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		<title>Hart receives Faculty Award for Excellence in General Education Teaching</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 15:26:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Good teachers help others excel at their craft and that’s exactly what Dr. Sherry Alusow Hart does.
Hart is director of assessment for the Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) program at Appalachian State University.
She has received the Faculty Award for Excellence in General Education Teaching (Non Tenure Track) from University College.
The award is presented to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kehoe receives the Truman Capote Literary Trust Award in Creative Writing</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/05/03/kathryn-kehoe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 20:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Kathryn Kehoe of Cary has been awarded the Truman Capote Literary Trust Award in Creative Writing for 2012-13. The Appalachian State University student is a senior English major with a creative writing concentration.
Kehoe was awarded a $2,900 scholarship based on a poetry competition judged by poet Peter Blair from UNC-Charlotte.
Kimber A. Campbell, a senior psychology [...]]]></description>
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		<title>English department authors and editors honored</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
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BOONE—From poetry collections to academic tomes, authors and editors from the Department of English at Appalachian State University were honored recently for their published work.
Published authors and editors from Appalachian State University&#8217;s Department of English are, from left, Julie Townsend, William D. Brewer, Kathryn Kirkpatrick, David L. Orvis, Abigail DeWitt, Leon Lewis and Holly Martin. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>University program helps students hone their writing skills</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/04/19/williams-graduate-school/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Representatives from community colleges from across the state attended the fourth annual Writing Across the Institutions workshop held at Appalachian State University.

Dr. Kim Gunter, left, Dr. Elizabeth Carroll and Dr. Georgia Rhoades direct programs at Appalachian State University that help students develop their academic writing skills. The programs, Writing Across the Curriculum, the Department of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spring Visiting Writers Series concludes April 19</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/04/16/spring-visiting-writers-series-concludes-april-19/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Poets R.T. Smith and Sarah Kennedy will close out the Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series at Appalachian State University on Thursday, April 19. 


R.T. Smith 

Sarah Kennedy 

Smith will discuss his works “Outlaw Style,” “Ensemble” and “Trespasser.” Kennedy will discuss her works “Home Remedies,” “A Witch’s Dictionary” and “Consider the Lilies.” A craft talk, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black Mountain College scholar talks April 25 at Appalachian</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/04/13/black-mountain-college-scholar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Mary Emma Harris, a prominent scholar of Black Mountain College, speak on Wednesday, April 25, at 7:30 p.m. in the Broyhill Events Center’s Powers Ballroom at Appalachian State University.
Her talk, “Black Mountain College: Community, Experience and the ‘Higher Learning,’” will be the inaugural event in an annual series called The Black Mountain Lectures launched by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Girls’ series book collection dedicated April 19</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/04/11/elaine_j_oquinn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:52:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—A significant collection of more than 400 books that were popular among adolescent girls from the mid-1880s through the early 20th century will be dedicated Thursday, April 19, at 5 p.m. on the fourth floor of Belk Library and Information Commons at Appalachian State University.
The Elaine J. O’Quinn Girls’ Studies Collection, which includes numerous first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nancy Drew goes to college; professor donates girls’ series collection to Appalachian</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/04/03/nancy-drew/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Elaine O’Quinn has been collecting girls’ series books for more than 20 years.
The Appalachian State University English professor’s love of Nancy Drew, Cherry Ames and Judy Bolton and her passion for collecting these and other series was further fueled by watching her niece grow from a girl into a young adult.

Dr. Elaine O’Quinn, center, is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lee Smith is guest of Appalachian’s Visiting Writers Series April 5</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/03/23/lee-smith-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Novelist Lee Smith, author of “Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger,” “On Agate Hill” and “The Last Girls,” will read from her writings during the Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series on Thursday, April 5, at 7:30 p.m. in Plemmons Student Union’s Table Rock Room at Appalachian State University.
She also will present the craft talk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elaine O’Quinn receives UNC Board of Governors Award for Teaching Excellence</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/03/15/elaine-o%e2%80%99quinn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHAPEL HILL – Dr. Elaine O’Quinn, a professor in Appalachian State University’s Department of English, has received the Board of Governors Award for Teaching Excellence. O’Quinn is one of 17 faculty members from the multi-campus University of North Carolina to receive the honor.  Each award winner will receive a commemorative bronze medallion and a $7,500 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three Appalachian State University students win Yes! Magazine’s writing competition</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/03/14/yes-magazine%e2%80%99s-writing-competition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE— Appalachian junior Bradley Stone, senior Tim Hefflinger and junior Wesley Mikiska have each been named as Yes! Magazine writing competition winners in 2011. Yes! Magazine is an online and print publication that uses in-depth analysis, tools for citizen engagement and stories to tell about real people who are working for a better world.
Yes! Magazine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Entries accepted for Truman Capote Literary Trust Scholarship</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/03/12/truman-capote-literary-trust-scholarship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Submissions are being accepted for the Truman Capote Literary Trust Award in Creative Writing which will be presented to a rising Appalachian State University junior or senior English major with a concentration in creative writing.
This year’s award of $2,900 will be presented for poetry. The winner will be announced May 4.
The deadline for entries is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Visiting Writers Series hosts Toi Derricotte March 22</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/03/05/visiting-writers-series-hosts-toi-derricotte-march-22/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Poet and memoirist Toi Derricotte will give a reading on Thursday, March 22, at Appalachian State University in the Table Rock Room of Plemmons Student Union at 7:30 p.m. as part of the Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series. She will also present a craft talk titled “Poetry or Prose: Rethinking the Poetic Line” in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Visiting Writers Series hosts Debra Monroe for March 8 readings</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/02/22/visiting-writers-series-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:28:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Novelist and memoirist Debra Monroe will give a reading on Thursday, March 8, at 7:30 p.m  at Appalachian State University in the Table Rock Room of Plemmons Student Union. Her reading is part of the Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series. She will also present a craft talk titled “Plot Matter: In Fiction and Memoir” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bestseller “Farm City” selected for Appalachian’s summer reading program</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/02/01/%e2%80%9cfarm-city%e2%80%9d-summer-reading-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
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BOONE—“Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer” has been selected for Appalachian State University’s Summer Reading Program for 2012.
The book chronicles journalist and author Novella Carpenter’s experience “farming” in downtown Oakland, Calif. Incoming freshmen at Appalachian will be encouraged to read the book as part of their orientation to the academic life of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series begins Feb. 23 at Appalachian</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE – Jim Minick, winner of the SIBA Best Nonfiction Book of the Year Award, opens the Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series for spring semester on Feb. 23 at Appalachian State University. He is one of six authors who will be featured during the spring series. All events will be held in Plemmons Student [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arabic poetry gains broader, English-speaking audience</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2012/01/17/arabic-poetry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—The work of contemporary poets from the Arabian Gulf is being introduced to a broader, English-speaking audience thanks in part to work by two former Appalachian State University students and their faculty mentor.
Appalachian State University graduate Ghada Gherwash, shown here at a poetry reading in 2006 at the University Bookstore, is one of three individuals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creative writing scholarships awarded to Cordero-Collins and Oates</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2011/12/12/creative-writing-scholarships/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE — Angel Cordero-Collins has received the John Foster West Scholarship in Poetry presented at Appalachian State University. Jesse Oates has received the Marian Coe Scholarship in Prose.
Their work was selected by author Jim Minick who judged the creative writing competitions.
Minick wrote, “Each of Angel Cordero-Collins’s poems has so many fine surprises and original turns. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writing programs receive national award</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2011/11/29/writing-programs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:51:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Appalachian State University’s writing programs have received the Conference on College Composition and Communication’s (CCCC) Writing Program Certificate of Excellence.
The award recognizes Appalachian’s Writing Across the Curriculum directed by Dr. Georgia Rhoades, University Writing Center directed by Dr. Beth Carroll and composition program directed by Dr. Kim Gunter for their substantial professional development and vertical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bathanti selected as North Carolina Humanities Council trustee</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2011/11/10/bathanti-selected-as-north-carolina-humanities-council-trustee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—The North Carolina Humanities Council, a statewide nonprofit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, has selected Joseph Bathani to serve a three-year term as a council trustee.
Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Bathanti holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in English literature from the University of Pittsburgh, as well as an M.F.A. in creative [...]]]></description>
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