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English Department- The English Web Newsletter, 2000 - 2014 and "Writ", 1982-83 to Spring 1991:, 1982-2012

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English Department- The English Web Newsletter, 2000 - present and "Writ", 1982-83 to Spring 1991: No folder: Book arts email from April, 2000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Folder 01: WRIT Editions of Writ from 1982-83 until Spring 1991 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Folder 02: Louise A. and Mary Wagner Berger Memorial Prize for Excellence in Creative Writing  Description of the Louise A. and Mary Wagner Berger Memorial Prize ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Folder 03: The English Web 2000 January 20, 2000: Note about the English Web,by Angeline Dufner News from the Chair, by Ozzie Mayers J.F. Powers, R.I.P., by Jon Hassler Saying Goodbye, by Patrick McDarby OSB Little Theatre Named for Eila Siren Perlmutter, by Nancy Hynes,OSB Pursuing a Master of Arts in Teaching, by Rebecca Tusa CSB1998 News from the CSB/SJU English Club by Maria Stanek ('01) and Stephanie Frerich ('03) Scholarship Opportunities, by David Rothstein OSB Ending with a Preposition April 14, 2000: Vision of a Catholic College Identity, by Hilary Thimmesh, OSB News from the Chair, by Ozzie Mayers Faculty Member Co-Edits Anthology, by Chris Freeman Writing Lives: Partnering with the Community, by Mary Jane Berger OSB English Majors Earn Top Honors, by Mara Faulkner Viewing the Publishing Industry from the Inside, by Cindy Malone A Teacher of Fish Farmers, by Sarah Pasela ('97) English Club in Action, by Maria Stanek and Stephanie Frerich The Man on the Corner, by Sandy Longhorn See also" April 19, 2000 Cynthia Malone on Book Arts Student essays, after interviews at nursing home: "Manor Memories: A Living History," May 15, 2000 November 2000: A Death in the Department, by Patrick McDarby News from the Chair, by Ozzie Mayers Publishing Seminar on Campus, by Helen Marie Casey Writers Writing-and Visiting, by Chris Freeman Letter from China: The Three Gorges Trip, by Madhu Mitra Newly Published Book of Poetry, by Ozzie Mayers English Department Names Scholarship Winners, by Nancy Hynes OSB My Friend Sam: A Remembrance, by John Steingraeber (2000) Workshopping at Iowa, by Chelsie Hanson ('02) Results of English Department Assessment, by David Rothstein, OSB English Club, by Maria Stanek ('01) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Folder 04: The English Web 2001 February 2001: Translating College into Career by Angeline Dufner Eulogy for Andrew Carlson by Barbara Carlson News from the Chair by Ozzie Mayers English 315: Editing and Publishing by Cindy Malone Burning Bright-and Balanced by Janet McNew Texts of Our Lives by Monza Naff English Majors Make Great Editors by Shelly Fling From Copywriter to Marketing Manager by Kay Weiss Working in Corporate America by Cory Busse September 2001: Sister Mariella Gable Prize - Victoria Redel; November 2001: Department Invites Graduate as Spring Speaker by Ozzie Mayers The Pine Curtain as Pine Blanket by Patrick Hicks News from the Chair by Ozzie Mayers Woman, Spirit, Nature: A Writing Retreat with Monza Naff by Mara Faulkner OSB Middle English in Massachusetts by Hilary Thimmesh, OSB Sister Mariella Gable Prize, Literary Arts Institute New Capstone Scholarship Awarded by Nancy Hynes, OSB Editing The Craft So Long to Learn by Charles Thornbury The Language of a Poet: Remarks at a Memorial Service for President John F. Kennedy by George Conner ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Folder 05: The English Web 2002 April 2002: "Metaphors Make Us: Llamas, Learning, and the Butterfly Effect" by Mara Faulkner OSB Notes from the Acting Chair by Michael Opitz New Course in Theory and Culture by David Rothstein OSB New Course in Research by Michael Opitz Creative Outcomes for English 283 by John Kendall Review of Jayber Crow by Ozzie Mayers Top Honors for Current English Majors by Rita Knuesel How an English Guy Became a Finance Guy by Tim Radaich '94 The Write Choice by Jeanne M. Cavanagh Thompson '88 November 2002: Crisis in the Publishing Industry by Cindy Malone On Not Getting Lost: Choosing to Major in English (or Any Major for that Matter) by Charles Thornbury Law School: An Interesting Place to Be by Art Boylan '01 Once a Teacher, Now a Lawyer, Always a Writer by Peter Carlton News from the Chair by Ozzie Mayers Soapstone: One Writer's Meat and Drink by Mara Faulkner OSB The Civil War Goes on and On by Hilary Thimmesh OSB Retired? Not Exactly by Patrick McDarby OSB and Sheila Rausch OSB ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Folder 06: The English Web 2003 April 2003: Listening to the Voice of Vocation by Angeline Dufner Students and Teachers and the Benedictine Way by Hilary Thimmesh OSB My Introduction to the Intellectual Life: A Memory of Sister Mariella Gable by Mike Opitz Growing into a Vocation by B. Daniel Rosch '98 News from the Chair by Ozzie Mayers Multi-ethnic Literature by Christina Tourino Trying to See from Both Ends of Time, or the Hunt for a Voice by Eva Hooker CSC English Majors Named to DES (adapted from news release) Second Sister Mariella Gable Prize Awarded by Cindy Malone Cheely Wins Wagner-Berger Prize by Mara Faulkner OSB A Career at the Guthrie by Jennifer LeGrand '93 What Can I Do with a Major in English? (adapted from Career Services) Book Review of Ronald Rolheiser, The Holy Longing: The Search for a Christian Spirituality (1991) by Sheila Rausch OSB November 2003: Dan Simmons, "So What? So, What Next?" Michael Opitz, Notes from the Chair David Rothstein, "The New Wave of Communal Living in America: Notes from a Sabbatical," Madju Mitra, "To Sanitize or Not to Sanitize" Cindy Malone, "Book Arts Workshop" Jeff Markwardt, "Dumpster Diving and Debt: A Recent English Graduate's Rise to an Office," Christina Tourino, "Colombia, Bosnia, and a Hollywood Culture" Amy LaCrosse, "Teaching in Mongolia" Roxanne Tchida, "Poetry Slam" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Folder 07: The English Web 2004 April 2004: Ozzie Mayers, "A Passion for Learning, a Dedication to Teaching," Michael Opitz, "Notes from the Chair" Felicia Ochs '01, "Finding Meaning in a Middle School" Ryan Kuttler '03, "Archiving the Manuscripts of Jon Hassler" May 2004: A Note about the English Web Table of Contents: Ozzie Mayers, "A Passion for Learning, a Dedication to Teaching" Michael J. Opitz, "Notes from the Chair" Felicia Ochs, "Finding Meaning in a Middle School" Ryan Kutter, "Archiving the Manuscripts of Jon Hassler" William Hanigan, "Reading Children with Autism" Michael Opitz, "Planning My Sabbatical" Nancy Hynes, "DES Awards" Matt Callahan, "The Stories of Rick Bass" November 2004: Mara Faulkner, "News from the Chair" Cynthia Malone, "Reading at Risk" Jane Opitz, "The Power of the Story" Ozzie Mayers, "Warring Words" Kristen Bankers '05, "There Is No Whale," Kelly Crow '04, "Creating They" Matt Horning '04, Culture Use of Nostalgia Yuko Taniguchi '98, "Arriving without a Limousine" Maria Louise Capecchi, '04, "Creating Women: Roses on the Kitchen Table," (a senior thesis) Scholarship Awards ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Folder 08: The English Web 2005 December 2005: Mara Faulkner, "Going Blind: The Story of a Life, the Story of a World" Michael Opitz, "News from the Chair" Ozzie Mayers, "Choosing the Future" Kate Winzenburg '05, "Honors Thesis: A Work in Progress" Patrick Hicks '92, "Traveling Through a Weightless Battlefield" Madhu Mitra, "Dance Steps" Michael Opitz, "Moments from a Hemingway Society Conference" Angeline Dufner, "DES Awards" Mara Faulkner, "Wagner-Berger Prize for Fiction" Scholarship Awards English Faculty, "Some (Not All) of the Books We Love and Hope You Will Enjoy" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Folder 09: The English Web 2006 English Web, May 2006 Mara Faulkner and Ozzie Mayers, "Writing/Righting the Past" Hilary Thimmesh, "Saint John's at 150" Tyler Buckley, 'O6' "The Next 150 Years" Brian Heilman, '05 "Notes from Paradise" Michael Opitz, "Notes from the Chair" Nancy Hynes, "Bonus Days" Eva Hooker, "The Cutting Room" Abby Campbell '06', "Hadara Bar-Nadav" Ashley Brings, '06' "Matthew Harkins" Sandy Longhorn, "With Thanks and Thanks and Thanks," Sandy Longhorn, '93, "Labor Day on the Bremer Blacktop" Angeline Dufner, "Delta Epsilon Sigma Awards" Katie Ness, '06' "Lessons from Hurricane Rita," December 2006: Notes from Chair Michael Opitz; "Three Decades," by Charles Thornbury; "Conversation with Charles Simic; Former Students Share Stories; "Featured Alumnae/i: Working with Girls" "Featured Book Review: Queer Matters" Scholarship Recipients Delta Epsilon Sigma Awards. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Folder 10: The English Web 2007 Spring 2007: Notes from the Chair, Dr. Michael J. Opitz; The Pleasures of Prayer, Dr. Luke Mancuso; Reading Plato in the New Mexico Desert, Dr. Luke Mancuso; Learning through the Spirit of Place, Dr. Ozzie Mayers; English and Me, Julianne O'Connell, '87; On (Dis)trusting Hugh Grant, Bri Sharkey '08; Scholarship Recipients Fall 2007 Included are one hard copy printed Jan. 16 and a second one printed Jan. 17 after some changes were made. This issue is dedicated to the memory of S. Kristin Malloy, OSB. Sister Kristin Malloy, OSB 1922 -2007 Eulogy, Sister Nancy Hynes Notes from the Desk of the Chair, Dr. Michael J. Opitz Memories of Sister Kristin Malloy, Sister Mara Faulkner Kristin Malloy & Irish Voices, Fr. Hilary Thimmesh The Gift of a Dream, Juliet Govern, CSB 2004 The Naked Flight, Madeline Neenan, CSB 2009 The Enlightenment Happened In School, Nicholas Bingham, SJU 2009 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Folder 11: The English Web Spring 2008 Spring 2008: Notes From the Desk Of Chair, Dr. Michael Opitz Jon Hassler Remembrance, Dr. Cindy Malone A Green Journey, Dr. Patrick Hicks, SJU '92 That Life You Save May Be Your Own: The People You Meet in Books, Hilary Thimmesh, O.S.B. Coherence, Dr. Steven Thomas The Future of Books: An Interview with Dr. Cindy Malone, interviewer: Kathleen Parker To the Top of the Heap: Jhumpa Lahiri's Unaccustomed Earth, Matt Calahan The Banjo and Other Sabbatical Fantasies, Dr. Christina Shouse Tourino What the Fu%#, Melissa Hendrickx Poems, Jolene Brink She Made Stews Often, Reese Mankenberg Scholarship and Creativity Day Presentations Scholarship Recipients and DES Award ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Folder 12: The English Web Fall 2008 (December 2008): Zizek, Pink Sunsets, Movies, and Mountains in New Mexico, an Interview with Luke Mancuso Globalizing Literary Study: Dialogues with the Oromo in Minneapolis, Dr. Steven Thomas Quixote and Lesvos, poems by Jessica Harkins Barcelona and Dear Grandfather, poems by Alexander Johnson An Interview about Community Volunteer Work, Featured Alum: Joe Radaich, SJU '93 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Folder 13: The English Web May/ December 2009 May 2009: (special edition tribute to S. Nancy Hynes, OSB) Notes from the Desk Chair of Mike Opitz Sister Nancy Hynes, OSB 1933-2008 A Tribute to Nancy Hynes by S. Mara Faulkner Queen Nancy the Intrepid by Jane Opitz Sr. Nancy, Like She Meant It by Adam Halbur Sister Nancy Hynes by Katy Noonan Koll What's Next? by Hans Weyandt Troops by Kyle Ellingson Antalya by Hannah Nelson Scholarship Recipients and DES Winners (Katherine Boehm, Angel Lightbourn, Laura Murray, Megan Sinner, Angela Tate, Nicholas Bingham, Sarah Crompton, Megan Koltes) December 2009: What We Looked Like Then (portfolio of staff/faculty/student photos) Family Matters by Stu Pease Department Notepad: Megan Koltes, Emily Persichetti, Adam Halbur, Jane Opitz, Mike Opitz, Cindy malone, Matt Callahan, Jessica Harkins, Ozzie Mayers, Steven Thomas, Matt Harkins, S. Mara Faulkner, Luke Mancuso, Besty Johnson-Miller, Christina Shouse Tourino English Department Vistas from the Chair by Cindy Malone (audio clip, only available online at http://www.csbsju.edu/ English/The-English-Web/December-2009.htm) Sabbatical Musings and Gender Leadership in our Communities by Ozzie Mayers (audio clip, only available online at http://www.csbsju.edu/English/The-English-Web /December-2009.htm) Mikes Musical Musings by Mike Opitz (audio clip available online) The Past, the Present and the Future of the Book: S. Mara Faulkner (audio clip available online) Betsy's Poems ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Folder 14: The English Web Fall 2009: Department Notepad: Fall 2009 (Megan Koltes, Emily Persichetti, Adam Halbur, Jane Opitz, Mike Opitz, Cindy Malone, Matt Callahan, Jessica Harkins, Ozzie Mayers, Steven Thomas, Matt Harkins, S. Mara Faulkner, Luke Mancuso, Besty Johnson-Miller, Bev Radaich) What We Looked Like Then Family Matters, Stu Pease ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Folder 15: The English Web 2010 Spring 2010 Department Notepad (Megan Sinner, Angela Tate, Kyle Ellingson, Brendan Riley, Cindy Malone, Mike Opitz, Betsy Johnson-Miller, Jessica Harkins, Matt Callahan, Luke Mancuso, Ozzie Mayers, Steven Thomas,S. Mara Faulkner, Bev Radiach) What We Look Like Now The Music in Cultural Studies by Christina Shouse Tourino A Cows Life by Matt Callahan Literary Arts Institute Links by Mark Conway Captured in Capstone by Christina Shouse Tourino Workshopping Our Writers by Jane Opitz Thesis Tracks by Mike Opitz Creative Voices: The Speed of Sound by Megan Mill-Rittmann Creative Voices: Swallowed Spiders by Kyle Ellingson December 2010 Department Notepad (Ashley Zartner, Megan Sinner, Colin Cote, Jeanette Blonigen Clancy '95, John W. Arden '76, Sandy Longhorn '93, Benjamin Daniel Rosch '98, John Steingraeber '98, Mark Rapacz '03, Matt Beck '10, Cindy Malone, Steven W. Thomas, Michael Opitz, Ozzie Mayers, Luke Mancuso, Mara Faulkner, Jane Opitz, Matthew Harkins, Christina Tourino, Madhu Mitra, Betsy Johnson-Miller, Bev Radaich Women Having Words/A Poetic Encounter: Jessica Harkins and Betsy Johnson-Miller Bill Meissner's Prodigious Prose (with Matt Callahan) Chasing the Moonlight by Katherine Bloom Doreen Baingana's Reading: Seeing Tropical Fish: Tales from Entebbe Gender-Based Violence-Men with Women Working to End Violence, Brian Heilman '05 September by Mary Catherine Mohr ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Folder 16: The English Web May 2011 Department Notepad (Patrick Hicks '92, John Rogers '05, John McGuire '48, Jake Vos '06, Cecila Caspram (Jen Lucas) '01, Betsy Johnson-Miller, Cindy Malone, Christina Shouse Tourino, Ozzie Mayers, Jane Opitz, Steven W. Thomas, Mara Faulkner, Luke Mancuso, Mike Opitz, Bev Radaich) What We Look Like Now (Scholarship Winners, English Department Banquet April 3, 2011, SJU Writing Center, CSB Writing Center Grant Tour Grace Notes: European Episodes in Ireland, Greece, Italy by Christian Knox, Kate Lutz and Allison Horton Perfect Cadence by Kelsey Daly ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Folder 17: The English Web December 2011: Department Notepad (Jeanette Blonigen Clancy '65, Barbara Higgins '84, Emily Krump '06, Kate Winzenburg Salvner '05, Shawn Gillen '84, Ben Karis '98, Matt Callahan, Betsy Johnson-Miller, Mara Faulkner, Cindy Malone, Luke Mancuso, Ozzie Mayers, Jane Opitz, Mike Opitz, Bev Radaich, Steven W. Thomas, Christina Shouse Tourino) Seeing Voices: Opitz: Performing Songs and Performance Theory Christina Shouse-Tourino: An Offer Not to be Reused Reading Voices: Matt Beck, "Making Myself Bookable" Hearing Voices: Matt Beck: Shout Out to the Global Madhu Mitra: Oscillating between Calcutta and St. Joe Allison Horton and Nicole Werner: Book Arts Minors' Major Passion Mara Faulkner: The Crafty Crucible of the Writing Workshop ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Folder 18: The English Web 2012 May 2012 Department Notepad (Kevin Windhauser '14, Marrisa Deml '15, Catherine Jensen '11, Jennifer Spindler-Krage '93, Amanda Ramler '05, Ryan Ruff Smith '06, Jeanette Blonigen Clancy '65, Cindy Malone, Mara Faulkner, Bev Radaich, Luke Mancuso, Betsy Johnson-Miller, Jane Opitz, Matt Callahan, Ozzie Mayers, Matt Harkins, Christina Shouse Tourino, Mike Optiz, Madhu Mitra, Steven W. Thomas) Seeing Poetry: Larry Shug (Poet and CSB Recycling Officer Emeritus) Caring about Not Caring: Kathleen Norris - Acedia and Me: Monks, A Marriage, and a Writer's Life I Stand Somewhere Waiting for You: Pat McDarby - Tribute Closer Yet I Approach You: Luke Mancuso and J.P. Earls - readings from Walt Whitman Drawing Ethiopia: Local to Global Mapping: Steve Thomas and Madhu Mitra - cultural work of the Global Ethiopia Conference Joy and Passion Galore: Christian Knox, Kate Lutz, Jason Kaiser, and Ted Kain - English graduates talking about their time in the English Department Hudda Ibrahim (CSB 2012): "Ethiopia: Tragedy We Can Prevent." Book Arts Studio: Make It New: Rachel Melis - introduction of the printmaking process ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Folder 19: The English Web December 2012 Department Notepad (Susan Schoenbauer Thurin '63, Jeanne Cavanagh '88, Megan Fillipi '06, Bev Radaich, Mike Opitz, Cindy Malone, Luke Mancuso, Matthew Harkins, Chris Bolin, Matthew Callahan) No Bullshit in Being Flynn: Nick Flynn sits down with Luke Mancuso and Cody Lynch '14 to discuss his struggles and well known works A captivating Catalogue of Teacher's Secret: Sr. Mara Faulkner discussed her teaching career of nearly forty years with Luke Mancuso Let's Rendez-Vous in the Recording Studio: Angeline Dufner pays tribute to Sally Melton and shares about her personal teaching experience with Ozzie Mayers The Importance of Reading Earnestly: Cindy Malone presents a slideshow on her bookarts project based on Tristram Shandy. A Tale of Two Paths that Diverged in Collegeville: Brandon Drazich '09 and Nick Nadeau '09 composed a autobiographical essay on their lives and friendship after commencement A Mouse Click Away: Mike Opitz has created a website with work from CSB/SJU students The Surplus Pleasure and Value of Contempt: Kevin Windhauser '14 discusses Godard's "Contempt" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Form for applying to author works for WRIT, [n.d.] **Missing as of 18 August 2014**

Dates

  • 1982-2012

Extent

1 Box

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

07.14

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File, Document

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