Letter from the Editors
by Zoe Roos Scheuerman ’24 and Chloë Moore ’24
Hello, wonderful readers! We’re so excited to welcome you back to another year of The Words. We’re your senior newsletter editors, Chloë Moore ’24 (she/they), and Zoe Scheuerman ’24 (she/her). Read more about them here…
Introducing the Staff of The Words
by Chloë Moore ’24
We are so excited to introduce ourselves to you, and we hope that you enjoy reading this year’s issues as much as we enjoy bringing them to you. A reminder: you, readers, are what make The Words exciting, so please, keep us updated on your going-ons! Drop us a line if you start a project, go to a great event, get something published, or want to share any words of wisdom with our readers. We always want to hype you up in our monthly issues. And now, without further ado, read our introductions here…
Introducing Our 2022-23 Student Workers
by Chloë Moore ’24
We at The Words are so excited to introduce our readers to this year’s crop of student workers! We have some old-timers as well as five wonderful new hires, and we wanted to give them the opportunity to introduce themselves on their own terms. So, please peruse the following syllabi, created by our students about themselves, in case anyone is searching for readings lists or new class ideas. Don’t worry, there won’t be a test! Read our syllabi here…
Welcoming Faculty Back to the English Department!
Zoë Roos Scheuerman ’24
Much like students are returning to the hallways and classrooms of Old Main, so are faculty members returning to Old Main 2! Several professors spent the past year away on sabbatical or writer’s leave. For this issue of The Words, we caught up with two such professors, Dr. Andrea Kaston Tange and Dr. Daylanne English about their sabbatical work and plans for this semester! Read what they said here…
Study Abroad Reflection
By Anna Šverclová ’23
Last spring, I spent four months on Isla San Cristóbal, the capital island in the Galápagos archipelago. Though a program in environmental science often seemed hardly relevant to my creative writing major (thanks to COVID, a last minute switch), I found that being in an environment where there wasn’t a huge wealth of (published, non-scientific) literature made writing feel like a free-for-all. Read more about Anna’s experience here…