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English Department faculty share pedagogical innovations and career reflections at the Conference on College Composition and Communication

Along with other members of the Penguin Random House Common Reads Advisory Board, Paula Patch, associate director of the Common Reading Program and First-Year Foundations in the Elon Core Curriculum and associate teaching professor of English, facilitated a half-day workshop on launching and sustaining a Common Reading program at the annual Conference on the First-Year Experience in Seattle in February.

With the skills of grant writing, students are able to not only gain the skills to make change in their community but take those skills into the next steps of their lives when they leave Elon.

Student media staff members from around North Carolina attended professional development sessions, many of which were led by Elon faculty and staff.

Following a year and a half collaborative process that involved faculty from across the college, the new statement was shared at the college’s recent spring faculty meeting.

In this column distributed through the Elon University Writers Syndicate, Professor of English Rosemary Haskell explores the enduring power of Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights," as a new adaptation of the classic hits theaters. This column was published in the Greensboro News & Record and the Winston-Salem Journal.

Rosemary Haskell, professor of English, was recently interviewed by TODAY.com about interest in "Wuthering Heights," as a new adaptation hits theaters.

Eleven Elon seniors and alumni have been named semifinalists for The Fulbright U.S. Student Program: the largest educational exchange program in the world that offers research, study and teaching opportunities to recent graduates in more than 140 countries, with approximately 2,000 grants awarded annually in all fields of study.

The Elon linguist's article explores debates about linguistic appropriation, race and identity within transgender communities in the U.S South.

Bourque brings to this role a sustained commitment to inclusive pedagogy, interdisciplinary collaboration and thoughtful course design.