Congratulations to our colleague on an important publication! This volume brings together scholars from various disciplines to discuss how language is used by, for and about refugees in the United States in order to deepen our understanding of what ‘refugee’ and ‘resettlement’ mean. The book will be of interest to researchers of applied linguistics and
Posts Categorized: Accolades
Our alum Bryon Quertermous Hits the Big Time!
Congratulations to UM-Flint English Department alum Bryon Quertermous, who is getting a lot of praise for his new novel Murder Boy. From the Amazon summary: Dominick Prince is out of options. He’s lived in Detroit long enough to use his experiences of crime and poverty to fuel his writing, but he’s ready to move on
Congratulations to Maize & Blue recipient, David Linden!
The Department of English is proud to announce that David M. Linden has been named a Maize and Blue Distinguished Scholar. Dave, who is graduating with a BA in English with a Specialization in Writing, has been demonstrating academic excellence at UMFlint in every semester he has been enrolled since 1997. Dave is also an
Amy Hartwig – Maize & Blue Award recipient
Congratulations to Amy Hartwig for being honored with a Maize and Blue Award, the highest honor given to graduating seniors at UM-Flint. Amy’s intelligence, openness to learning and new ideas, and unwavering dedication to her education, job, and community, make her a model student. Amy has a keen passion for intellectual engagement that has translated into a
Congratulations to Scott Atkinson, New UM-Flint Publications Board Advisor
Congratulations to Scott Atkinson who was recently named to be UM-Flint M-Times Advisor. Scott studied composition and rhetoric in the MAELL program, he worked in the Writing Center, and he served as the editor of Qua before graduating in 2011. Scott works for the Flint Journal as an entertainment reporter and has served on the
Congratulations to Abbie Lemmon, Maize and Blue Award recipient
Congratulations to Abbie Lemmon, who has been named a recipient of the 2012 Maize and Blue Award. The Maize and Blue, the most prestigious honor given by the University to graduating seniors, is awarded to a select group of graduating seniors who have a GPA of 3.75 and exhibit both exemplary academic achievement and service
Wrapping up Winter 2012
Congratulations to the Class of 2012! We’re proud of your accomplishments and we hope that you’ll stay in touch with us. Let us know where you’re headed in the comments section. Here are just a few highlights of our graduating students: Roger Austin (MA in English Language & Literature) was accepted to the PhD program
Congratulations, Zea!
Zea Miller (MA 2011), has been accepted into the PhD program in Theory and Cultural Studies at Purdue University. Zea will be joining recent graduate, Kelsey Ronan (BA English 2009), who is currently pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing there. Zea’s paper, “Decriminalizing the Lawless Moor”, was also recently accepted for the Monstrous Geographies conference at the Mansfield
2011 in Scholarship and Creative Work
2011 has been another productive year for the members of the UM-Flint English Department faculty and it’s an honor to salute this work and the people who created it: Monographs Our hats are off to Tom for the publication of his sixth book in which he demonstrates his literate qualities and his ever-ready wit. Foster,
English Department Alum is Published Author
UM-Flint English degree holder Mark Elswick has penned a book about his experiences raising a child while living with traumatic brain injury. You can read more about Mark and his book “PADMAN: A Dad’s Guide To Buying Those…and other tales” here.