Writing + Linguistics @ Georgia Southern

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We are moving (together)! If you haven't heard, the Department of Literature and the Department of Writing and Linguistics are joining forces as the Department of English! Please follow our new accounts @gasouthernenglish @gasouthernengl

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Fledge is Georgia Southern's Journal of Outstanding First-Year Writing. It highlights the way our first-year writing classes equip our students. We have a variety of categories, including rhetorical analysis, literary analysis, memoir, research essays, poetry etc. #w&l #english

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Please join us for the Department of Literature's Senior Seminar as students present their research projects. The first panel will be held on Tuesday, November 29, at 3:30 pm (Newton 1111), and the final panel will be held on Thursday, December 8, at 3:30 pm (Newton 1111)#gs #eng

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Professor of Writing and Linguistics and Director of the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) Dr. Lisa Costello invites you to celebrate our LBGTQ+ graduates at Lavender Graduation on both the Armstrong and Statesboro campuses. Well done, grads! #gsu #w&l #english

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On Monday, December 5, from 3- 5 PM EST in Ogeechee Theater on the Armstrong Campus, the Department of Literature (with whom W&L is joining) presents a senior seminar showcase—Different Worlds: Understanding Octavia E. Butler. Please come out to support our students! #english#gsu

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The Office of Career and Professional Development (OCPD) provides scholarships for career-related internships. The OCPD has awards of up to $3,000 to offset the cost of professional internships with no or little financial compensation. Find out more by visiting their website

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Congrats to the winners of Georgia Southern's Scary Story Contest! Please congratulate our winners Nina Petiot (for "Babysitting Gone Wrong"—tied for first place), Elsie Lappin (for "I Love You"—tied for first place), and Anonymous (for "The Scary People"—tied first runner up).

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Want to learn more about getting work experience and utilizing your communication skills as a W & L major? Interested in the process of applying for and securing an internship? Join Professor Mroczek next Monday to learn more!

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Georgia Poetry Circuit is bringing Ashley M. Jones to Statesboro campus this Thursday at 6:30 PM (with a book signing to follow). The first Black poet laureate of the state of Alabama, Jones' poems and essays appear in or are forthcoming at CNN, POETRY, and The Oxford American.

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It is W&L's great honor to announce that Professor Michael Pemberton has been awarded the 2023 International Writing Centers Association Muriel Harris Outstanding Service Award. Michael is a true exemplar of writing center theory and practice. Congratulations, Dr. Pemberton!

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Writing & Linguistics is working with the College of Education counseling program to destigmatize mental illness and suicide in the military. Come check out a special Burning Swamp this Friday when students can read their own work or something related to the theme. See you soon!

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Last week, Professor Christina Olson had her fabulous poem, "What I Learned from the Gympie Gympie Plant," selected as The Missouri Review's Poem of the Week. Congrats, Professor Olson! Link here: https://t.co/n7yQ2IS1Ve

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EXTENDED UNTIL TUESDAY (11/1 at 11:59 PM). It's that time of the year! Leaves are falling. Cold is (kinda) arriving. Costumes are being prepared. Decorations are up. Spooky writing is needed.
Give us your best! Submit now.

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Internships are an excellent way to learn about and participate in careers in writing and linguistics! If you would like to learn more about how to secure an internship and/or ask questions about interning, please join Professor Christy Mroczek on November 7 at 7:00PM!
#careers

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W&L event update! On the Armstrong Campus on Friday, 11/11 at noon, please go see Writing & Linguistics' faculty member Professor Chris Cartright give the Strozier Faculty Lecture on "Politics and Pop Culture: Elden Ring, Identity, and Global Culture Wars."

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From poetry Professor Olson: the brand-new Department of English meet and greet last week was a success! free books! hot pizza! swag! conversations! thank you to all the majors and minors who came out and our faculty who were there! @GSUEnglish @CreativeWriGSU #future #goodtimes

[Writing + Linguistics @ Georgia Southern @GaSo_writling]

Planning out your Spring 2023 class schedule? Consider adding the Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies junior and senior seminar course! Please contact Dr. Costello, Program Director and Writing and Linguistics faculty, for more information or with any questions.

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Activision is offering internships in narrative design. If you have taken Dr. Lisa Dusenberry's and Dr. Robert Terry's class, "WRIT3310: Digital Storytelling," the skills you acquired and practiced there would be a perfect fit! Link: https://t.co/xhMUMUQsg7

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Along with a technical writing internship, Activision is offering internships in narrative design. If you have taken Dr. Robert Terry's class, "WRIT3310: Digital Storytelling," the skills you acquired and practiced there would be a perfect fit! Link: https://t.co/Nqzc0kPJXl

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Looking for internship opportunities where you can apply your skillset in Writing and Linguistics? Check out Activision, creators of such epic games as Pitfall®, Tony Hawk®, Guitar Hero®, Crash Bandicoot™, Skylanders™, Bungie’s Destiny and Call of Duty. https://t.co/pQ0BMhU1zx