, and more. Her essay "At the Bend of the Road" was selected for Best American Essays 2022. Q&A included. All (ISU students staff faculty and community members) are warmly welcome. We will have banana bread that Aube describes as "the platonic ideal of banana bread".
Friday, Nov. 13th 3-5 pm in LA 256. "From Speculation to Demonstration: The Birth of Sciences in Ancient Greece." Colloquial presentation by Daniel Graham, Owen Smoot Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, Department of Philosophy, Brigham Young University.