Tag: Department of English
Michael Day, professor of English and director of First-Year Composition at NIU, recently hosted the Centennial Convention of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), which drew 6,800 English teachers from across the country and overseas. The convention was held the week of Nov. 17 at the Chicago Hilton and Palmer House. As general...
Early this semester, Michael Clark, a political scientist at Northern Illinois University, struggled to write a letter of recommendation for senior Nora Lindvall—not because he didn’t know what to say, but rather, he didn’t know where to stop. So numerous are Lindvall’s accomplishments. “Nora is, without a doubt, the most talented and best all-around student...
After 42 years at NIU, Distinguished Teaching Professor William C. Johnson retired Thursday, Sept. 1. The Department of English will host a celebration open house from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, in the Pollack Ballroom of the Barsema Alumni & Visitors Center. Accolades will be given at 3 p.m. All are invited. Johnson,...
The Rev. Arra M. Garab, a retired NIU English professor and former chaplain of the university’s police department, died Monday, Aug. 22, in Rockford. He was 81. Garab began teaching at NIU in 1966. Five years later he became a full professor. The classes he taught before his 1995 retirement included rhetoric, English composition, poetry...
NIU English professor Michael Day has received the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) Technology Innovator Award. Day, director of NIU’s First Year Composition Program, received the award at the 2011 Computers and Writing Conference at the University of Michigan. “It was a pleasant surprise,” he said. “It’s a significant award in my field...
Jeanne Jakubowski wanted to be a teacher, but she never thought she would be working at NIU. And she wanted to do her best at work, but she never thought she would receive an award from her students and peers. But this month the instructor in NIU’s Department of English can claim both as the winner of...
The fourth annual NIU Showcase of Student Writing will take place from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 13, in the Duke Ellington Ballroom of the Holmes Student Center. Sponsored by the English Department’s First Year Composition Committee, the showcase presents student writing and research in visual media. The event is free and open to the public....
Emily Auerbach, a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will deliver an address at NIU at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 2, in the Cavan Auditorium of Gabel Hall. Her speech, titled “The Power of Literature to Change Lives: The UW Odyssey Project,” will highlight some Auerbach’s experiences in the UW-Madison’s Odyssey program. The event is...
An informational meeting about study abroad opportunities in Ireland is scheduled for 4 to 5:15 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18, in Watson Hall 323. NIU undergraduate and graduate credit is available in communication and English; undergraduate credit is available in history. Students can study at Dublin City University and examine Ireland’s role in international culture via...
George Hillocks, Jr., professor emeritus at the University of Chicago, will visit the NIU campus Thursday, Oct. 28, for two presentations hosted by the Department of English and supported by the Larry R. Johannessen Fund. Hillocks will conduct a workshop from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in Reavis Hall 211 on “Basic (and Commonly Overlooked) Principles...
