Duval '91 Authors Young Adult Book

Christine Fasbach Duval '91 has released her debut novel, "Positively Mine." The novel was published by Bloomsbury Children's Books and is widely available in electronic book format. "Positively Mine" tells the story of a recently-arrived college freshman Laurel, who is stunned to learn that she is pregnant from a summer relationship. Laurel chooses to hide her pregnancy from friends and fam...
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Poet Elizabeth Willis Joins Trias Series

Elizabeth Willis, winner of the 1994 National Poetry Series and author of "Address" (2011) will give a reading of her work at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 27 in the Hirshson Ballroom. Her presentation is the first of several Trias Speaker's Series events planned for the spring semester. Willis is the author of five books of poetry, including "Address," "Meteoric Flowers" (2006), "Turneresque" (200...
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First-Year Writing Prize Announced

The Writing Colleagues Program and Writing Fellows in the Center for Teaching and Learning will sponsor the inaugural First-Year Writing Prize this spring semester. Vying for top honors are 18 student finalists, who were nominated by a First-Year Seminar professor on the basis of exemplarily student writing in an essay assignment during fall 2012. After a vetting process, two students will be rec...
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Unikel '07 in "Hottest Litmags"

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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Ostheimer '14 Lands Magazine Internship

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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