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Category Archives: Academics
Blog: As Intern at Scholastic, Luttmann ’15 Looks Forward to Crash Course in Publishing
NAME Melissa Luttmann ’15 HOMETOWN Memphis, Tenn. AREAS OF STUDY Classics major WHERE SHE’S INTERNING Scholastic Inc., which publishes and distributes children’s books and is a leader in educational technology and related services and children’s media. It is best known … Continue reading
Blog: Ouellet ’16 Learns About PR, Marketing at California-Based Nonprofit
NAME Adam Ouellet ’16 HOMETOWN Hubbardston, Mass. AREAS OF STUDY Music and history double major WHERE HE’S INTERNING “I will be working on public relations and marketing at Music at Kohl Mansion, a chamber music series located in Burlingame, Calif.” … Continue reading
‘The Lingering Mysteries Of “Casey At The Bat”’
In a recent segment for NPR’s Curiosity Desk, Edward O’Donnell, associate professor of history at the College of the Holy Cross, offered some insight into the famous poem “Casey At the Bat.” The poem, written by Worcester native Ernest Thayer … Continue reading
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‘Dunbar awarded grant to write, record’
Michael Dunbar, member of the class of 2015, has recently garnered attention from multiple media outlets, including The Union Leader, New Hampshire’s state wide newspaper, as well as Foster’s Daily Democrat, regarding his summer research. Dunbar, who is an English … Continue reading
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Student Ventures to Taiwan for Buddhist Retreat
Keiving Wong, a member of the College of the Holy Cross class of 2017, will travel to southern Taiwan this summer to participate in a Fo Guang Buddhist Monastic Retreat as one of roughly 50 college students accepted into the … Continue reading
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English Professor Receives NEH Summer Stipend to Study Postwar Asian-American Artist
The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded Leila Philip, associate professor of English at Holy Cross, a summer stipend in the amount of $6,000. This is her second award from the NEH; her first was a yearlong Research Fellowship … Continue reading
“Network routers”: a new proposal to put education research into practice
Jack Schneider, assistant professor of education at the College of the Holy Cross, recently wrote an article for the Washington Post on the rift between the spheres of educational research and practice. Having proposed different policy ideas in his book, … Continue reading
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English Professor Draws Link Between Shakespearean Play and Ignatius’ Spiritual Exercises
A popular question in Shakespearean studies today is whether or not Shakespeare grew up Catholic. And if he did, were there Catholic texts that influenced his writing? These questions are of particular interest to Lee Oser, professor of English at … Continue reading
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‘Not a VA Scandal, But a War Scandal’
In a recent article for Dissent Magazine, Jack Schneider, assistant professor of education at the College of the Holy Cross, discusses the current issues surrounding the Department of Veteran Affairs. Various VA hospitals have recently been exposed for using unauthorized … Continue reading
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Students Learn About Life in Russia Beyond the Stereotypes Through Pen Pal Project
You could call it To Russia, With Love. As political tensions increasingly define relations between the United States and Russian governments, 18 Holy Cross students in a Siberian literature course this semester were busy learning about real life in today’s … Continue reading
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Holy Cross Receives STARTALK Grant for Third Year in a Row
Holy Cross has been awarded a $90,000 STARTALK grant to convene a 10-day summer residential program on literacy development in Chinese as a foreign language (CFL). This is the third year in a row that the College has received STARTALK … Continue reading
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‘Men’s Anger, Women’s Fear — How Do We Change These Scripts?’
A regular contributor to WBUR’s Cognoscenti, Leah Hager Cohen, W.H. Jenks Chair in Contemporary American Letters at the College of the Holy Cross, and acclaimed nonfiction writer and novelist, offers her thoughts on what we do and do not say … Continue reading
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Holy Cross Awards 675 Bachelor of Arts Degrees During Commencement Exercises
In his impassioned address at the College’s 168th Commencement Exercises held on May 23, Jon Favreau ’03, former director of speechwriting for President Barack Obama and co-founder of Fenway Strategies, told members of the Holy Cross Class of 2014 to … Continue reading
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‘Leah Hager Cohen: By the Book’
The New York Times sits down with critically acclaimed nonfiction writer and novelist, and the Jenks Chair of Contemporary American Letters at the College of the Holy Cross, Leah Hager Cohen to talk about books—books that have made her furious, … Continue reading
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‘In India, Modi is everywhere’
In light of his most recent travels to India, Matthew Schmalz, associate professor of religious studies at the College of the Holy Cross, wrote an op-ed for Worcester’s Telegram & Gazette on Narendra Modi, India’s newly appointed prime minister and … Continue reading
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Holy Cross Produces Nine Fulbright Scholars
Eight members of the Class of 2014 and one member of the Class of 2012 have been awarded Fulbright grants to work and teach abroad during the 2014-15 academic year. Since 2005, Holy Cross has received a total of 70 … Continue reading
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Four Holy Cross Students Accepted into Teaching Assistant Program in France
Four members of the Holy Cross Class of 2014 have been accepted into the Teaching Assistant Program in France, a seven-month assistantship that will have them teaching English to French-speaking students. The program is sponsored by the Higher Education Department … Continue reading
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Reppucci ’14 Awarded Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Argentina
Jeffrey Reppucci ’14, of Newburyport, Mass., has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Argentina where he will teach English to high school students during the 2014-15 academic year. The announcement caps Reppucci’s remarkable undergraduate career at the College … Continue reading
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Holy Cross Student Featured as Central MA Standout
Payton Shubrick ’15, co-president of the Student Government Association (SGA) at the College of the Holy Cross, was featured as Go Local Worcester’s Central MA College Standout, a weekly feature that profiles college and university students in Central MA. A … Continue reading
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‘Sunday Sit-down: Jon Favreau’
In this week’s ‘Sunday Sit-down,’ Jon Favreau, a 2003 College of the Holy Cross alumnus and former director of speechwriting for President Obama, spoke with the Telegram and Gazette about his upcoming commencement address at the College. Favreau currently resides … Continue reading
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