Congratulations to Avery Edenfield and Fredrik O. Andersson whose proposal, “The emergence of the dominant coalition: a case study of the Riverwest Public House Cooperative,” was accepted for the upcoming conference, Complications and Conundrums: The New Era of Research on… Read More
Congratulations to Professional and Technical Writing graduate student Fred Jandt whose proposal “Internet Gremlins: Unchecked Hashtag Growth and Digital Evolution Conundrums” was accepted for the 2015 Computers and Writing Conference!
The ceremony is intended to honor the winners of the Spring 2014 and Fall 2014 Business Writing Challenge, which encourages and rewards excellence in Business Writing. Students are notified of the competition early in the semester and are encouraged to work toward achieving a nomination to participate by their instructor.
All participants receive a certificate of participation, and the winners receive cash prizes and copies of The Business Writer’s Handbook, courtesy of Prof. Emeritus Gerald Alred and Bedford/St. Martin’s Press. Support is also provided by anonymous donors, the English Department, and the UWM Foundation.
Please join us in celebration for the Professional Writing Program’s annual Business Writing Award Ceremony. The ceremony will recognize this year’s winners and participants. The speakers will be Prof. Emeritus Gerald Alred, Carolyn Washburne, and Mariann Maris.
The ceremony is on Friday, February 13, from 10:30 a.m. -11:30 p.m. at the Hefter Center and includes a brief program and refreshments.
Friday, February 6 | 2 p.m. | Curtin 368, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Thursday, February 5 | 5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. | Irish Cultural & Heritage Center, 2133 W. Wisconsin Ave.
Thursday, February 5 | 7 p.m. | Boswell Book Company
Listen and Other Stories
English faculty and students participate in the Digital Humanities Lab’s first exhibit.
Congratulations to Louise Zamparutti for who presenting her paper “Re-creating national identity through narratives of victimhood” at the UCLA Graduate Student Conference January 23-24!
Congratulations to Gilberto Blasini for being one of the faculty members to receive the research-travel grant by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies!