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Kennedy Hamblen
I'm Kennedy, a literature nerd and creative writer from the outskirts of Memphis. I'm also a senior here at Dartmouth. When I'm not working in admissions as a senior fellow, I'm a student employee at the library and a research and teaching assistant in the English department. I love music (I collect vinyl!) and analyzing teen drama TV (think Riverdale and Pretty Little Liars). I'm currently applying to law schools. I've had such a great time at Dartmouth and am excited to share that with you!
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Professor McCann is my advisor, but that's not the only reason I took this class. Since it was a senior seminar with only 9 students, we got to dive deep into the fascinating material, including with Victorian-era pulp fiction books, advertisements, and psychological treatises, plus some good old fashioned canonical works like The Picture of Dorian Gray and Dracula. [Fun fact: I've read Dracula three times at Dartmouth... it's an English department favorite!]
Winter Hanover, NH
This was an off term for me, but I love Hanover so much I hung around anyways! I worked for admissions and Baker-Berry Library, read a ton of J.G. Ballard, and stared out the window at the snow for an embarrassingly long amount of time. I also visited my parents in Tennessee during Christmas.
Spring Hanover, NH
Professor Nachlis went out of his way to act as an unofficial pre-law advisor for all of us in this class, not only by introducing us to some of the most pressing issues in American government, but also by dedicating the final two weeks of class to a module called "Should you go to law school?" A question I was asking myself!
Summer Hanover, NH
Another off term again, and this time I'm working full-time for admissions as a senior fellow! I'm also doing a lot of preliminary reading for my honors thesis. Anyone heard of Friedrich Kittler's Discourse Networks? Well, I'll have read it twice by the time this term is over.
Dartmouth does not offer a creative writing major; instead, students majoring in English can add a concentration in creative writing . But you don't need to be an English major to take creative writing classes. In classic Dartmouth fashion, the students in our creative writing classes major in everything from government to economics to biology.
I'm an English major, and I've also taken two fiction writing classes here—Intermediate Fiction (with Professor Thomas O'Malley) and Writing for TV (with Professor Eugenie Carabatsos). Both were GREAT! I'm also registered for Writing for the Screen I in fall term 2023 with Professor William Phillips. Needless to say, I love fiction writing and think Dartmouth's an excellent place to hone your craft.
Almost all creative writing classes here are workshop-based, meaning we write a lot and give our finished work or excerpts to our classmates. Then our classmates comment on the pieces. In Intermediate Fiction and Writing for TV alike, we did several rounds of workshop for each person. I've found this to be extremely helpful at Dartmouth, because the students are both engaged and intelligent. My classmates have produced some fantastic pieces I've enjoyed reading, and they've also given me invaluable feedback. The same is true of professors—in any class that involves writing of any kind, I've been able to get helpful, detailed feedback on my essays and fiction pieces alike.
Intermediate Fiction was a class of about eight. We were asked to apply to the class; normally, you'd also need to have taken Introductory Fiction prior, but in my year, the professor allowed myself and a few other students with experience and sufficient samples to skip Intro and enroll directly in Intermediate. Once we got into the class, we were immediately writing, writing, writing. Even scarier, our classmates read our work and gave us constructive criticism several times that term. Some students presented new pieces each workshop; others would return with revised versions of pieces; still others, like myself, gave the workshop group excerpts of a larger story.
Writing for Television was nearly as small, with an enrollment of about fourteen. We pitched our TV show ideas, read pilot scripts and show bibles, and wrote our own. Professor Carabatsos has written professionally for TV, so she was able to give us helpful information about the industry and what producers are looking for in a pitch or show, as well as tried and true screenwriting methods. Unlike Intermediate Fiction, we all workshopped the same pieces several times, which meant we got to thoroughly polish our show pilots. I cannot explain to you how fun it was to not only create my own TV show idea, but also to read what my classmates came up with.
I've become a much better writer while at Dartmouth. For me this has mainly been through classes, but we also have several literary magazines and writing clubs—off the top of my head, a friend of mine has just started Spilled Ink, a poetry club; we have a literary magazine called Stonefence; we have several undergraduate-run academic journals like Memento and the undergraduate history journal; we also have a book club! There are far more creative writers of all stripes at Dartmouth than I expected, and we have classes and extracurriculars to accommodate them all.
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Creative Writing
Minor in creative writing.
Learn how to write in a full range of literary genres, from fiction to poetry to spoken word to creative nonfiction to playwriting. You will have the opportunity to conceive of, write, edit, and sometimes publish or perform your own creative work. You will leave UMass Dartmouth with a diverse collection of your own stories, poems, essays, and plays that will serve as a foundation for your writing life.
The creative writing minor is a valuable addition to any curriculum, no matter if a student dreams of being a published novelist someday or if they simply want the chance to explore the creative work that they are passionate about. It teaches you self-motivation, quick critical thinking, the ability to synthesize complex ideas, and empathy.
Work with award-winning authors
As a creative writing minor, you will work with award-winning, published authors who have written books, articles, essays, and poems—faculty members such as:
- Lucas Mann, who has been praised for his most recent books, Class A: Baseball in the Middle of Everywhere , Lord Fear , and Captive Audience
- Caitlin Amaral, who earned a 2023 Center for Community News Faculty Champions grant from the University of Vermont; won the Danahy Prize for her 2020 piece "Mark"; received the 2013 Ninth Letter Prize in fiction; and won the 2012 Women Who Write International Short Prose Contest for her story "Waitress."
- Morgan (Mwalim) Peters, whose play "Listen to Sipu" has been touring with the Watertown New Repertory since 2021; has developed the "Among Brothers" series for the African Grand Lodge 459; published the novel LAND of the BLACK SQUIRRELS in 2020; and published the short story collection A Mixed Medicine Bag 2007; and has plays performed internationally
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Umassd's undergraduate experiences.
Take advanced courses, pursue research, and be part of a community of scholars.
Earn academic credits and gain a global perspective on your field.
Faculty work with students on cutting-edge research projects.
Gain the benefit of a broad university education to enhance your knowledge and skills.
UMassD advantages
Publish your work in Temper magazine, the English & Communication Department's literary magazine, and serve as the editorial staff for the magazine. You will select and edit content, design the issues, and organize the production schedule. This is invaluable experience that leads to internships, and potentially careers in publishing, marketing, media, or public relations.
Expand your opportunities
Advance your studies and earn your master's degree in professional writing & communication . This graduate program will help you gain the skills you need to work in the communication and technical writing fields.
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Creative Writing
Instructors: Barbara Kreiger
2-Week Course for Summer Scholars 2024
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Session 3 - July 28 - August 9 2024
Creative writing is a process of exploration and discovery. This creative writing workshop offers an intensive opportunity for eager and motivated students to investigate ideas and reflect on their experiences. Students will be challenged in both fiction and nonfiction, through short stories, nonfiction narratives, and personal essays, to produce work that will be critiqued by the professor with the aims of developing their skills in written expression and creating tools for critical evaluation of their writing. Students’ work will also be shared with the class in small groups, where methods for constructive criticism will be developed and applied. In the writing workshops, personal attention will be given to each student. In addition, we’ll read excerpts from exemplary writers, and guest speakers will talk to us about their own development. The aim is to become more insightful writers, more perceptive readers, and more confident students.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completing this course, students will:
Greater motivation and confidence about writing and greater enjoyment
Greater understanding of the skills needed to improve and develop no matter what the level of achievement and ambition
Commitment to keep challenging themselves
Deeper appreciation for the writing process and openness to what others write.
Pre-requisite
None (except for enthusiasm)
Instructor Biography
Barbara Kreiger, Ph.D ., has been teaching writing at Dartmouth for over forty years. She is an Adjunct Associate Professor and Chair of the Creative Writing Concentration in the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program at Dartmouth College. She also taught memoir for several years at Dartmouth’s Alumni College. She received her Ph.D. in English from Brandeis University and is the author of The Dead Sea and the Jordan River (3 rd edition) and Divine Expectations: An American Woman in Nineteenth-Century Palestine. She has written introductions for new editions of travel classics, and her work has appeared in The New York Times and The Boston Globe and was featured on the cover of the Smithsonian magazine. In 2004-2005, she was the recipient of a Fulbright Award in Rome, where she taught creative writing, and later was appointed to the Fulbright Specialist roster. She was subsequently invited to teach in Naples, Italy. In 2014, CNN invited her to participate in a documentary on the Dead Sea and the Jordan River.
Whether students are experienced writers or beginners, international students, or native speakers of English, she believes that all of them are engaged in the same process as they begin or continue to write and become increasingly alert to the possibilities for self-expression.
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Kimberly Juanita Brown
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Michael A. Chaney
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Rebecca B. Clark
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Sophie Crane
Katherine A. Crouch
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The Litowitz MFA+MA Program in Creative Writing and English
Program faculty, the department of english is grateful to northwestern university alumna jennifer leischner litowitz ’91 and her husband, alec litowitz for helping launch and support this program..
The Litowitz MFA+MA Program in Creative Writing offers intimate classes, the opportunity to pursue both creative and critical writing, close mentorship by renowned faculty in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, and three fully supported years in which to grow as writers and complete a book-length creative project. The Litowitz MFA+MA curriculum gives students time to deepen both their creative writing and their study of literature. Students will receive full financial support for three academic years and two summers, a total of 33 months. Both degrees—the MFA in Creative Writing and the MA in English—are awarded simultaneously at graduation.
Drawing on innovative scholarship, deep immersion in process, and cross-pollination between critical and creative texts, Litowitz students will complete a Capstone essay—a 20-25 page expanded version of a paper written for an English department graduate or MFA+MA seminar—by the end of their second year, and will spend their third year working on a book-length creative thesis of their own design, either within one genre or across genres. The MFA+MA program's small size and attentive faculty will develop students' sense of literary context, the possibilities of genre, and their creative practice, while encouraging them to pursue the individual distinctiveness of their projects.
The Litowitz MFA+MA program provides significant exposure to a second genre in addition to the genre in which a student has been admitted. Students must take at least one out-of-genre workshop and have the option of taking more.
Over two years of coursework students will take:
In spring quarter of the second year, with advising and mentoring by the faculty, each student will complete the MA Capstone Essay.
In year three, students will be almost wholly dedicated to their creative thesis manuscripts. Third-year students will take three quarters of the MFA Thesis Workshop/Tutorial.
Some students will complete their MFA thesis manuscript by the end of this year; others will wish to take more time. The Graduate School permits students to submit the culminating project for the MFA at the end of full-time enrollment, or afterward.
In all three years, students will be mentored by the faculty in the practice of their writing, the design of their projects, and regarding artistic and intellectual resources for their work. In the teaching of creative writing and, through summer editorial work at TriQuarterly.org , students will get first-hand experience in editing a literary journal.
Visiting writers (including some anglophone international writers) will bring new perspectives to artistic practice, the three genres, and cross-genre or multi-genre work.
Students will pursue their work on our beautiful Evanston campus, amid artists, filmmakers, scholars and public intellectuals, with easy access to the vibrant literary arts scene of Chicago.
Admissions Cycle
Each year, the MFA+MA program admits new students in two of our three genres. The genres in question rotate annually. Information on the application process and the genres in which applications will be considered can be found here .
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What You Won’t Learn in an MFA
An mfa can teach you skills, but will it prepare you for a writing career.
By 2018, I had written five books and decided to pursue an MFA in creative writing with a concentration in fiction. For me, earning an MFA gave me the time and space I needed to quit my day job and transition to writing full-time, but that was something I had been building toward for over a decade. Of course, I can’t speak to all MFA programs, but in many cases, they focus almost exclusively on writing skills and don’t give writers the concrete skills they need to make money writing and publishing. I often found myself answering questions for my classmates about what publishing was really like. It simply wasn’t being taught, sometimes because faculty themselves were struggling with how to navigate writing as a business.
An MFA program may be the right choice to help you become a better writer, or because you want the qualification to teach writing at a college; it may not give you insights into navigating the publishing landscape.
Here are some of the professional development skills you may need to gain outside of the classroom on your writing journey.
Getting published
Many MFA programs don’t talk to authors about the good, the bad, and the ugly in both traditional publishing and self-publishing. There is often an assumption that if you’re in an MFA program, you’ll be seeking a traditional publishing deal. But most programs also don’t teach writers the skills to query small presses or agents who can query large presses. Even as self-publishing has become an increasingly popular publishing choice, many MFA programs aren’t giving students a clear picture of what it involves.
Contracting
My MFA program was great, but never once during my studies did I hear anyone talk about how to read, negotiate, or understand a contract. As an indie author, you’ll have fewer contracts to interact with than authors who choose to traditionally publish their work, but contracts will still come up—contracts with designers who are working on your books, contracts with podcasts or magazines publishing excerpts of your work. In my MFA program, students who were publishing were left to talk with each other to try to understand how contracts work. Most writers aren’t legal experts, and we benefit from having either a private attorney or an attorney through an organization such as the Author’s Guild review our contracts. I would love to see MFA programs better prepare writers to navigate these business interactions, to negotiate writing rates, and to understand what rights we may be signing away with a particular contract.
Writing to market
The culture of MFA programs often shames or diminishes the idea of writing to market, and instead prioritizes creating literary art for the sake of art. This is a completely valid way to approach your writing life. However, if your goal is to publish your work and sell books, understanding the market and how to write books that appeal to readers is important. There’s nothing wrong with writing books with mass-market appeal, but, depending on the program you attend, you may not hear that in classes. Especially for writers considering the self-publishing route, learning how to understand current trends and how to write books that connect to them is invaluable.
Writing is your passion, and seeing your name in print might be your dream, but when it happens, your writing also becomes a business. Understanding how to manage a writing business is something that most new writers won’t have a lot of experience with. For example, when you get paid from book sales, speaking arrangements, or most anything to do with your books, taxes aren’t going to be withheld. Instead, you’ll need to put money aside to pay your taxes. MFA programs generally don’t cover these details or highlight the importance of hiring an accountant or tax professional to help you with setting up your writing business. You may need to form an LLC for your self-publishing business, open a business bank account, and file taxes appropriately for your writing work. As a self-published author, you also may need to keep records tracking orders and inventory.
Most authors are not able to make a living from books alone. Many writers are balancing a variety of different content creation and income streams. This may include teaching at a college or university (for which a terminal degree such as an MFA is required), freelance writing, and independent teaching, to name a few possibilities. The more writing programs can give MFA students the tools they need to understand the business side of their work, the more successful they will be.
Sassafras Lowrey writes fiction and nonfiction and was the recipient of the 2013 Lambda Literary Award for emerging LGBTQ writers.
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Employers in every industry need professionals who have strong writing skills, so you can be confident that your ability to write effectively can also help set you apart in your current career. With in-demand writing expertise and the ability to customize your degree with electives in literature or writing practice, Liberty’s online MFA in Creative Writing can help you achieve your professional writing goals.
Our online MFA in Creative Writing is designed to help you build on your writing skills with specific workshops dedicated to the craft of fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, or screenwriting. With a work-in-progress approach to writing practice and mentorship from our faculty of experienced writers and scholars, you can learn the specific skills you need to make your writing stand out.
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What Will You Study in Our MFA in Creative Writing?
The MFA in Creative Writing program is designed to help you become an excellent creative writer across the genres of creative fiction, nonfiction, screenwriting, and poetry. You can learn how to produce aesthetically and culturally engaged creative works while gaining professional knowledge and practice. You will also study foundational contemporary literature so that you have a background in studying important works to draw on for your writing.
To help you in your professional writing, you will also study many essential skills in editing, layout, and the business of publishing so that you can best position yourself for success in the market. Through your creative writing courses and workshops, you can develop your craft so that you will be ready for your thesis project.
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- Understanding what makes art effective, compelling, and impactful
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A Master of Fine Arts degree, or MFA, is a terminal degree in an artistic craft that demonstrates that you have achieved the highest level of training and skill in your discipline. Like a doctorate, an MFA often allows you to teach courses at the graduate level while also providing many opportunities for scholarship and leadership in education. If you want to grow your creative writing skills to become the best writer you can be, then the Master of Fine Arts can help you get there.
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With creative writing workshops and a thesis project, you will receive support and guidance to help you become the best writer you can be.
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You can complete the MFA in Creative Writing in just 48 credit hours!
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Creative Writing MFA Alumni Spotlight: Monica Mody ('10)
Published: May 14, 2024
Author: Paul Cunningham
"The MFA program I attended at the University of Notre Dame allowed for and encouraged radical experimentation with form, language, and genre. I was able to familiarize myself with avant-garde currents in art and literature cross-culturally, and any static ideas about what I thought a poem could do exploded during my experimentations at Notre Dame." — Monica Mody in conversation with Sophia Naz, The Bangalore Review
Dr. Monica Mody moved to the Santa Barbara area to teach as core faculty in the Pacifica Graduate Institute's Mythological Studies MA/PhD Program. Her areas of specialization include decolonial, indigenous, and women of color paradigms and epistemologies; Anzaldúan frameworks; earth-sourced and feminist spirituality and ritual; poetry, divination, oracular speech, and arts-based research; and nondual embodiment, in conversation with ancestral lineages from South Asia. Her most recent full-length poetry collections include Wild Fin (Weavers Press, 2024) and Bright Parallel (Copper Coin, 2023).
Of Wild Fin , Maw Shein Win (author of Storage Unit for the Spirit House ) notes how it "weaves the reader through an eclectic warp and weft of grief and fury, rupture and suture, mysticism and calls for climate and social justice." Divya Victor (author of Curb ) calls Wild Fin a “A deeply personal and tender contemplation of ecological grief which, in impressionistic and reflective disclosures, asks us to acknowledge our inalienable enmeshment with each other and with the earth.” Of Bright Parallel , Sumana Roy (author of V.I.P.: Very Important Plant ) writes "Everywhere inside this book I found soil—living, dying, composting, growing, resting, and restless. I emerged frome very page with some of it in my hands." Sampurna Chattarji (author of Dirty Love ) describes Mody's "attunement to the natural world" as "precise," asserting that the "feministic enquiry is utterly embodied . . . she draws all to the brink of the motherpool."
For me, the poem is in some ways a zone of communion where many meanings and horizons can be attained, because, the way my brain works, no monomyth settles it. I am continually doing the work of seeing who I am in relationship with, who is before me inviting me into the task of becoming. — Monica Mody in conversation with Sophia Naz, The Bangalore Review
Mody is also the author of the cross-genre Kala Pani (1913 Press, 2013), and three chapbooks including Ordinary Annals (above/ground press, 2021). In a review of Kala Pani that appears in Rain Taxi , Elizabeth Robinson writes "With great inventiveness, Mody wends narrative around and within narrative, as though the bonds and bounds of story could twist, Houdini-like, to effect their own escape." Joyelle McSweeney (author of Death Styles ) writes "Gender, genre, national identity, multiple languages, and the body's 'natural' borders are all debased and reworked in this queer, unstable mix, which releases energy as it forms and breaks down and forms again."
Her peer-reviewed article, " Arts-based Practices: Research and Transformation in the Academy ," was published in the Transformative Power of Art Journal . Tarka Journal published her scholarly essay and poem sequence, "When Yoginis Appear with Animals: Animistic Relational Elements and the Non-Dual Matrix." Her conversation with Pakistani-American poet Sophia Naz, " Roots and Resonance ," was published by The Bangalore Review , and a poem "Glasshouse—Anthropocene" came out in Greening the Earth: A Global Anthology of Poetry (Penguin Random House India, 2023). She read at the South Asian Literary and Arts Festival in Menlo College, CA, where she also interviewed poet, curator, and cultural critic Ranjit Hoskote on his aesthetics.
The Center for Black & Indigenous Praxis at the California Institute of Integral Studies invited her to speak on a BIPOC Scholar Panel, and the Department of Women's Spirituality invited her to do a book talk/reading and conversation in conjunction with her two new poetry collections, in October 2023 and then in March 2024. Other presentations included the El Mundo Zurdo Conference and a Scholar Salon at the Association for the Study of Women and Mythology; readings included the 2023 Lit Crawl San Francisco. Monica was also invited on The Beat: A Poetry Podcast and the Mythic Podcast .
Dr. Monica Mody holds a Ph.D. in East-West Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Notre Dame, and is a Bachelor of Arts and Laws (Hons.) from the National Law School of India University. She was born in Ranchi, India, and lives on the Chumash coast, California. Stay in touch with her via her substack ( monicamody.substack.com/ ).
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Senior Series 2024: Outstanding Creators
UMass Amherst is proud to celebrate the class of 2024, a cohort of diverse, determined, resourceful, and resilient students. This year’s Senior Series spotlights the creators among them. From storytellers to inventors to programmers to musicians, the term “creator” covers a wide range of creative and academic output, depending on the student's field of study or interests. This can range from research, software development, and scientific experiments, to artistic, music, community, and film projects. No matter their endeavor, each creator embodies UMass Amherst's revolutionary spirit, pursuit of progress, and unwavering commitment to the greater good.
From Inspiration to Innovation: Celebrating Creators in the Class of 2024
Robin cabral, portuguese and comparative literature double major with minors in information technology and catalan studies, college of humanities & fine arts.
A childhood passion turned into academic interest when Robin Cabral discovered that investigating video games can be research:
“Much like film and novels, video games have a lot to offer when it comes to storytelling and representation. As a gay Latino man, representation is important for me... My current big project is my honors thesis analyzing the women of the Super Mario franchise. Beginning next fall, I will be attending UMass Dartmouth to earn my PhD in Luso-Afro-Brazilian Studies, where I will be looking at Brazilian representation in video games.”
Aaryan Chaudhary
Biomedical engineering major, college of engineering , commonwealth honors college .
As president of the UMass MedTech Team, Aaryan Chaudhary has designed and prototyped innovative medical devices with real-world applications to help people in need:
“Your 'why' is more important than your 'how'. You may not immediately know how to solve a problem, but if your heart is in the right place, then you will be part of the solution. The beauty of working on medical devices that can save and improve the quality of life for millions of people worldwide is that the field is inherently driven by compassion at a large scale. Not only does this make the destination meaningful, but the journey enjoyable at every step.”
Isabella Craft
Spanish and biochemistry & molecular biology double major, college of humanities & fine arts , college of natural sciences.
Isabella Craft is helping younger students take an interest in the academic and professional possibilities that come with language studies:
“Creating a high school course to increase language access awareness among students has been such an enriching endeavor for me. This cutting-edge opportunity allows students to explore career options from professionals in language-related fields as well as understand the benefits of knowledge of this work for careers in other fields.”
Communication and Management Double Major
College of social & behavioral sciences , isenberg school of management.
Emily Day has used her time at UMass to build an impressive portfolio of articles for Her Campus (HC) , an online magazine focused on student life:
“I am now a Senior Editor for HC and have published over 25 articles spanning a variety of topics, from music and media to campus life and personal experiences. These articles chronicle my transition to college, my evolving interests as a UMass student, my study abroad experience, and now, as a senior, my reflections on what these past four years have given me. As I've grown more secure in my writing skills and my abilities to help other writers in HC , I've also grown more confident as a member of the UMass community. I feel very lucky to be part of an organization that has allowed me to express myself so freely and take ownership of what I create.”
Oluwole Fabikun
Computer science major with a minor in biology, manning college of computer & information sciences.
Once set on a medical career, the focus shifted when Oluwole Fabikun realized the broader possible impact of software engineering. Harnessing the power of generative AI, Fabikun is part of a team creating a chatbot initiative to help simplify New York's intricate paid leave policies:
“My passion is deeply rooted in my Christian faith, Nigerian heritage, and a lifelong mission to make a meaningful difference in the lives of others. As an eldest sibling, setting a positive example has always been a priority for me. It's about demonstrating that success is not confined by our initial circumstances but by our ambition and resilience. My journey reflects a commitment to breaking barriers and showing my siblings and cousins that with the right mindset and effort, any goal is achievable. It's not just about personal achievement but about paving a way forward for others to follow.”
Aisling Finnegan and Dylan Waters
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Finnegan and Waters, as part of their band Stock Goblin, can be found performing for crowds around the UMass community and throughout the Pioneer Valley:
“Music is humanity's purest form of communication. The nuances of emotion can get obfuscated or convoluted when trying to express them verbally. Music, specifically performance, can convey so much more depth without being verbose.” - Aisling Finnegan
“Music allows me to close off chapters in my life, and to help others who are currently in those same chapters. I get to tell stories through lyrics, and in the same ways I have used music to get me through hard times, I hope I can give some of the back, if only for a few.” - Dylan Waters
Mahidhar Sai Lakkavaram
Chemical engineering major with a minor in engineering management , college of engineering , commonwealth honors college .
As an editor for the Massachusetts Daily Collegian, UMass Amherst’s student-run newspaper, Mahidhar Sai Lakkavaram strives to think out of the box and reimagine the ways in which content is consumed:
“Storytelling is something that I’ve always valued, whether that’s yapping to my friends or writing about the latest breaking news in Amherst. There’s so much power in being able to use your words to share someone’s story, to give them that agency and letting them know that their perspective and their work is valued. That’s why I’m passionate in creating stories and writing articles, I find this sense of fulfillment knowing that every story I write can have some sort of impact.”
Claudia Murray
Sustainable food & farming.
Claudia Murray has been creating an educational curriculum for the Amherst School Garden program that focuses on permaculture and nurtures relationships between the students and the land:
“Permaculture is about creating a world based on reciprocity and care for the earth and for people. I am passionate about creative education and permaculture because they present solutions to our current systems of ecological destruction and exploitation. I hope to continue working with ecologically friendly and socially just ways of growing food and community after graduation.”
Josh Negrin
Nutrition major with a minor in food science, school of public health & health sciences , college of natural sciences.
From a young age, Josh Negrin found a love of cooking that proved to be a creative outlet and inspiration for a future career:
“Upon completing my degree and my time at UMass, I've learned how much I enjoy the intersection of food, health, and education. I think that many health issues (both physical and mental) can be prevented or resolved in the kitchen. I'm eager to use my learning and experiences from the last four years to continue down this path by bringing people together to achieve their health goals through the universal language of food.”
Eden Olayiwole
Communication and psychology double major, college of social & behavioral sciences , college of natural sciences .
Putting her keyboard to work and heart on the page, Eden Olayiwole wrote a full-length screenplay during her time at UMass Amherst:
"I am most proud of the screenplay I just finished titled "Let's Share the Grace" - which is an Honors Thesis project about a young Nigerian girl growing up in church and having to contextualize her Christian faith for herself. It has always been a goal of mine to write a full screenplay of my own because I love storytelling. As a first-generation Nigerian student, I wanted to take some of the most special, funny, and unique parts of the first gen immigrant experience and shape it into a coming-of-age story that those of similar and different backgrounds can read and say ‘wow, I’ve felt that before!’ Writing this script, doing the research for it, and finishing it, was a huge milestone for me! I am excited to continue storytelling in any and every capacity for the rest of my life."
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Vy Phan’s proudest accomplishment at UMass has been combining a passion for art with a degree in nutrition:
“During my position as a Nutrition Educator and Illustrator Intern [with FoodPlay Productions], I have a chance to collaborate with the organization's founder to publish a hardcopy book titled "Veggies Got Talent! A Coloring Activity Cookbook", aiming to help children build a good relationship with vegetables. I assisted in creating coloring illustrations, fun activities, and easy-to-remember nutritional facts so that children can learn more about each vegetable and make friends with them.”
Maria Pitel
Art history major with a minor in information technology.
Working alongside Professor Laetitia La Follette, Maria Pitel found a happy medium for creativity while developing a set of learning modules for the introductory art history courses at UMass:
“As an Art History major and Information Technology minor, this project was a perfect blend of both my interests, and it introduced me to the field of Instructional Design which I may have otherwise never discovered. I worked alongside a dedicated team to craft an educational resource that will benefit future students of UMass."
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Savvino-storozhevsky monastery and museum.
Zvenigorod's most famous sight is the Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery, which was founded in 1398 by the monk Savva from the Troitse-Sergieva Lavra, at the invitation and with the support of Prince Yury Dmitrievich of Zvenigorod. Savva was later canonised as St Sabbas (Savva) of Storozhev. The monastery late flourished under the reign of Tsar Alexis, who chose the monastery as his family church and often went on pilgrimage there and made lots of donations to it. Most of the monastery’s buildings date from this time. The monastery is heavily fortified with thick walls and six towers, the most impressive of which is the Krasny Tower which also serves as the eastern entrance. The monastery was closed in 1918 and only reopened in 1995. In 1998 Patriarch Alexius II took part in a service to return the relics of St Sabbas to the monastery. Today the monastery has the status of a stauropegic monastery, which is second in status to a lavra. In addition to being a working monastery, it also holds the Zvenigorod Historical, Architectural and Art Museum.
Belfry and Neighbouring Churches
Located near the main entrance is the monastery's belfry which is perhaps the calling card of the monastery due to its uniqueness. It was built in the 1650s and the St Sergius of Radonezh’s Church was opened on the middle tier in the mid-17th century, although it was originally dedicated to the Trinity. The belfry's 35-tonne Great Bladgovestny Bell fell in 1941 and was only restored and returned in 2003. Attached to the belfry is a large refectory and the Transfiguration Church, both of which were built on the orders of Tsar Alexis in the 1650s.
To the left of the belfry is another, smaller, refectory which is attached to the Trinity Gate-Church, which was also constructed in the 1650s on the orders of Tsar Alexis who made it his own family church. The church is elaborately decorated with colourful trims and underneath the archway is a beautiful 19th century fresco.
Nativity of Virgin Mary Cathedral
The Nativity of Virgin Mary Cathedral is the oldest building in the monastery and among the oldest buildings in the Moscow Region. It was built between 1404 and 1405 during the lifetime of St Sabbas and using the funds of Prince Yury of Zvenigorod. The white-stone cathedral is a standard four-pillar design with a single golden dome. After the death of St Sabbas he was interred in the cathedral and a new altar dedicated to him was added.
Under the reign of Tsar Alexis the cathedral was decorated with frescoes by Stepan Ryazanets, some of which remain today. Tsar Alexis also presented the cathedral with a five-tier iconostasis, the top row of icons have been preserved.
Tsaritsa's Chambers
The Nativity of Virgin Mary Cathedral is located between the Tsaritsa's Chambers of the left and the Palace of Tsar Alexis on the right. The Tsaritsa's Chambers were built in the mid-17th century for the wife of Tsar Alexey - Tsaritsa Maria Ilinichna Miloskavskaya. The design of the building is influenced by the ancient Russian architectural style. Is prettier than the Tsar's chambers opposite, being red in colour with elaborately decorated window frames and entrance.
At present the Tsaritsa's Chambers houses the Zvenigorod Historical, Architectural and Art Museum. Among its displays is an accurate recreation of the interior of a noble lady's chambers including furniture, decorations and a decorated tiled oven, and an exhibition on the history of Zvenigorod and the monastery.
Palace of Tsar Alexis
The Palace of Tsar Alexis was built in the 1650s and is now one of the best surviving examples of non-religious architecture of that era. It was built especially for Tsar Alexis who often visited the monastery on religious pilgrimages. Its most striking feature is its pretty row of nine chimney spouts which resemble towers.
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The Department of English and Creative Writing Responds to the May 1, 2024 Events and Arrests on Campus. We the faculty and staff of the Dartmouth College Department of English and Creative Writing write to condemn the decision-making process that led to the presence of multiple militarized police units on our campus.
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MALS 132 - Writing Methodologies (Creative Writing concentration) Ethics Requirement All first-year graduate students at Dartmouth are required to participate in a MALS Ethics training program, covering the basics of professional ethics.
Our first-year writing courses—WRIT 5 and WRIT 2-3—provide a foundation for the liberal arts by introducing students to critical writing. Critical writing is a practice of thinking by means of which ideas are discovered, examined, compared, evaluated, refined, and promoted. The Writing Program oversees the first-year seminar courses, which ...
During the past few years, our graduates have received prestigious awards such as the Fulbright Fellowship, the J.B. Reynolds Scholarship, and the MacArthur Genius Grant. Some have gone on to doctoral programs in: Others have entered professional schools for business, law, medicine, and public policy, or teach at the secondary or college levels.
Students may matriculate into the program at the beginning of any of Dartmouth's four terms: summer, fall, winter, or spring. All terms are ten weeks long. Students must enroll within the academic year of their admission: Dartmouth's academic year begins in Summer term and concludes in Spring term. If you are admitted into the program and do ...
Dartmouth does not offer a creative writing major; instead, students majoring in English can add a concentration in creative writing. But you don't need to be an English major to take creative writing classes. In classic Dartmouth fashion, the students in our creative writing classes major in everything from government to economics to biology.
A diverse and inclusive intellectual community is critical to an exceptional education, scholarly innovation, and human creativity. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences is committed to actions and investments that foster welcoming environments where everyone feels empowered to achieve their greatest potential for learning, teaching, researching, and creating.
You will have the opportunity to conceive of, write, edit, and sometimes publish or perform your own creative work. You will leave UMass Dartmouth with a diverse collection of your own stories, poems, essays, and plays that will serve as a foundation for your writing life. The creative writing minor is a valuable addition to any curriculum, no ...
Creative writing is a process of exploration and discovery. This creative writing workshop offers an intensive opportunity for eager and motivated students to investigate ideas and reflect on their experiences. Students will be challenged in both fiction and nonfiction, through short stories, nonfiction narratives, and personal essays, to ...
A diverse and inclusive intellectual community is critical to an exceptional education, scholarly innovation, and human creativity. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences is committed to actions and investments that foster welcoming environments where everyone feels empowered to achieve their greatest potential for learning, teaching, researching, and creating.
MFA in Creative Writing. $29,584. Dartmouth College. Master of Arts in Liberal Studies - Creative Writing. $53,829. Harvard University. Master of Liberal Arts - Creative Writing and Literature. $47,562. Source: *National Center for Education Statistics.
The Litowitz MFA+MA Program is the highest-funded graduate creative writing program in the country, providing a full three years of funding and free tuition, as well as health insurance and conference funding. Our faculty includes Natasha Trethewey, Chris Abani, Charif Shanahan, Juan Martinez, Daisy Hernández, and Sarah Schulman.
By 2018, I had written five books and decided to pursue an MFA in creative writing with a concentration in fiction. For me, earning an MFA gave me the time and space I needed to quit my day job ...
Liberty's 100% online Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Writing can help you develop your writing passion into a career so you can set your works free to impact culture and the world ...
Dartmouth's first-year writing courses—WRIT 5 and WRIT 2-3—provide a foundation for the liberal arts by introducing students to critical writing. Critical writing is a practice of thinking by means of which ideas are discovered, examined, compared, evaluated, refined, and promoted. The Writing Program oversees the first-year seminar ...
Dr. Monica Mody holds a Ph.D. in East-West Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Notre Dame, and is a Bachelor of Arts and Laws (Hons.) from the National Law School of India University. She was born in Ranchi, India, and lives on the Chumash coast, California.
The fee for this service can range from 1,71 to 6,83 euro (the equivalent in Rubles) per certification. Upon instructions from the Cyprus Merchant Shipping Department, the Consulate may issue a Certificate of Provisional Registration for a seafaring vessel. In this case the relevant fee is prepaid by the owners of the vessel (or their agents ...
Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Elektrostal. Sunrise: 04:25AM. Sunset: 08:21PM. Day length: 15h 56m. Solar noon: 12:23PM. The current local time in Elektrostal is 23 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.
College of Humanities & Fine Arts, College of Natural Sciences . Isabella Craft is helping younger students take an interest in the academic and professional possibilities that come with language studies: "Creating a high school course to increase language access awareness among students has been such an enriching endeavor for me.
Zvenigorod's most famous sight is the Savvino-Storozhevsky Monastery, which was founded in 1398 by the monk Savva from the Troitse-Sergieva Lavra, at the invitation and with the support of Prince Yury Dmitrievich of Zvenigorod. Savva was later canonised as St Sabbas (Savva) of Storozhev. The monastery late flourished under the reign of Tsar ...
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