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May 19: Join the Drexel University Writing Program as we announce our essay competition winners and celebrate “Read A Thon” participants. Meet Bill Zorzi, writer, THE WIRE, television series, and other local and national celebrities who support our cause. This event is a celebration of perseverance, compassion and literacy! Main Auditorium, Main Building. 32nd and Chestnut Streets, May 19th 12:30-2 PM.
May 14:
Please join the University Writing Program and The Department of English and Philosophy as we celebrate Saturnalia Book's Prize 2009 Prize Winner,
Sebastian Agudelo with nationally recognized author, Timothy Liu.
Thursday, May 14th, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm, Outside Mandell Theater, Creese Student Center, 33rd and Chestnut Streets
Reception to follow. This event is part of Drexel's WOW (week of writing)
Sebastian Agudelo is the author of To the Bone, winner of the Saturnalia Books Poetry Prize, selected by Mark Doty. Born in Mexico City, Sebastian Agudelo earned his MA from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and currently teaches literature and writing at University of the Arts and Temple University. He has worked extensively in restaurants in Philadelphia, where he presently lives with his wife and daughter.
Timothy Liu is the author of six collections of poetry, most recently Polytheogamy (Saturnalia Books, 2009). An Associate Professor of English at William Paterson University and a member of the Core Faculty in Bennington College’s Graduate Writing Seminars, Liu lives in Manhattan. "His poetry is fully present to the time we are in. . . ." -- Fanny Howe
May 12: Spring Term Faculty Forum on "The Benefits of a Writing Intensive Curriculum"
Keynote speaker, Dr. Katherine Kaby Anselmi, College of Nursing and Health Professions
Tuesday, May 12 2:30-3:30 PM 0032 MacAlister Hall, (Drexel Writing Center Seminar Room)
33rd and Chesnut Streets. A boxed lunch will be served.
Please RSVP to Writing Program Harriet Millan at millanhl@drexel.edu
Spring 2009 Honors Classes
Advanced Fiction Writing Workshop
Instructor: Cheryl Pearl Sucher
Honors 301, Section 501, Thursdays, 6:00PM – 8:50PM, 3.0 credits
CRN – 34377
If you’ve written any stories on your own or have studied Fiction Writing in the past, then this class is for you. In a workshop environment we will hone in on your developing talent. Be prepared to work hard, but to have fun using your imagination. Instructor Cheryl Sucher is the author of THE RESCUE OF MEMORY, (Schribner and Sons). She lives in New York City where she is working on her second novel.Workshop – Reading and Writing Poetry For the Independent Presses
Instructor: Henry Israeli
Email: hpi22@drexel.edu
Honors 302, Section 002, Wednesdays 2:00PM- 4:50PM, 3.0 credits
CRN – 34383
Study poetry writing in a workshop designed for beginning and advanced writers with the publisher of an award winning independent press, Saturnalia Books. Learn why, according to a survey administered by the Poetry Foundation, "the vast majority of American readers (90%) highly value poetry." Delve into your imagination with exercises and routines designed to help you write poems that take advantage of the less commercial demands of small presses. Honors credit and Writing Intensive.Peer Tutoring in Writing Workshop
Instructor: Harriet Levin Millan
Email: millanhl@drexel.edu
UNIV 320, Section 001, Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:30PM- 1:50PM, 3.0 credits
CRN – 34390
UNIV 320 is a writing course that gives you the opportunity to reflect on writing and to grow as a writer. We will approach the subject of writing and creativity through the question of how and what it means to help others with their writing. We will read and discuss many aspects of writing as it pertains to a university environment, society at large, and to our personal lives. Furthermore, as a member of UNIV 320, you will take part in a unique program to bring a culture of writing to Drexel University. As such, the course will train you to work as a peer tutor in the University Writing Program. After successful completion of the course, you will be assigned to a particular writing intensive course and paid $725.00 per term. UNIV 320, along with continuing in-service training during each term will give you an introduction to the pedagogy and experience you will need to be an effective peer tutor. Find this course on-line under “University-wide Courses.” For further information and enrollment approval, contact Harriet Millan, millanhl@drexel.edu
Winter 2008 Honors Classes
Writing, Travel, Food and Politics
Instructor: Jason Wilson
Honors 202, Section 501, Thursdays 6:00PM – 8:50PM, 3.0 credits
CRN – 23200Workshop – Fiction Writing
Instructor: Cordelia Frances Biddle
Honors 302, Section 502, Mondays, 6:00PM – 8:50 PM, 3.0 credits
CRN – 23203
WRITING KILLER SUSPENSE STORIES Tales of mystery and suspense place characters in situations of heightened conflict and danger; protagonists and antagonists possess clear and opposing moral codes; and narrative arcs permit justice to triumph. A fictional character's traditional journey of self-discovery becomes a public as well as a private search for truth. Mystery stories are among the earliest creations of humankind; they are survival lessons and morality plays rolled into one. Using a combination of techniques such as speed-sketching, "ghosts" and sense-memory exercises, students will be encouraged to enter fully into their protagonists and antagonists' problematic inner lives, to build suspense and narrative organically, and to fashion written works that are both visceral and visual. Personal voice and choice will be stressed, as will the ability to make quick and potent decisionsPeer Tutoring in Writing Workshop
Instructor: Harriet Levin Millan
UNIV 320, Section 001, Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:30PM- 1:50PM, 3.0 credits
CRN – 25013
Instructor: Henry Israeli
UNIV 320, Section 501, Wednesdays 6:00PM- 8:50PM, 3.0 credits
CRN – 25014
UNIV 320 is a writing course that gives you the opportunity to reflect on writing and to grow as a writer. We will approach the subject of writing and creativity through the question of how and what it means to help others with their writing. We will read and discuss many aspects of writing as it pertains to a university environment, society at large, and to our personal lives. Furthermore, as a member of UNIV 320, you will take part in a unique program to bring a culture of writing to Drexel University. As such, the course will train you to work as a peer tutor in the University Writing Program. After successful completion of the course, you will be assigned to a particular writing intensive course and paid $715.00 per term. UNIV 320, along with continuing in- service training during each term will give you an introduction to the pedagogy and experience you will need to be an effective peer tutor.Find this course on-line under “University-Wide Courses.” For further information and enrollment approval, contact Harriet Millan, millanhl@drexel.edu.
Fall 2008 Honors Classes
UNIV 320
Peer Tutoring in Writing Workshop, 3 credit hoursWednesday 6-8:50 PM 0032 MAcAlister Instructor: Henry Israeli
Take this course and learn how to become a better writer and how to help others improve their writing. UNIV 320 is a seminar/workshop based around such questions as, Is writing well a talent or can it be learned? What is good writing? How can technology, even popular activities such as video games, help improve literacy? These question and others will quide our study to give you the theoretical basis to understand writing processes and to become a peer tutor (WIT) in the University Writing Program. All students interested in working as WITS must first take this course. As a WIT, you will practice what you’ve learned in this class. WITS earn $715.00 a term and help up to 20 students twice each term in a specific Writing Intensive class.
This class is open to Honors and non-Honors students. It can be taken for Honors or Elective credit and may be applied toward the Honors Recognition in Creative Writing. To register for this class, you must receive permission from Writing Program Director, Harriet Millan. Please write to Honorscollege@drexel.edu to request an application. You must be at least a third term freshman to apply.
Honors
Live Poets and Poetry! 3 Credit HoursThis class is an unique opportunity to write poetry in a small seminar/workshop under the guidance of several nationally recognized authors. National Book Award winner, Gerald Stern, who is a national treasure will lead four sessions and comment on your work. Other prominent authors including Ravi Shankar, Henry Israeli, Jane Miller and Jeffrey Ethan Lee will lead the remaining sessions. Class will be a dialogue on poetry and writing poems. Working with these pros, you will get a bird’s eye view into the process of writing poems with discussions on practice, ritual and technique. Although this is not an introductory level class and you will be required to have some previous familiarity with contemporary poetry and experience with creative writing, the class is open to all students. This class can be taken for Honors or Elective credit and may be applied toward the Honors Recognition in Creative Writing
Travel Writing 3 Credit HoursThursday 6-8:50 PM 0032 MAcAlister Instructor: Jason Wilson
Join Jason Wilson, editor of both Houghton Mifflin’s Best Travel Writing and Pennoni Honors College, The Smart Set, on a travel writing adventure. You will learn the craft of travel writing and practice real assignments to places you have visited or dream of visiting. This seminar/workshop will be a great preparation for students interested in studying or traveling abroad, for students with travel or multinational backgrounds or for anyone interested in exploring a new writing career from an expert practioneer.
Ongoing Events
Thursdays, 4PM, Writing Center, 0032 MacAlister, Writers Blok!, Student
Writing Club. Everyone is welcome.
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