April 2014

2013-2014 was an extremely productive academic year for the creative writing minor. The Boiler Room Reading Series kicked off, featuring faculty and…

Dr. Robert Jacobs, former chair of the department, died March 31, 2014, at Heartland Healthcare Center in Macomb. He received his B.A.…

Alumni Jenny Maddox Abbott (B.A. 2004) Technical Services Project Coordinator, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  Chelsea McDougall (B. A. 2006) Reporter at…

This past year I read a lot. I roamed through a whole set of authors and topics: works by David Foster Wallace,…

Upon commencement of my first semester at Western Illinois University-Quad Cities (WIU-QC), I found myself unprepared—the areas of study that would consume…

Somehow I snuck my way into a graduate program halfway through the school year and nobody’s noticed yet that I don’t actually…

“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” —Benjamin Franklin “My résumé is full.…

I’m Nobody! Who are you? Are you – Nobody – too? Then there’s a pair of us! Don’t tell! they’d advertise –…

My boyfriend and I play a game in the winter called “Spot the UGGs,” where we count all the pairs of UGG…