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For three Hobart seniors, a community-based research course became a very personal learning experience. Rashaun Moore '13, Thomas Michaud '13 and Nick Alexander '13 interviewed 99-year-old Geneva resident John Kenney for their social justice studies course. The interview was part of a class project to discuss race relations in Geneva, "One Great City Storytelling Project: Stories About Race."
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This summer, three students will pursue their ambitious academic passions across the globe with the assistance of the Charles H. Salisbury Summer International Internship Stipend Award. Founded in 2007, the annual award provides financial support to students pursing internships abroad.
Annie Mandart '14, a writing and rhetoric and women's studies double major, will use her stipend to travel to Be...
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Award-winning Russian author Mikhail Shishkin will join the HWS community for a talk titled, "In a Boat Scratched on the Wall: Language and Politics in Russia," followed by a short reading from his novel "Maidenhair" and a discussion. The event will take place from 7-9 p.m. on Monday, April 15, in the Hirshson Ballroom.
Shiskin, an outspoken and compelling author, will talk about contemporary Rus...
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This semester, there's a familiar HWS name in one of the nation's top literary magazines. HWS readers will find writer and Hobart alumnus Joshua Unikel '07 in the Spring 2013 print issue of [PANK], one of HTMLGIANT's "Hottest Litmags."
Unikel's lyric essay, titled "Holy Smoke," continues his ongoing exploration of experimental writing and is his second appearance in one of HTMLGIANT's noted magaz...
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Perry Ostheimer '14 was recently accepted to a much sought-after internship program this summer with advertising division of Seventeen Magazine in New York City.
A media and society major with a minor in writing and rhetoric, Ostheimer says that several factors attracted her to apply for the position, including the magazine's vigilance in its work to promote a healthy body image for its primary r...
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This semester, the Trias Residency for Writers will host its first Trias Poet in Residence, Eleni Sikelianos. From Monday, March 11, to Friday, March 15, Sikelianos will lead the campus in a "Week of Poetry." Throughout the week, a series of events will explore poetry through reading, an open question and answer forum, and a talk on the art of poetry.
Kicking off the week-long celebration, Sikeli...
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Over winter break, students were in Los Angeles for an HWS careers program that gave them an exclusive look at media and film professions from high-profile alums, including CBS news correspondent and HWS trustee Bill Whitaker '73, L.H.D. '97 and screenwriter, director, and producer Mark Neveldine '95.
Whitaker, an Emmy award-winner, was one of the featured guests who met with students during the ...
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When Grace Hedges ‘14 reported to her summer internship at the New York studios for NBC Dateline in early June, she wasn't sure if her initial assignment to surf the web and look for "sketchy" offerings on Craigslist and backpage.com was legitimate or something she was being asked to do to pass time in lieu of significant work.
Little did she know that within five months, her investigative resear...
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Students taking the First-Year Seminar, "Life by Design," with Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing and Rhetoric Sean Conrey worked from the ground up this semester, creating unique environmental installations on sites around campus. Capturing their experiences on video, students produced short documentaries of their installation projects, which they will unveil during a special screening on T...
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This semester's Trias Reading Series will draw to a close with a reading by Wells Tower on Thursday, Nov. 15. The short story and non-fiction writer will give a reading of his work at 7:30 p.m. in the Hirshson Ballroom.
Best known for his short story collection "Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned," Tower is the recipient of two Pushcart Prizes and has been named by the New Yorker as one of the...
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