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Building on a Strong Foundation
The most important thing an institution does is not to prepare a student for a career but for a life as a citizen.
–Frank J. Newman
Michael Green at the Helm, English Bolsters Online Offerings
The Department of English’s highly rated online programs include a BA and MA in English, a BA in Film and Media Studies, and an MAS in American Media and Popular Culture. An online MTESOL degree is currently in the “ramping up” phase and is accepting applications for fall of 2017.
Alumni Come Full Circle at Sundance Film Festival
The 2017 Sundance Film Festival was a reunion of sorts for a few Arizona State University alumni.
The Academic, the Artist, the Advisor: A Profile on Mollie Connelly
Mollie Connelly, the newest Academic Success Specialist in the Department of English, has long been a part of the ASU family.
A Composition Teacher’s Reward: Biochemistry Student Earns Scholarship for Writing
By fall of 2015, ASU biochemistry student Alec Smith had long since forgotten about a writing contest he entered almost two years prior. At the prompting of his mom—who had been an English major and “was all about writing,” as Smith puts it—he had submitted an entry to “Write about a time when food created a memory” for The Chipotle Cultivating Thought Essay Contest.
Blasingame Brings Focus on Diverse Voices to ALAN
ASU English Professor Jim Blasingame was recently named the Executive Director of the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents (ALAN) of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). A long-time member of ALAN, Blasingame previously served as President and for eight years was editor of The ALAN Review journal.