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Trefzer NEH Grant recipient
April 5, 2011—Professor Annette Trefzer was awarded an NEH Grant to participate in the Summer Seminar on “The Ethnohistory of Indians in the American South” at UNC, Chapel Hill.
MFA student Tim Early on Joe Milford Show
April 4, 2011—M.F.A. student Tim Earley on the Joe Milford show. Click here to listen.
Mary Hayes’ revised A Biography of the English Language
March 9, 2011—Mary Hayes published the revised edition of the classic, A Biography of the English Language by C.M. Millward and Mary Hayes (Wadsworth Publishing, 2011). Click here to view book on Amazon.
M.F.A. student Schroeder wins Graduate Achievement Award
February 24, 2011—Poet and M.F.A. student Corinna McClanahan Schroeder has won the 2011 Graduate Achievement Award in the College of Liberal Arts. Congratulations Corinna!
Kullman Humanities Scholar Award Recipient
February 24, 2011—Professor Colby Kullman honored with the Humanities Scholar Award by the Mississippi Humanities Council. For more information, see this link.
Bob Cummings Receives MLA PRize
December 2, 2010—Dr. Bob Cummings has won the MLA’S MINA P. SHAUGHNESSY PRIZE for Lazy Virtues: Teaching Writing in the Age of Wikipedia. Congrats Bob!
Gary Short receives NEA grant
November 30, 2010—Poet Gary Short has just been awarded a major grant for his work by the National Endowment for the Arts. Congratulations Gary! Click here and here for more information.
Ph.D. student Anne Babson poem in Quarterly Literary Review Singapore
October 25, 2010—Ph.D. student Anne Babson had one of her poems accepted by the Quarterly Literary Review Singapore. Prolific poet that she is, Anne has now published in North America, South America, Europe, Australia, Asia—and Africa is next. Since beginning her work this semester at Ole Miss, Anne Babson (Ph.D. student in English) has had her […]
MFA student film to premiere at the International Documentary Film Festival
October 25, 2010—M.F.A. student Rachel Smith has made a film documentary, MINUSTAH Steals Goats, about the recent Haiti earthquake. MINUSTAH has been selected to premiere at the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam in November. Click here for more information.
MFA Program Nationally Ranked by Poets & Writers
August 31, 2010—Ole Miss M.F.A. program ranked 47th in the nation by Poets & Writers. See here for complete rankings.