English Department

Good Thunder Reading Series: Aryn Kyle

The Good Thunder Reading Series invites the Eddice B. Barber Visiting Writer Residency Fiction Writer Aryn Kyle to  Minnesota State University Mankato from Tuesday, February 16 to Friday, February 19th. A writing workshop will take place from Tuesday to Friday at 10:00 am in CSU Room 202. A talk on craft will occur on Thursday at 3:00 pm in the CSU Ostrander Auditorium and a reading will take place on Thursday at 7:30 pm in CSU Room 253. Visit the Good Thunder Reading Series website for more information about this event.

 

 

 

New English Graduate Student Association

English graduate students Paula Schevers and Dana Bruhn saw a hole to fill for graduate students and created theGraduate Scholars in English Association (GSEA). Paula stated that "the idea sprang out of our feeling a bit out of place and unaware of the 'goings on' within the department and on campus that specifically references graduate students."

Paula and Dana spent muchof last semester talking with other graduate students.They tried to figure out how to find out what's happening in the English department and to discover a place for graduate students to meet, discuss, and exchange information, ideas, conferences, and professional development opportunities.

Although the association is fairly new, its members are currently in the process of developing mini-workshops relating to submitting to conferences, conference presentations, and hope to develop a mock panel to host rehearsals for graduate conference presentations.

Meetings are scheduled for the first Monday of every month at 6:00 pm in the Heritage Room in the CSU. Meetings are open to anyone. Membership in the organization is informal and open to English department graduate students. To find out more about what the GSEA has to offer, check out the GSEA blog or email mnsu.gsea@gmail.com.