The Flight of the Phoenix

Alumni Newsletter / Fall 2019-2020 / Vol. 4 ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Welcome... ...to the 2019 edition of The Flight of the Phoenix . We've shifted to an email format to inform a wider audience about the goings-on in the department--click on the images and buttons to get to the stories. Highlights include the formation of our new English Department Advisory Council , a new alumni survey we hope you will complete, and the announcement of a homecoming event on October 19, at Preservation Tasting Room. There's much more to learn about, so please read on! Rob Hale, Head of English

English Department Forms Advisory Council On July 9 th , the English Department held the inaugural meeting of its new English Department Advisory Council (EDAC).

Caleb Ernst , '18   English teacher, Elizabethtown High School Sam Ford , '05 Director of Cultural Intelligence, Tiller Press, Simon & Schuster

Rachel Hoge , '14 Production Editor, Post Hill Press Joseph Kirkpatrick   President, KirkpatrickPrice

Quinton Owens , '13   English Teacher at Apollo High School Sam Plappert , '08   Associate Creative Director, Power

Wade R. Stone   Executive Vice President, MedCenter Health Allison Gardner Willian , '12   Strategic Account Manager, Essilor Labs of America

Welcome Gender and Women's Studies!

As part of WKU’s continuing reorganization, the English Department became the administrative home of the Gender and Women’s Studies Program on July 1.

Jon Meyers Wins MA PCAL Award MA in English at WKU

Dr. Lloyd Davies Enters Transitional Retirement

“The Road goes ever on and on Out from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone. Let others follow, if they can! Let them a journey new begin.” --A Walking Song, J.R.R. Tolkien

Alumni Event Please join us at our Homecoming Event at Preservation Tasting Room on Saturday, October 19, at noon. CLICK THE IMAGE to register .

Alumni Survey We have updated our alumni survey for the first time in five years. Please take a few minutes to tell us about your life and whereabouts. We might feature you in an alumni profile!

New Faculty and Staff

Dr. Kristi Branham  Associate Professor of English Dr. Cheryl R. Hopson Assistant Professor of English

Dr. Jane Olmstead Professor of English Renee Purdy GWS Office Coordinator

Madelyn Chambers' Internship Experience

English major Madelyn Chambers, from Elizabethtown, KY, recently completed an internship writing alumni profiles for the English Department.

New Alumni Profiles

Corey Alderdice, '04, '06 ,  Director, Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts Mara Farmer, '16 English Teacher, George Rogers Clark High School

Hilary Harlan, '14 Outreach Library Associate, Bexley Public Library Lyndsey Pender, '15 Research & Evaluation Specialist, The Works, Inc.

Read abut more alumni

Dr. Deborah Logan's Fulbright Research

Publications

Dr. David Bell publishes eleventh novel, Layover.

Read exceptional student work from this year.

Student Achievement

Undergraduate Kylie Carlson presented at the Conference on College Composition and Communication. The presentation included her research on digital badging, and her proposal for implementing it in first year English courses. English student Zachary Zimmer received two full ride scholarships to pursue law. He was accepted by UofL, UIT and Ohio State-- though he chose Indiana University. EST majors Morgan Aldridge, Delaney Holt, and Allie Millay were named Scholars of Potter College. No other major in Potter had so many Scholars.

Professional Writing major David Desloge created the magazine Portraits as his capstone project. The magazine features interviews with ten English Department students with varying minors and concentrations. Visit our news archive for more stories

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