English News

  1. Jud Fisher '91 Joins Indiana Trust & Investment Management Company's Board

    May 22, 2013

    Michael "Jud" Fisher Jr., president and chief operating officer of the Ball Brothers Foundation and 1991 graduate of DePauw University, has joined Indiana... Read More

  2. Collection of Essays, Including Work by Prof. Samuel Autman, is Finalist for Benjamin Franklin Award

    May 8, 2013

    The Chalk Circle: Intercultural Prizewinning Essays, which includes a work by Samuel A. Autman, assistant professor of English at DePauw University, has... Read More

  3. Student Journalists Honored with Seven Regional 'Mark of Excellence' Awards

    April 29, 2013

    DePauw University student journalists are the recipients of seven 2012 Society of Professional Journalists Region 5 Mark of Excellence Awards. Presented... Read More

  4. Prof. Eugene Gloria Wins 2013 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Poetry

    April 22, 2013

    Eugene 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Kendall Quisenberry '13 to Teach in Malaysia with Fulbright Award

    April 14, 2013

    Kendall 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

  9. Prof. Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr. in California to Present Three Lectures

    April 11, 2013

    Istvan 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

  10. Sarah Gerkensmeyer '01 Authors What You Are Now Enjoying

    April 7, 2013

    What You Are Now Enjoying, a collection of short stories by Sarah Gerkensmeyer, a 2001 graduate of DePauw University, features "surreal elements, often... Read More

  11. George Saunders, Here April 24, Wins 2013 PEN/Malamud Award

    April 3, 2013

    George 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

  12. 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

  13. Take Two

    March 26, 2013

    With his crowdfunded film starring Olympia Dukakis set to premiere in April, Alex Thompson '12 already has another ambitious project underway. Read More

  14. Wendi Taylor Nations '85 Joins Fleishman-Hillard as Sr. VP & Partner

    March 26, 2013

    Wendi Taylor Nations, a 1985 graduate of DePauw University, has joined Fleishman-Hillard International Communications as senior vice president, partner... Read More

  15. J.C. Pankratz '12 Takes Second in Prestigious Playwriting Competition

    March 12, 2013

    Joan Catherine “ J.C.” Pankratz, a 2012 graduate of DePauw University, finished second in the Jean Kennedy Smith Playwriting Award competition for her... Read More

  16. Ed Garnes '99 Contributes Essay to New Anthology, Where Did Our Love Go

    March 7, 2013

    Edward 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

  17. 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

  18. David Singer '91 Among Barron's Top 1,000 Financial Advisors

    February 26, 2013

    David 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

  19. 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

  20. Award-Winning Poet & Essayist Danielle Cadena Deulen Here February 27

    February 7, 2013

    Poet 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

  21. 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

  22. Linda Heuring '76 Has Three Short Stories Published

    January 25, 2013

    Short stories by Linda Heuring, a 1976 graduate of DePauw University, appear in three recent publications. Read More

  23. 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

  24. 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

  25. "Literary Phenomenon" George Saunders Here April 24 as Guest of Kelly Writers Series

    January 13, 2013

    Hailed 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

  26. 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

  27. Dan Korb '79 Named Indiana Sportswriter of the Year

    January 6, 2013

    Dan 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

  28. Graduates of the Last Decade Name First GOLD Scholar

    November 26, 2012

    DePauw'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

  29. Drew Powell '98 Appears on Two Network TV Shows This Week

    November 26, 2012

    Drew 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

  30. Award-Winning Poet Micah Ling '03 to Keynote 'WordFest 2012'

    November 11, 2012

    Award-winning Indiana poet Micah Ling, a 2003 graduate of DePauw University, will deliver the keynote address at WordFest 2012: Wabash Valley Creative... Read More

  31. Poet Matthew Dickman Visits DePauw November 14

    November 9, 2012

    Poet Matthew Dickman "crystallizes and celebrates human contact, reminding us...that our best memories, those most worth holding on to, those that might... Read More

  32. 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

  33. Bestselling Author Jonathan Coleman On Campus Next Week as Schaenen Visiting Scholar

    October 30, 2012

    Jonathan 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

  34. Novelist Robert Boswell Here for Reading Thursday

    October 29, 2012

    Robert Boswell -- an American short story writer and novelist and "a virtuoso of descriptive prose," according to Library Journal -- will come to DePauw... Read More

  35. Prof. Joseph Heithaus Among 20 Poets Contributing to 'Landmark Lyrics' Event

    October 27, 2012

    Joseph 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

  36. Attorney Joshua Busch '09 Joins Faegre Baker Daniels

    October 22, 2012

    Joshua T. Busch, a 2009 graduate of DePauw University, has joined Faegre Baker Daniels and is based in the Fort Wayne, Indiana, office. Read More

  37. Anne Hunter Williams '92 Joins the Higgins Firm

    October 10, 2012

    Anne 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

  38. 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

  39. AlaskaLand

    October 5, 2012

    Writer, 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

  40. Indy Star Previews Zionsville Event Featuring Prof. Eugene Gloria

    October 1, 2012

    Eugene Gloria, associate professor of English at DePauw University, will present a reading Thursday at the Eagle Creek Coffee Company in Zionsville. "This... Read More

  41. Prof. Debby Geis to Deliver Centennial Lecture at U of Michigan's Rackham Graduate School

    September 21, 2012

    Deborah 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

  42. A History Rich and Bold

    September 20, 2012

    Associate 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

  43. Dan Hendricks '70 Named VP for Advancement at U of North Alabama

    September 20, 2012

    Daniel L. Hendricks, a 1970 graduate of DePauw University, has been appointed vice president for university advancement at the University of North Alabama... Read More

  44. Jamie Boyer '00 Elected President of Women Lawyers' Association of Greater St. Louis

    September 12, 2012

    Jamie 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

  45. Ethics and Children's Literature

    September 5, 2012

    Newbery Honor author Susan Campbell Bartoletti joins writers, scholars and philosophers to discuss the ethics of children's books, Sept. 13-16. Read More

  46. Drew Powell '98 Has Recurring Role on The Mentalist

    August 22, 2012

    Drew 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

  47. Will Roess '79 Joins Heapy Engineering

    August 20, 2012

    William J. Roess, a 1979 graduate of DePauw University, has joined Heapy Engineering in Kettering, Ohio, as planning services leader. Read More

  48. 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

  49. "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

  50. Prof. Eugene Gloria Presents September 20 Poetry Reading

    August 14, 2012

    Eugene 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