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Newsletter: The Beacon

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• Fall 2012 (PDF)
• Spring 2012 (PDF)
• Fall 2011 (PDF)
• Spring 2011 (PDF)
  
• Fall 2010 (PDF)
• Spring 2010 (PDF)
• Fall 2009 (PDF)
• Spring 2009 (PDF)
• Fall 2008 (PDF)
• Spring 2008 (PDF)
• Fall/Winter 2007 (PDF)
• Spring 2007 (PDF)
• Spring 2006 (PDF)

News

Dr. Michele Fazio and her ENG 1060 students of Spring 2012 (Alejandra Reyes, Victoria Trujillo, Valerie Snodgrass Sha'Nice Cunningham, Tevin Pridgen, Daniel Luck, and Jeffrey Hunt), accepting their Diane Jones Award for Service-Learning from Christie Poteet, Director of Service-Learning:

Photo credit: Janadean Chavis

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Three students from the Department of English and Theatre won prizes at the 2012 Pembroke Undergraduate Reasearch and Creativity Symposium:

• 1st Place in Oral Presentations: Tank Steiner, "Rethinking ESL Tutoring Strategies: Lessons from Germany" (Faculty Advisor: Teagan Decker)
• 1st Place in Humanities and Mass Communication: Amelia Philbrook, "'The Sin Eaters' and 'The Shawl' as test cases for Apocalyptic Holocaust Literature" (Faculty Advisor: Michele Fazio)
• Honorable Mention in Humanities and Mass Communication: Patricia S. Taylor and Kaitlyn West, "The Effect of Intensive Standard English Grammar Instruction on Reading and Writing Skills" (Faculty Advisor: Sara Oswald)

Below, E&T students view each other's presentations:

Photo credits: Sara Oswald

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Photo credit: Sara Oswald

Monika Brown (Outstanding Teaching Award) and Holden Hansen (Adolph L. Dial Scholarship and Creativity Award) celebrate their wins at the 2012 Faculty Appreciation Dinner.

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Faculty and students compete for glory (and candy) at the Spring 2012 Majors Meeting:

The student team.


The faculty team (bunny ears denote "captain").


Students read the questions.



Final score.

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UNCP student publications took several awards in the 2011 contest of the North Carolina College Media Association. The awards were made at the annual conference, Feb. 18, 2012, at Winston-Salem State University. Specific awards:

• The Aurochs--4 individual awards:
  • Rachel Young, First Place, Nonfiction for "Blind Dates"
  • Jake Bayog, Third Place, Poetry, for "My Bernadette"
  • Sarah Linn Frohlich, Second Place, Photography/Art for "Lizard"
  • Chris P. Fisher, Third Place, Photography/Art for "Arab Dhow on a Stormy Sea"
    
    
• Indianhead yearbook took Best of Show (2nd place overall, behind NC State's Agromeck) plus 5 individual awards:
  • Janna Blue, Third Place for Copy
  • Janna Blue, Honorable Mention for Spread Design
  • Joel Beachum, Third Place for Photography
  • Maria Hockaday, Honorable Mention for Student Life Copy
  • Emily Kline, Honorable Mention for Sports Copy

Both publications are advised by faculty in the English and Theatre department. Congratulations to Karen Helgeson, advisor of The Aurochs, and Sara Oswald, advisor of Indianhead, for their work with these students.

Yearbook staff at the NCCMA. L to R: Anna Blue, Shanetta Monk, Lucy Marshman, Sara Oswald (faculty advisor)

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Faculty and students "compete" for treats at the Fall 2011 Majors Meeting:

 

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Deborah Jean Templin gives a "talkback" after her performance of Unsinkable Women in Moore Hall, April 27, 2011.

The actress poses with student fans:

 

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Students in Catherine Parisian's Titanic-themed composition course launch their boats in commemoration of the event, April 14, 2011.

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Pictures of English and Theatre students and faculty members with their posters at the 2011 PURC Symposium (all photos by Sara Oswald):

Karen Spady

Dr. Susan Cannata with student Darius Johnson

Dr. Michele Fazio with her students: Josie Torrence, Diana Walsh, Andrew Fetch, Delorian Miller, and Perry Holden

Ryan Wise with a poster produced by Writing Center tutors Wise, Lonnie Cox, Tre Howard, Kim Stepp, and Kimberly Brassard

Maria Hockaday giving her oral presentation on Edwidge Danticat.

 

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Mark Canada and M.J. Braun speak to a standing room only crowd at the second Faculty Colloquium of the year, Jan. 31 2011.

Mark Canada discusses material from his book about journalism and literature in nineteenth-century America.

M.J. Braun discusses her research on propaganda analysis and the work of Jon Stewart.

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Shelby Stephenson retired this year after many years of service to UNCP as a professor and as editor of Pembroke Magazine. Sara Oswald's scrapbook (PDF, 6 MB) commemorates his time at Pembroke and photos from his retirement reception in October.

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Department holiday party, Dec. 6, 2010. Chair Kay McClanahan gives the staff their gifts, and Carolyn Price enjoys her present.

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Department faculty prepare to speak at the first Faculty Colloquium of the year, 1 November 2010, called "Teaching Jam." L to R: Youngsuk Chae, Michele Fazio, Therese Rizzo, Teagan Decker, Scott Hicks.

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Photo by Michael Alewine

Roger Ladd presents information about the cover image of his book, Antimercantilism in Late Medieval Literature, at the Friends of the Library Faculty Showcase, October 27, 2010.

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Michele Fazio and her May 2010 study abroad students, in Capri, Italy.

ANNUAL REPORTS

• 2010 (PDF)
  

 

Updated: Tuesday, January 15, 2013

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