Internship Profile: Adriana Rodriguez at Lookingglass Theatre Company

English and Theatre double majors are popular with the students of Sturges, and finding a summer internship that combines the two perfectly shows the benefits of a liberal arts education–and helps point students closer to their dream careers! Check out the OWU Homepage’s profile on Senior Theatre and English double-major Adriana Rodgriguez’s summer internship at the Lookingglass Theatre Company!…

Chloe Dyer on Travel Learning inspiring her Independent Research in Irish Literature

Chloe Dyer ’18, a student of many Travel-Learning experiences, reflects on her Student Research Symposium project “In Service to Cathleen: Exploring a Feminine Ireland and Irish Femininity in ‘The Lost Land'” and how it was inspired by a Travel-Learning course from her freshman year with professor of English Nancy Comorau.

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Dr. Robert Olmstead: Successfully Savage

Looking for the perfect western focusing on the lesser-known sides of American history? Check out this OWU news story about the release of Dr. Olmstead’s latest book, Savage Country: A Novel. 

For snippets of the reviews and praise he’s getting from notable review publications like Kirkus ReviewsNew York Times Book Review, and NY Journal of Books, check out the OWU Magazine’s wrap-up in their Winter 2017 issue here!…

Anna Davies on Interdisciplinary Travel-Learning in New Orleans

A Travel-Learning Course incorporating three different academic disciplines? English major and History minor Anna Davies ’19 talks about her Interdisciplinary Travel-Learning experience in New Orleans with Professors Terzian, Carpenter, and Gamso (in a story written by English major Julia Stone ’16)!

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The Box Man by Kobo Abe

Recommended by Madina Sargand

I wanted to read this summer and I love fiction, so when I got an email from Dr. Livingston with a list of recommended books and saw the title The Box Man, I knew this book would be really interesting. The Box Man is a story about a protagonist who quits his identity and the trappings of a normal life to live in a cardboard box: he wants to become a box man.…

Dr. Lynette Carpenter: Literature, Louisiana, and Liberal Arts

In Spring 2016, Dr. Lynette Carpenter and her “Reading and Writing about Place: Southern Louisiana” class participated in an interdisciplinary New Orleans adventure over Spring Break. Check out the story (written by Sturges alumnae Julia Stone ’16) about how her class worked together with Dr. Barbara Terzian’s history class and Dr.…

M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang

Recommended by Emily Shpiece

The play is a retelling of Giacomo Puccini’s Madame Butterfly in which a French ambassador, Rene Gallimard, falls in love with opera star Song Liling. They meet after Gallimard sees Liling portray the title role in Puccini’s opera and, inspired by his womanizing friend, Gallimard begins to test the limits of Liling’s confidence and pride believing that she, a Chinese woman, will eventually bend to his domineering Western position.…