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Aug 22, 2011

Meet Dan Neil, Pulitzer Prize Winning Automotive Critic

Dan Neil (MA, English '86) says he was a "singularly unpromising candidate" when he arrived at NC State. Neil went on to write automotive columns for the News and Observer,The L.A. Times, and the Wall Street Journal. In the process, he earned a Pulitzer Prize.

Jul 26, 2011

English Prof Named American Council on Education Fellow

Molly Corbett Broad, president of the American Council on Education (ACE), has announced that Laura Severin, Professor of English at NC State University, is one of 50 Fellows at the American Council on Education for academic year 2011-12. The ACE Fellows Program, established in 1965, is designed to strengthen institutional capacity and build leadership in…

Jul 22, 2011

NYTimes References English Intern’s Work

Summer internships can get students’ work noticed in some high-powered places. Take senior English Major Sonny Ferares, who is interning with the Raleigh Public Record. An article she wrote about food trucks in Raleigh was referenced in a Sunday New York Times piece titled “Should Cities Drive Food Trucks Off the Streets?” Well done, Sonny!…

Jul 12, 2011

Sandbagged: The Undoing of a Quarter Century of NC Coastal Conservation

Recent CHASS grad Gary Lazorick (MS, Technical Communication, ’11)has been studying coastal erosion and the shifting sands of policies that have environmentalists and developers at odds. Read his article in Coastal Care.

Jul 11, 2011

Walt Wolfram Appears on History Channel’s “Mouthing Off” Episode

Tune in to the History Channel at 10:00 pm, Tuesday, July 12, to hear Professor of English Walt Wolfram in the “Mouthing Off” episode of “How the States Got their Shapes.” The episode looks at dialects across the country and answers such questions as why the southern accent didn’t exist until after the Civil War,…

Jun 24, 2011

Soldier turns Oxford Scholar

As a kid, Will Badger, MFA ’11, wanted to be a writer so he could explore all the places in his head he was sure he’d never go. Ironically, he’s doing both. By Christa Gala Sometimes you have to make a tough choice. A Fulbright Scholarship or Oxford University in England? It was a good…

May 18, 2011

CHASS Alum Josh Eure Wins ‘Best of the Net’ Award

“I’m writing something,” he says to me. “You write?” “Not yet. Anyway, tell me what you think. Ok, so there’s this guy…” Just an excerpt from Josh Eure’s flash fiction story “It’s Sci-Fi,” which recently appeared in the Raleigh Review literary and arts magazine. While publication of his work is certainly cause for celebration, more…

May 1, 2011

CHASS Student of the Month – May 2011

DeLisa Hawkes, May 2011 CHASS Student of the Month.

Apr 27, 2011

NC State Poetry Contest: Winners Announced

Congratulations to the winners of the 2011 North Carolina State University Poetry Contest. By the March 1st deadline, nearly 500 poems had poured in from every corner of the state, and almost 20 college writing programs had students submit entries. At the awards ceremony, guest judge Thomas Lux gave a reading and the winners from…