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August 23, 2024

“So many brilliant people” — Meghan Hall, 2024 Carole Anne Soucie Memorial Scholarship recipient

Meghan Hall (’26), this year’s recipient of the Carole Anne Soucie Memorial Scholarship, came to Plymouth State from Bedford, New Hampshire already taking herself seriously as a writer and reader, and has availed herself of opportunities to cultivate her skills and passions further in the PSU English program. She feels challenged to learn and grow in the writing and literature...
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August 9, 2024

“My voice matters.” – Emi Mae Harmon, 2024 Meg Petersen Endowed Scholarship recipient

A native of Bristol, New Hampshire, Emi Mae Harmon, ’27, has always counted writing among her academic strengths. At PSU, she says she has been learning how to polish her writing and to break habits that have been holding her back as a writer. She loves being able to focus on English, surrounded by “thoughtful and creative” people who share...
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March 12, 2018

Upcoming Professional Development Opportunities: March-April

Nervous about graduation? Feel like you need to develop your professional image? Come join in on the career development opportunities coming this March and April! These opportunities are perfect for English majors who wish to step into professional careers after graduation, or for those looking to improve their professional persona. Senior Professional Dinner Thursday, March 29, 6:00pm-8:00pm Merrill Place Conference...
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February 6, 2018

PSU’s Cluster Composition Class Makes Digital Magazines

During the Fall 2017 semester, Professor Taylore Aussiker’s Composition class published several digital magazines to show that communication is not just textual, but also visual. The digital magazine publication assignment went hand in hand with the new Cluster Composition model, which was recently rolled out by Plymouth State University. These cluster classes aim to take a required course, Composition, and...
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January 25, 2018

PSU Student Works: Geneva’s “Koalaty” Student Teaching Blog

Plymouth State student Geneva Sambor has started a blog documenting her student teaching experience. Sambor’s blog, titled Koalaty Teacher, chronicles her day-to-day triumphs and obstacles as she enters the professional teaching realm. So far, her blog covers topics such as her student teaching hopes and fears, her relationship with her mentor teacher, and even reflects on past classroom experiences. Sambor...
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January 19, 2018

PSU Student Works: Lindsey DeRoche’s “Hypertext Memoir and Musings”

A nontraditional English course that ran during the Fall 2017 semester was Digitalit. This class’s content included various types of digital literature, such as generative poetry, GIF novels, and Twitterature. For the course’s final, students were invited to create a large-scale piece of digital literature. Because the course was designed in an open pedagogical fashion, students had the freedom to propose...
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November 24, 2017

English Student Takes Second at PSU Panther Pitch

Last week, English Education major Isabelle Elsasser took second place at Plymouth State University’s annual Panther Pitch competition. In the Panther Pitch, students propose a business or entrepreneurial idea that helps solve societal challenges on a local, national, or international level. PSU students of all disciplines and majors can participate in the event. Elsasser earned second place for her nonprofit,...
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November 5, 2017

Why Cluster English Majors with Technology?

In Fall 2017, Plymouth State University kicked off its integrated cluster program. This program threads complimentary majors into units called “clusters”. English majors have been placed in the Arts and Technologies with programs such as Computer Science and Information Technology. Some may ask, “Why cluster English majors with technology?” At face value, the two disciplines can seem worlds apart. But in...
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