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MUsings 2019 Graduate Publication

MUsings began at Millersville to showcase the research and creative work of graduate students here at the university. We have been publishing work online since 2016, and publishing in print for well over a decade.

All the English graduate assistants of Millersville work on the journal in the fall and spring semesters. Professor Joyce Anderson of English is the faculty adviser of the journal, and this year the English department’s head graduate assistant Maria Rovito is the lead editor. MUsings also collaborates and works with other faculty and staff in graphic design, university marketing, graduate studies, the McNairy Library, Made in Millersville, English, and social work.

If you are interested in getting your graduate work published, submit to the journal. A publication will impress future employers, and if you are interested in going into higher education, a publication helps establish your credibility as a scholar. The journal is both in print and online. If you are accepted into the journal you have the option to present at Made in Millersville in the spring of 2019.

All graduate students at Millersville can submit to the journal, no matter their degree program or discipline. We accept any work that is academic, creative, or artistic. Some examples include academic articles, fiction, poetry, artistic works, and personal essays.

The deadline for the spring 2019 issue is November 1, 2018. Right now we are finishing the spring 2018 issue, and we will start accepting work for the spring 2019 issue in November.

Here is where you can submit your piece and find more information.

Submission Criteria:

  • Maximum two prose submissions (scholarly or creative) or up to five poems or visual works or art
  • Less than 10,000 words in length

Please contact either Professor Joyce Anderson or Maria Rovito with any questions.

Thanks to Maria Rovito for her collaboration.

 

Fall 2018 Open Classes

There are still some open classes in the English department for you to take! Remember, if the class you want is already full, put yourself on the wait-list–that is how the department knows to open up new sections! Visit the registrar’s website for the full registration guide. 

235 Early American Literature: T, R from 10:50-12:05pm  or 421 Early American Literature T 6-9

  • 200 Level
  • G1 – Arts and Humanities (for 235)

240 Introduction to Film: M from 2-5:20 with a recitation W from 2-3:30

  • 200 Level
  • G1 – Arts and Humanities

242 Reading Our World: Stranger Things: T, R from 2:35-3:50pm

  • G1 – Arts and Humanities
  • W – Writing Component

242 Reading Our World: Social Justice: W from 6-9pm

  • G1 – Arts and Humanities
  • W – Writing Component

274 The Craft of Writing: M, W from 3-4:15pm

  • G1 – Arts and Humanities

312 Technical Writing: W from 6-9pm or MUOnline

  • AW – Advanced Writing Component

313 Fundamentals of Journalism: R from 6-9pm or MUOnline

  • AW – Advanced Writing Component

316 Business Writing: T from 1:10-2:25pm; T, R from 8-9:15am or 9:25-10:50am

  • AW – Advanced Writing Component

319 Science Writing: MUOnline

  • AW – Advanced Writing Component

333 African American Literature 1: M, W, F from 1-1:50 or 10-10:50

  • 200 Level
  • G1 – Arts and Humanities
  • CDC – Diversity Requirement
  • W – Writing Component

424 Realism and Naturalism to 1920: W from 6-9pm

463 Applied Linguistics: T from 6-9pm

  • 200 Level
  • G1 – Arts and Humanities
  • W – Writing Component

466 Writing Studies Seminar- Environmental Advocacy: M, W from 4:30-5:45pm

  • W – Writing Component

482 Film and American Society: R from 6-8:55pm

  • 200 Level
  • G1 – Arts and Humanities

2018-2019 English Award Winners

Congratulations to the 2018-2019 English Award Winners!  Below are the scholarship recipients and the award qualifications. On May 1st there will be a banquet for the winners. Visit this website to see English major only scholarships and this website to see past award winners. 


Allison Rickert Memorial Award: Catherine Shehan

  • Awarded to a student from any class year with a minimum GPA of 3.0 or greater who contributes to the George Street Press or the Creative Writer’s Guild.

Dorothy J. Patterson English Award: Bryce Rinehart

  • Awarded to a rising junior majoring in the English teacher preparation program and working toward a Bachelors of Science in English Education with a minimum GPA of 3.0 in both the major and overall. The scholarship is renewable for two additional semester.

William S. Trout Memorial Award for English Education: Mariah Miller

  • Awarded to a senior English education major who has a cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 2.5, and 3.5 GPA in English courses. Candidates are required to document a commitment to creative writing through publication of original work.

Nadine Thomas Journalism Award: Vanessa Schneider

  • Awarded to a senior English education major who has a cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 2.5, and 3.5 GPA in English courses. Candidates are required to document a commitment to creative writing through publication of original work.

Eileen Carew Promising Writers Award: Shaakirah Ahmad-Tate

  • This scholarship is awarded to an English major with a declared Writing Studies Option who has achieved excellence or shows promise in writing. The student must have a minimum of a 3.0 GPA.

Dilworth-McCullough English Award: Mary Beth Nolt

  • Awarded to a student who has achieved excellence in English literature.

Class of 1910 Award: Amanda Mooney

  • Awarded annually for excellence in English to a student at the end of his or her senior year.

Frank R. Heavner Memorial Award: Maria Glotfelter

  • Awarded to the English major with the highest average in at least nine hours of linguistics courses.

Alice R. Fox Memorial Award in English: Emily Perez

  • Awarded to a student who, in the judgment of the English Department, has achieved excellence in English.

Class of 1917 Award: Matthew Moyer

  • Awarded at the end of a student’s junior year to a person who, in the judgment of the English Department, excels in the general field of English.

Class of 1922 Award: Hadassah Stoltzfus

  • Awarded to a senior who has demonstrated outstanding proficiency in the use of English.

Kanopy: Free Films for MU

Millersville offers a free movie-streaming service to all faculty, staff, and students.  It has many great films, including much of the Criterion Collection (some of the best/most important films of all time in their best formats, with special features).

Check out Kanopy.  You log in with your MU email login and password and you get free films!  You can also trim films into clips for class presentations (there are a number of documentaries that would be useful).  These can be integrated into D2L forum posts, for example.  Make your presentations stand out with video.

https://millersville.kanopystreaming.com/