Category Archives: English Department News

Janice Hodgkin and PEO Reciprocity

Posted on 09/11/2018 by jmcward

This year, Janice Hodgkin is the Vice President of Johnson and Wyandotte counties’ P.E.O. Reciprocity. P.E.O. was founded in 1869 by seven students at Iowa Wesleyan College.  Today, according to the website, there are 225,000 women members in chapters all over … Continue reading →

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Beth Gulley at Riverfront Reading Series

Posted on 09/05/2018 by jmcward

At 8pm on Friday, Sept. 14, Beth Gulley, professor of English, will read from her work as part of the Riverfront Reading Series at The Writer’s Place, 3607 Pennsylvania Ave., KC, MO.  Gulley has recently published poems in Apeiron Review, The … Continue reading →

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Blue River Road Investigators

Posted on 09/04/2018 by jmcward

Brent Jackson and Trey Hock.  Photo from ArtsKCGo. Brent Jackson, adjunct professor of English, is involved in Open Spaces, a Kansas City arts festival that will run through the end of October.  Specifically, Jackson is part of the Blue River … Continue reading →

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English Faculty Presentations

Posted on 09/04/2018 by jmcward

Two English department faculty members are making college-wide presentations during the first week of September: First, Mark Browning will be giving a presentation on Henry David Thoreau’s Walden for the Great Books Mini-Lecture Series.  Browning’s talk will be from 12-12:50, Sept. … Continue reading →

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JCCC Student Award Winners

Posted on 08/20/2018 by jmcward

Tom Reynolds, professor of English and faculty advisor for The Mind’s Eye, reports that two JCCC students have one awards in the League for Innovation National Student Literary Competition for 2017-2018. Ben Grimes won first place in the personal essay/non-fiction … Continue reading →

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