{"id":9675,"date":"2019-05-08T11:00:16","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T15:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/department-of-english\/?page_id=9675"},"modified":"2019-05-08T15:48:22","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T19:48:22","slug":"words-matter-spring-2019-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/department-of-english\/words-matter-spring-2019-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Graduate Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><em>Words Matter<\/em>, Spring 2019<\/h2>\n<h3>by Brittany Cote<\/h3>\n<p>Tuesday, April 30th marked the English Department\u2019s annual Graduate Symposium. The Graduate Symposium topics ranged from selected creative writing excerpts to literature of immigration and a \u201cthreesis\u201d competition to wrap up the night.<\/p>\n<p>With the assistance of Dr. Bluemel, English Department GAs (specifically Jennifer Broman and Brittany Cote, as well as Charlie Chipman and Damian Luboch) were able to gather professors and students to present on their writing processes and provide insight on capitalizing upon an English M.A.<\/p>\n<p>A special thanks to Dean Thomas, Dr. Werner and Dr. Hanly for participating in the Graduate Symposium. Congratulations to the following presenters on the successful event: Brittany Cote, Campbell Lee, Alissa Malkemes, Jaimee Nadzan, MacKenzie Svarrer, Sally Tawil, Kendall Turchyn, and Matthew Yard.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-9675 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/department-of-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2019\/04\/SYMPOSIUM-copy.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/department-of-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2019\/04\/SYMPOSIUM-copy-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Image of flyer for annual English Graduate Symposium\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-9293\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-9293'>\n\t\t\t\tApril 30, 2019\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/department-of-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2019\/05\/grad-sym-4.30.19.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" style=\"object-position: 31.92375% 41.46%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/department-of-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2019\/05\/grad-sym-4.30.19-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of Kendall Turchyn gaving her thesis presentation.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-9617\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-9617'>\n\t\t\t\tKendall Turchyn gave a thesis presentation.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/department-of-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2019\/05\/grad-sym-4.30.19-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" style=\"object-position: 35.466666666667% 59.226666666667%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/department-of-english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/549\/2019\/05\/grad-sym-4.30.19-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo shows Brittany Cote, Alissa Malkemes and Jaimee Nadzan conducting a panel discussion on Literatures of Immigration.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-9615\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-9615'>\n\t\t\t\tBrittany Cote, Alissa Malkemes and Jaimee Nadzan conducted a panel discussion on Literatures of Immigration.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words Matter, Spring 2019 by Brittany Cote Tuesday, April 30th marked the English Department\u2019s annual Graduate Symposium. 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