Prof. Ganguly Puckett Makes Epic Presentation

On April 2, Sayanti Ganguly Puckett discussed the foundational Indian epic, The Mahabharata, as part of the Great Books series in the CoLab.

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Prof. Sykora is a Poet!

Bob Sykora’s debut poetry collection, Utopians in Love, was published this week from Game Over Books.  

He’ll be doing some readings around Kansas City in the next few weeks:

  • Sunday April 13th at Flagship Books, 3 PM
  • Tuesday April 15 at Raven Books in Lawrence, 7 PM
  • Saturday April 18 at New Materials Books, 7 PM

He’ll also be presenting on poetry that uses historical research at the Scissortail Creative Writing Festival at East Central University on Friday April 4th.

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Prof. Kunkel Receives Publication Award

You might recall that Prof. Marianne Kunkel was recognized for big-time excellence with her poetry.

Now, she has received the JCCC Publication Award to give her a nice plaque and a bit of cash to memorialize the achievement. But of course the poetry is its own reward.

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Prof. Texter is Multi-tasking

Douglas Texter’s article “Twelve Percent” was published in the online personal finance magazine The Humble Dollar on January 16.

Texter will be presenting “Assessing Voice and Audience” on February 28 at the annual conference of the New Mexico Higher Education Assessment Association.

Finally, in partnership with the National World War I Museum and Memorial,  Texter’s special topics course on the Great War will be visiting the Museum, learning to use the  Museum’s online databases, and hosting a student-research symposium in May on the way in which World War I can be used as a lens to view current conflicts.  

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Fly, Eagles, Fly?

Here is our own Adjunct Professor and Grant Guru Anthony Funari photobombing the Chiefs-red photo taken on campus Thursday. Time will tell, Anthony, whether whoever laughs last laughs in red or in green.

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