Alumni & Student News

Congratulations to Matthias Kramer!
Mar 20, 2019

Matthias has recently accepted an offer to attend the University of Oregon's doctoral program in Comparative Literature. Oregon hosts the oldest depar...

Congratulations to one of our undergraduates, Tommy Young!
Mar 20, 2019

Congratulations to one of our undergraduates, Tommy Young! Tommy Young's poetry manuscript "Geography" has been accepted for publication by ...

Raven Thigpen accepted into the MA program in Cinema Studies at NYU
Mar 20, 2019

Congratulations to Raven Thigpen! Please congratulate Raven when you see her. She has been accepted in the MA program in Cinema St...

M.A. student Lauren Coldiron accepted into the Ph.D. program in rhetoric and composition at Old Dominion University
Mar 20, 2019

A big congratulations to our M.A. student Lauren Coldiron!  Lauren has just been accepted into the Ph.D. program in rhetoric and compos...

Congratulations to Leah Wingenroth!
Feb 20, 2019

Leah Wingenroth, who will graduate this May with a double major in English and GWS, has just informed me that she has been accepted to the MA in Conte...

Article on Caleb Johnson, new Visiting Assistant Professor, and his novel _Treebourne_
Aug 20, 2018

Appalachian Today has a wonderful article about Caleb and his novel, Treebourne. Check it out!https://today.appstate.edu/2018/08/16/treeborne...

Joseph Bathanti article on the NC Arts Council website!
Aug 10, 2018

Joseph Bathanti has a wonderful piece on the NC Arts Council website, 50 for 50: Artists Celebrate North Carolina: "In honor of our annivers...

ACIS 2018 Conference thumb1

Our students presented papers at the 2018 American Conference on Irish Studies!
Jul 25, 2018

News from Dr. Jessica Martell:The theme of the 2018 American Conference on Irish Studies was “Environments of Irish Studies” at University College...

Congratulations to Sierra Cullars as the winner of the 2018-19 Truman Capote Literary Trust Scholarship in Creative Writing (poetry), and Leah Wingenroth as runner-up!
Jun 19, 2018

Congratulations to Sierra Cullars as the winner of the 2018-19 Truman Capote Literary Trust Scholarship in Creative Writing (poetry), and Leah Wingenr...

Secondary Ed major Lacy Martin has been chosen to deliver the commencement address to her fellow students at the 2018 Spring graduation!
Apr 14, 2018

Secondary Ed major Lacy Martin has been chosen to deliver the commencement address to her fellow students at the 2018 Spring graduation...