In Beeghly Library’s Special Collections section, one of the many treasures hidden in the shelves is a first edition of “Biographia Literaria; or Biographical Sketches of my Literary Life and Opinions” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. What’s most special about OWU’s copy, though, is that it is from the personal library of William Wordsworth!…
Theater, Empowerment, and Peanut Butter: Theory-to-Practice in Spain
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.…
Alumni Achievements: Harry Potter Meets Shakespeare
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.…
Seniors of Sturges: Part Four
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.…
Seniors of Sturges: Part Three
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. …
Seniors of Sturges: Part Two
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!…
Seniors of Sturges: Part One
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.…
The 2018 Literary Award Winners
We are so proud of our Scholars of Sturges who received literary awards this year! Congratulations to all who won, and all who applied. This year’s winners are…
Scholars of Sturges: Keegan Lammers (Hayes Class of 2018)
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.…
What We’re Reading: Harry Potter Appreciation Post
In honor of the new movie coming out, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, I couldn’t help but make Harry Potter my book recommendation for everyone. It is a series that never gets old and it’s a book I always seem to pick up, especially during the summer when I have nothing else to do.…