by Layli Maria Miron | Sep 30, 2020 | News
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Thousands of Penn State students are taking writing courses such as English 15 and 202 online this semester. But that doesn’t mean they can’t tap into the rich communicative resources of the local community, which have been channeled into...
by mup84 | Mar 21, 2020 | News
In Fall 2019, Honors composition students partnered with Mid-State Literacy Council, a non-profit organization that seeks to bring literacy in all forms to adults in Centre County, to create 24 new blog posts for the organization’s “Literacy in Action” blog. Students...
by mup84 | Mar 19, 2020 | News
State College Area School District Communications Director and journalist for over twenty years Chris Rosenblum spoke with students in Heather Holleman’s professional writing classroom about what makes a “storytelling approach” to writing attractive to future...
by mup84 | Feb 18, 2020 | News
Local writer Ali Warren Rothrock visited Alison Jaenicke’s creative writing students to talk about the writing process. Students wanted to know, specifically: How do you know when writing is “done”? See the video below for her answer, and click here...
by mup84 | Nov 1, 2019 | News
Our definition of the “public” expanded beyond the State College borough for one advanced technical writing class this summer. Students in English 418 composed new engaging handouts and museum placards for the Optical Heritage Museum in Southbridge, Massachusetts....
by mup84 | Aug 21, 2019 | News
On July 23rd, a group of English 15 students visited the Penn State Student Farm to explore how writing might bring attention to environmental concerns surrounding food waste, carbon emissions, and the personal choices we make about sustainability. What did these...
