English News
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Jud Fisher '91 Joins Indiana Trust & Investment Management Company's Board
May 22, 2013Michael "Jud" Fisher Jr., president and chief operating officer of the Ball Brothers Foundation and 1991 graduate of DePauw University, has joined Indiana... Read More
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Collection of Essays, Including Work by Prof. Samuel Autman, is Finalist for Benjamin Franklin Award
May 8, 2013The Chalk Circle: Intercultural Prizewinning Essays, which includes a work by Samuel A. Autman, assistant professor of English at DePauw University, has... Read More
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Student Journalists Honored with Seven Regional 'Mark of Excellence' Awards
April 29, 2013DePauw University student journalists are the recipients of seven 2012 Society of Professional Journalists Region 5 Mark of Excellence Awards. Presented... Read More
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Prof. Eugene Gloria Wins 2013 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Poetry
April 22, 2013Eugene Gloria, associate professor of English at DePauw University, is the recipient of the 2013 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for poetry for My Favorite Warlord... Read More
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April 24th Visitor George Saunders Among TIME's '100 Most Influential People in the World'
April 19, 2013"Fiction writers don't often get credit for their influence on the world -- it is often invisible and unheralded. But among those on TIME magazine’s annual... Read More
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Award-Winning Author Richard Peck '56 Living the "Impossible Dream"
April 16, 2013"It was the dream of my life to be a writer, but I believed people when they said you couldn’t get your first book published," Richard Peck, the award-winning... Read More
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Anne Keller '96 Joins Economic Development Organization
April 15, 2013"One Southern Indiana, the chamber of commerce and economic development organization for Clark and Floyd counties, has hired Anne E. Keller as senior director... Read More
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Kendall Quisenberry '13 to Teach in Malaysia with Fulbright Award
April 14, 2013Kendall C. Quisenberry, a senior at DePauw University, is the recipient of an English Teaching Assistantship from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program competition... Read More
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Prof. Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr. in California to Present Three Lectures
April 11, 2013Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr., professor of English at DePauw University, will discuss "Does Science Fiction Music Have a Story of its Own?" in a lecture on... Read More
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Sarah Gerkensmeyer '01 Authors What You Are Now Enjoying
April 7, 2013What You Are Now Enjoying, a collection of short stories by Sarah Gerkensmeyer, a 2001 graduate of DePauw University, features "surreal elements, often... Read More
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George Saunders, Here April 24, Wins 2013 PEN/Malamud Award
April 3, 2013George Saunders, who will visit the campus of DePauw University on Wednesday, April 24, is the recipient of the 2013 PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in... Read More
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TV's Bret Baier '92 "At the Top of His Game"
April 2, 2013"Bret Baier is at the top of his game: His Fox News show, Special Report with Bret Baier, has been the No. 1 news program on TV for 50 consecutive months... Read More
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Take Two
March 26, 2013With his crowdfunded film starring Olympia Dukakis set to premiere in April, Alex Thompson '12 already has another ambitious project underway. Read More
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Wendi Taylor Nations '85 Joins Fleishman-Hillard as Sr. VP & Partner
March 26, 2013Wendi Taylor Nations, a 1985 graduate of DePauw University, has joined Fleishman-Hillard International Communications as senior vice president, partner... Read More
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J.C. Pankratz '12 Takes Second in Prestigious Playwriting Competition
March 12, 2013Joan Catherine “ J.C.” Pankratz, a 2012 graduate of DePauw University, finished second in the Jean Kennedy Smith Playwriting Award competition for her... Read More
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Ed Garnes '99 Contributes Essay to New Anthology, Where Did Our Love Go
March 7, 2013Edward M. Garnes Jr., a 1999 graduate of DePauw University, contributes an essay to the newly-published anthology, Where Did Our Love Go: Love and Relationships... Read More
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Jane Stacy '34 Honored on Her 100th Birthday
March 6, 2013"Some just can’t resist the glamour of the stage," begins a story in the Doings of Western Springs, Illinois. "But it wasn’t the spotlight that attracted... Read More
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David Singer '91 Among Barron's Top 1,000 Financial Advisors
February 26, 2013David L. Singer, senior vice president in the private banking and investment group at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management and 1991 graduate of DePauw University... Read More
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Former Tiger Golfer, TV's Bret Baier '92, Competes in AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
February 18, 2013"I can speak to millions and millions of people when the red light on the camera goes on. But when you have to physically perform and turn on a little... Read More
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Award-Winning Poet & Essayist Danielle Cadena Deulen Here February 27
February 7, 2013Poet and essayist Danielle Cadena Deulen, winner of the GLCA New Writers Award and the Miller Williams Arkansas Poetry Prize, will visit DePauw University... Read More
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Book Review by Prof. Meryl Altman Published in Academe
January 28, 2013"Sara Ahmed’s valuable new book is something of a departure from her previous work in phenomenology and cultural criticism, which has focused particularly... Read More
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Linda Heuring '76 Has Three Short Stories Published
January 25, 2013Short stories by Linda Heuring, a 1976 graduate of DePauw University, appear in three recent publications. Read More
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Prof. Joseph Heithaus Discusses Inaugural Poem with Maine Newspaper
January 23, 2013"The poem that was read aloud Monday at President Obama's second inauguration was deeply personal to the Maine poet who wrote it, scholars said, but its... Read More
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CBS News Talks with Prof. Tom Chiarella About Latest Esquire Piece
January 14, 2013"I went in with a little naïveté. I went in thinking, well, I don't know everything. I'm gonna let people tell me and then I'm going to vet what they say... Read More
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"Literary Phenomenon" George Saunders Here April 24 as Guest of Kelly Writers Series
January 13, 2013Hailed as "the writer for our time" in a New York Times Magazine piece, George Saunders will visit the campus of DePauw University on Wednesday, April... Read More
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Prof. Tom Chiarella Discusses 'Fracking' on MSNBC
January 11, 2013"When there's energy to be harvested, money to be made, people are going to go after it," Tom Chiarella told MSNBC's The Cycle today. A visiting professor... Read More
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Dan Korb '79 Named Indiana Sportswriter of the Year
January 6, 2013Dan Korb, an assistant sports editor with the Evansville Courier & Press and 1979 graduate of DePauw University, has been named Corky Lamm Indiana Sportswriter... Read More
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Graduates of the Last Decade Name First GOLD Scholar
November 26, 2012DePauw's young alumni gave Benjamin J. Roess '14 something new to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. With support from the Graduates of the Last Decade... Read More
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Drew Powell '98 Appears on Two Network TV Shows This Week
November 26, 2012Drew Powell, a 1998 graduate of DePauw University, makes an appearance in tomorrow night's episode of television's popular NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative... Read More
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Award-Winning Poet Micah Ling '03 to Keynote 'WordFest 2012'
November 11, 2012Award-winning Indiana poet Micah Ling, a 2003 graduate of DePauw University, will deliver the keynote address at WordFest 2012: Wabash Valley Creative... Read More
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Poet Matthew Dickman Visits DePauw November 14
November 9, 2012Poet Matthew Dickman "crystallizes and celebrates human contact, reminding us...that our best memories, those most worth holding on to, those that might... Read More
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FDNY's Emily Rahimi '99 Helps New Yorkers Weather Hurricane Sandy
November 2, 2012"As Storm Sandy barreled down on the Northeast on Monday, a one-woman response team at the Fire Department of New York monitored Twitter through the night... Read More
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Bestselling Author Jonathan Coleman On Campus Next Week as Schaenen Visiting Scholar
October 30, 2012Jonathan Coleman -- a bestselling author of literary nonfiction whose latest work, West by West: My Charmed, Tormented Life, has just been issued in paperback... Read More
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Novelist Robert Boswell Here for Reading Thursday
October 29, 2012Robert Boswell -- an American short story writer and novelist and "a virtuoso of descriptive prose," according to Library Journal -- will come to DePauw... Read More
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Prof. Joseph Heithaus Among 20 Poets Contributing to 'Landmark Lyrics' Event
October 27, 2012Joseph Heithaus, professor of English at DePauw University, will be among 20 Indiana poets who will participate in a November 15 event at Indiana Landmarks... Read More
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Attorney Joshua Busch '09 Joins Faegre Baker Daniels
October 22, 2012Joshua T. Busch, a 2009 graduate of DePauw University, has joined Faegre Baker Daniels and is based in the Fort Wayne, Indiana, office. Read More
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Anne Hunter Williams '92 Joins the Higgins Firm
October 10, 2012Anne Hunter Williams, a 1992 graduate of DePauw University, has joined the Higgins Firm. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, Higgins is a law practice that... Read More
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WGRE Alum Sarah Eutsler '11 Writes of "Awesome Hands-On Learning Experience"
October 9, 2012"When I started college, I was print journalism all the way," writes Sarah Eutsler, a 2011 graduate of DePauw University, for USA Today. "I had no interest... Read More
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AlaskaLand
October 5, 2012Writer, producer and director Chinonye Chukwu returns to campus on Tuesday, Oct. 9 to give a public lecture and screen her first feature film, AlaskaLand... Read More
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Indy Star Previews Zionsville Event Featuring Prof. Eugene Gloria
October 1, 2012Eugene Gloria, associate professor of English at DePauw University, will present a reading Thursday at the Eagle Creek Coffee Company in Zionsville. "This... Read More
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Prof. Debby Geis to Deliver Centennial Lecture at U of Michigan's Rackham Graduate School
September 21, 2012Deborah R. Geis, associate professor of English at DePauw University, will return to her alma mater, the University of Michigan, to deliver a lecture to... Read More
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A History Rich and Bold
September 20, 2012Associate Professor of English David Alvarez has a story you can share the next time you join a friend for coffee. The favorite beverage of early risers... Read More
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Dan Hendricks '70 Named VP for Advancement at U of North Alabama
September 20, 2012Daniel L. Hendricks, a 1970 graduate of DePauw University, has been appointed vice president for university advancement at the University of North Alabama... Read More
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Jamie Boyer '00 Elected President of Women Lawyers' Association of Greater St. Louis
September 12, 2012Jamie L. Boyer, a partner in the Stinson Morrison Hecker law firm and 2000 graduate of DePauw University, "has been elected president of the Women Lawyers... Read More
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Ethics and Children's Literature
September 5, 2012Newbery Honor author Susan Campbell Bartoletti joins writers, scholars and philosophers to discuss the ethics of children's books, Sept. 13-16. Read More
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Drew Powell '98 Has Recurring Role on The Mentalist
August 22, 2012Drew Powell joins the cast of the CBS series The Mentalist this fall in a recurring role as FBI agent Reede Smith. The first episode to include Powell... Read More
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Will Roess '79 Joins Heapy Engineering
August 20, 2012William J. Roess, a 1979 graduate of DePauw University, has joined Heapy Engineering in Kettering, Ohio, as planning services leader. Read More
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Former Prof. Nic Pizzolatto is Force Behind New HBO Show
August 19, 2012"With the screen rights to his first novel sold to Paramount and production of a two-year series with HBO well under way, author Nic Pizzolatto is on the... Read More
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"Local Diplomat" Linda Lyon '65 Profiled; Recalls "Incredible" College Experience
August 16, 2012"Every child goes through stages of what they want to be when they grow up. Whether it is a firefighter, a police officer, a teacher or a movie star, the... Read More
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Prof. Eugene Gloria Presents September 20 Poetry Reading
August 14, 2012Eugene Gloria, associate professor of English at DePauw University, will read from his new book of poems, My Favorite Warlord, at a September 20 event... Read More