English Program at Cedar Crest College

10/13/2023

Join Dr. LuAnn Fletcher and five of our amazing alums for a virtual career panel discussion on Tuesday, October 17th from 7-8 p.m. Learn from our former English, Communication, Writing, History, Art History, Dance, Global Studies, and Political Science majors and minors as they discuss how they used their Cedar Crest education and experiences to find career success and make a difference.

Zoom link here: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85693425226
Share this post with students who might be interested, and feel free to listen in!

05/06/2023

Congratulations to our senior English majors on their presentations for Capstone Presentation Day last week!

04/16/2023

Congratulations to our new Xi Kappa inductees to Sigma Tau Delta and to the winners of this year’s writing contest (sponsored by Preterite, our literary club). We also celebrate the launch of Volume 13 of Pitch, the College’s online arts and literature journal. Find it at: https://www.cedarcrestcollegepitch.com/

04/03/2022

Congratulations to our new Xi Kappa inductees and to the Preterite writing contest winners. And hooray for the launch of PITCH, volume 12!

https://www.cedarcrestcollegepitch.com/

11/05/2021

Our literary club, Preterite, had a great time sponsoring a “Blind Date With a Book” event this afternoon! Students who attended now have new books to enjoy—and the club collected donated books for a local elementary school. We’ll still take book donations through next week! Drop them off in Hartzel 119 between 9-4.

Preterite has a new FB home: if you’d like to follow the club, please search for “Cedar Crest Preterite.” The club has initiated a private group, rather than a public page.

10/22/2021

Poet Eduardo C. Corral gave a fabulous reading tonight from his work about the emotional and political frontiers of immigration, the Mexican border crisis, unrequited love, and q***r identity. Thank you, Eduardo! And thanks to the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center for their support!

09/27/2021

Are you, have you been, or is a student you know majoring or minoring in Art, Communication, English, History, Performing Arts, Political Science, Spanish, or Writing? Do you wonder what kinds of careers are available to graduates with these majors?

If so, please consider attending a virtual career panel moderated by Dr. LuAnn Fletcher and composed of Cedar Crest graduates who majored in these fields and who have gone on to achieve success and happiness in a variety of careers. See image for Zoom link!

Participating panelists include:

Mia McFarland, '99: B.A., English; M.A. History, M.S., Education, J.D., Ph.D. coursework in youth development and organizational leadership; currently Executive Director, Doing Good Together, Minneapolis, MN

Lindsey Jancay, '12: B.A., Studio Art (concentration in book arts) and English (concentration in non-fiction writing); M.A., Art Administration and Art History Theory and Criticism; currently Director of Collections and Programming, Historic Bethlehem

Juliana Wall, '19: B.A., Communication New Media and Writing, with an English minor; currently business owner of Juliana Wall Photography

April Barnes, '03: B.A., English with a Communication minor; MBA, Health Care Administration; currently Director of Development and Marketing, SLDC, Buena Park, CA

Sue Ragusa, '03: B.A., Theatre (concentration in design and technical theatre) and Art (concentration in integrated studio art with sculpture); MFA in theatre and drama, with specialization in lighting design; currently instructional technologist, Library and Information Technology, Ursinus College

09/20/2021

Don’t forget—if you’re in the area and an arts/humanities student or graduate (English and writing majors/minors 👀), you’re welcome to attend the Mix and Mingle event sponsored by the Office of Alumnae Affairs. This Tuesday at 7 p.m. See earlier post, and please RSVP!

05/24/2021

“The literature of the fantastic — the wonder tale, the fable, the folk tale, the magic-realist novel — has always embodied profound truths about human beings, their finest attributes and their deepest prejudices too. The wonder tale tells us truths about ourselves that are often unpalatable; it exposes bigotry, explores the libido, brings our deepest fears to light.” —Salman Rushdie

They will tell you a lot about who you are.

03/22/2021

Join us tomorrow, 03/23, for our Visiting Writers Series event featuring Annia Ciezadlo from 7 to 8 pm on Teams! This online reading is open to the public.

Annia Ciezadlo is an author and journalist who writes about food, politics, and how people survive catastrophes. She has covered wars, revolutions, refugees, climate change, and coronavirus, often from the same place: the kitchen. She used her experience covering wars in Beirut and Baghdad to write the award-winning book Day of Honey: A Memoir of Food, Love, and War (Free Press, 2011), which won the American Book Award; Books for a Better Life Award; and was a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, the James Beard Foundation Award, and Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award. Her nonfiction writing from Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and elsewhere has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Granta, Guernica, Foreign Affairs, The New Republic, The Nation, and other publications. Annia Ciezadlo teaches creative nonfiction writing this semester at Cedar Crest College.

Please use the Microsoft Teams link below to join our reading.

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MWYwYTBjY2YtZDI3MC00NjVjLTgzYTctODk1NTljMDhlY2Y1%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22d880b216-1d3e-4c3c-9455-fc43d98137d6%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22bef6b698-0a06-4f0f-bb64-c9a1d0683e0e%22%7d

01/20/2021

On Inauguration Day, celebrating the power of poetry to inspire hope and purpose:

The Presidential InaugurationliveWatch With AnalysisHighlightsScenes from the CapitalBiden’s Long RoadQuestions, AnsweredAdvertisementContinue reading the main storyInauguration Live Updates: Biden and Harris Are Sworn In, Kicking Off New Era in WashingtonAmanda Gorman, the youngest inaugural poet...