Archive for 2011

Student Internship a Success

Maria Schmidt '12 is completing an internship at the Northland's NewsCenter in Duluth. An example of her work can be viewed on their website.

2011 Firethorne & Sigma Tau Delta English Picnic

Well, it’s that time of year again when the English department celebrates the end of the Spring semester. We’ve had an amazing year at Gustavus and Friday we celebrated all the English majors, Firethorne contributors and Sigma Tau Delta members. Here are some photos of the action. It was cold outside but scorching hot inside […]

Anna George Meek reading

The English Department was fortunate to have poet and musician Anna George Meek visit Gustavus on Wednesday April 27th. Ms. Meek visited creative writing courses, was interviewed by Firethorne Journal, and gave a reading of her poetry, some from her book Acts of Contortion, winner of the Brittingham Prize in Poetry, plus her newer work. […]

English 101: Reading in the World

Course Descriptions Eric Vrooman will be teaching Reading in the World: Crime and Punishment. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 12:30 to 1:20 in Vickner 302. The land of the free has the world’s largest prison population; over 2 million American currently live behind bars. This course focuses on the United States’ obsession with crime and punishment. We […]