Professor Jim Ellefson’s Reading & Writing in the Wilderness class recently went for an invigorating hike in the Moosalamoo National Recreation Area. Students also met Ellefson’s farm animals (and received llama kisses) and enjoyed a warm and cozy bonfire.
Ian Frisch ’09 returned to Champlain College this week to present a reading from his new book “Magic is Dead: My Journey into the World’s Most Secretive Society of Magicians.” The book is nonfiction and details Frisch’s journeys with the most exclusive club of young magicians, the52, and how they are revolutionizing the world’s perceptions […]
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Some Champlain College Professional Writing majors taking an Online Journalism class with adjunct professor Ben Dangl had an opportunity on Nov. 15 to participate in a panel discussion about their participation in the last midterm elections. Student panelists (left to right in photo) Quinn Kanner, Violet Bell, Artemis Walsh, and student panel moderator Cortney Kittsmiller were recorded […]
Continue readingMargot Nelson’s essay “Why Financial Literacy is So Important is a heartfelt and honest take on the issue of John Pelletier’s Center for Financial Literacy National Report Card. The essay links financial literacy and the CFL’s National Report Card to the women’s empowerment movement now on the rise. Nelson, a Professional Writing major, class of 2020 and a Career Collaborative […]
Continue readingAs part of the Advanced Poetry Workshop class, students are encouraged to submit their poetry to thirty literary magazines throughout the semester. The assignment helps familiarize students with online submission forms as well as with the process of finding and submitting to literary magazines. As a result of these submissions, several Champlain students have been […]
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Champlain College is excited to host Maung Nyeu, founder of Our Golden Hour. Nyeu is an ethnic Marma from the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh. He grew up under threat of genocide and ethnic cleansing, but is now completing his PhD at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Nyeu has founded three schools, where indigenous children are educated […]
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The Champlain College Center for Publishing and the Professional Writing Program have teamed up to host the Senior Series, in which senior students in the Professional Writing Program showcase works they have created during their time at Champlain. The first student reading, on Feb. 2, featured short stories written by Zach Paulsen, Maina Chen, and […]
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Several faculty members read from their work to an audience of other faculty and students from the Professional Writing program and other programs on Friday, Jan. 19. Students heard the writings of Kel Bachus, assistant professor of Game Design, Rachel Carter, Professional Writing adjunct, Brian Murphy, Core Division assistant professor and Jericho Parms, Professional Writing […]
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Students in Kim MacQueen’s magazine publishing class worked together to create and publish a healthy lifestyle magazine called The Well. MacQueen designed and taught the class, encouraging her students to create this wellness magazine, including its content, design and layout. During winter break, students continued to work on the magazine, finishing the details in order to publish […]
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