The OWU English Department Blog
On her first semester of grad school: The greatest lesson I had to learn my first semester in graduate school was to make a place for myself in the program. I am in a Masters in Comparative Literature program at the University of Massachusetts — Amherst, and most people are doctoral students.…
On his first semester of grad school: Last spring, Dr. Allison mentioned to me that the highs of graduate school are higher and, inevitably, the same can only be true of the lows. For my first semester in the English Department at SUNY Buffalo, I could not have agreed more. Life after undergrad has used angst to prove the law of conservation of mass which may very well follow from the ending of OWU, the beginning of grad school, and the short months between them, but the feeling after the first semester is like wanting to get back onto a roller coaster I had been needlessly screaming on, and realizing afterwards that I had actually been laughing.…
We’re all feeling a bit stressed with midterms right around the corner, so we at The Sturges Script figured a few posts about one of the Scholars’ favorite stress relievers–dogs–may be helpful!
So, meet Professor Butcher’s dogs, Oosk and Piper! Oosk is 3 years old and was rescued from a hoarder in Columbus.…
So who are you and what did you do?
Adrian: My name is Adrian Burr and I’m a Spanish and English double major, and Sarah and I did a Theory-to-Practice Grant entitled “Female Empowerment in Classical Spanish Theater” with Professor Glenda Nieto-Cuebas.
Sarah: My name is Sarah Gielink, and I’m a Theater and Spanish double major with an English minor.…
From an experimental course with Dr. Zack Long to the stage with Chicago-based theatre troupe Odd’s Bodkins, Hannah Mary Simpson ’16 has seen “The Tragedy of Tom Riddle” in all stages of production. Originally a playwriting project for Dr. Long’s “How to Write Like Shakespeare” class, “The Tragedy of Tom Riddle” tells the story of Voldemort in Shakespearian verse.…
We at The Sturges Script couldn’t be prouder of this year’s Seniors of Sturges, and want to extend our warmest congratulations on their academic accomplishments and future plans! To all our seniors, we wish you the best, and you will be missed!
Cooper Comstock: My time spent at Ohio Wesleyan were the better part of my college experience.…
We at The Sturges Script couldn’t be prouder of this year’s Seniors of Sturges, and want to extend our warmest congratulations on their academic accomplishments and future plans! Today, we’ll be recognizing some of our wonderful English minors!
Zoe Sares: I have had such an amazing experience through the OWU English department and I am sad to be leaving it. …
We at The Sturges Script couldn’t be prouder of this year’s Seniors of Sturges, and want to extend our warmest congratulations on their academic accomplishments and future plans! For this week’s posts, we’ll be featuring our seniors. Today, we’ll be honoring some of our senior double majors and their diverse academic passions!…
We at The Sturges Script couldn’t be prouder of this year’s Seniors of Sturges, and want to extend our warmest congratulations on their academic accomplishments and future plans! This week, we’d like to feature all the English students who’ve contributed four great years to helping Sturges grow. We’ll be starting our features with this year’s graduating English Student Board members, 2018 inductees to Sigma Tau Delta, and seniors headed to graduate school.…
Keegan Lammers is a senior at Rutherford B. Hayes High School in Delaware, Ohio. She attends OWU through a duel-enrollment program so she can get ahead in college credits. She’s taken classes in History, Music Theory, and (of course) English.
Keegan says, ” …as a high school student in the world of university students, I’ve been able to see parts of what truly is an authentic Ohio Wesleyan University experience.…