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Kirksville, MO
Joined September 2018
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During the Summer, Truman will be closed on Fridays. Normal office hours will be Monday-Thursday 8 am - 5 pm. 🐾
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Congratulations to our outstanding students in our department! These students have dedicated time, energy, and talent to their academic achievements.
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Outstanding Undergraduate Student in English Abbigail Bendle Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Creative Writing Kate Wilson Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Linguistics Malia Johnson Outstanding Graduate Student in English Jenna Manzelli We are so proud of you!
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Don’t forget this event this afternoon. We hope to see you there!
Dr. Joseph Benevento, Dr. Priscilla Riggle, and Dr. Mary Shapiro have all been excellent professors during their time at Truman. Their retirement reception will take place on May 5 from 3:30-5:00 PM at the Ruth Towne Museum and Visitors Center. This event is free and open to all!
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Congratulations to alumnus Cole Flottman (@sociolinguini) for his acceptance into the PhD program at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa with full funding! He will teach Intro to Linguistics while working on language documentation of understudied and endangered languages.
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Shout-out to alumnus Simon Travers, who was recently accepted into the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program, a competitive program managed by the Japanese government. He will travel to Japan to be an Assistant Language Teacher. Read more about it here:
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Dr. Joseph Benevento, Dr. Priscilla Riggle, and Dr. Mary Shapiro have all been excellent professors during their time at Truman. Their retirement reception will take place on May 5 from 3:30-5:00 PM at the Ruth Towne Museum and Visitors Center. This event is free and open to all!
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Help us celebrate Dr. Priscilla Riggle, retiring professor of English, for her 27 years at Truman State University! Did you know she was the very first English and Linguistics Department Chair and founding Dean of the School of Arts and Letters? Read more on our Instagram page!
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April 27 is the Student Research Conference, an opportunity for Truman students to present their research. Click on the link for a list of presentations: instagram.com/p/CrhnZx9ODBv/
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*Please note, due to the recent technology issue, the SRC is now optional for students who are scheduled to present. Some presentations may not be available during the conference.*
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Congratulations to Truman alumna Lauren Polak for her acceptance into the University of Oregon’s East Asian Linguistics Ph.D. program! Polak also received the Alan Wolfe Memorial Fellowship from the University of Oregon for the 2023-2024 academic year.
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Don't forget to join us at Buki Papillon's reading in Baldwin Hall Little Theatre at 4:00 PM today! We hope to see you there!
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The English and Linguistics Department welcomes this year’s Maya Angelou Book Award winner, Buki Papillon! Papillon will do a public reading on April 19 at 4:00 PM in Baldwin Hall Little Theatre. This event is free and open to the public.
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Congratulations to Lauren Holsapple, linguistics and music double major, for her TruScholars Award! Over the summer, Holsapple will conduct research involving language acquisition and music. Read more about Holsapple by clicking on the link.
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Don’t forget! This event is happening today at noon in the SUB 3000!
Please join us and welcoming author Phong Nguyen! Nguyen will give a craft talk on creative writing and read from his book, Bronze Drum. This event, which is free and open to the public, will be on April 13 from 12:00-1:30 PM in the SUB 3000. We hope to see you there!
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Student Appreciation Week, sponsored by the Student Government, will take place April 11-14. This event is to celebrate Truman’s wonderful students. Learn more at bit.ly/3zPK7n3.
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