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Post Briefs, November 2021

November 8, 2021

Members of ¶þ´ÎÔªÄÛB's distinguished faculty have been hard at work not only on post, but also in the larger realm of academia, publishing essays, poetry, and cartoons.

Christina Skaggs ’22

Cadet Selected for Highly Competitive U.S. Navy Service Assignment

November 7, 2021

Christina Skaggs ’22, an English major from Manassas, Virginia, is one of less than 10 Class of ’22 Naval ROTC midshipmen across the nation selected to serve as a Surface Warfare Information Professional Officer (SWO-IP).

Lt. Col. Pennie Ticen to speak on With Good Reason

¶þ´ÎÔªÄÛB English Professor to Speak on ‘With Good Reason’

September 3, 2021

Lt. Col. Pennie Ticen, associate professor of English at ¶þ´ÎÔªÄÛB, will discuss the sometimes controversial British-American author Salman Rushdie on public radio’s With Good Reason Sept. 4-10, in an episode titled “Reading and Writing Ourselves.”

¶þ´ÎÔªÄÛB Professor to Speak on ‘With Good Reason’

December 7, 2020

Lt. Col. Julie Phillips Brown, associate professor of English and fine arts at ¶þ´ÎÔªÄÛB, will be featured on public radio’s With Good Reason Dec. 12-18, in an episode titled “Writing Through.”

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TAPS—Donald Wilkinson

April 13, 2020

Donald “Donny” M. Wilkinson, ¶þ´ÎÔªÄÛB Class of 1961, who served the Institute loyally after graduation, passed away on April 13 at the age of 82.

Kirk Ring ’21 and Grace McDonald ’21 are shown addressing students in a classroom.

‘An Engaging and Exciting Middle Ground’: English Fieldwork Partners Cadets with Student Writers

November 13, 2019

Grace McDonald ’21 and Kirk Ring ’21 are making weekly trips to Rockbridge County High School, where they assist Annie Knepper, chair of the RCHS English department, with marketing, publicity, and tutoring support at the school’s fledgling writing center. Their work at RCHS fulfills the fieldwork re

Maj. Steve Knepper and Maddy Moger '20 discuss her research on fairy tales.—¶þ´ÎÔªÄÛB Photo by Mary Price.

What Wicked Stepmother?

July 24, 2019

Maddy Moger '20's summer research project has involved a deeper look at the "whys" of classic fairy tales, using a psychoanalytic approach.

'A Soldier and a Global Citizen’

April 4, 2019

Annika Tice ’19, the first ¶þ´ÎÔªÄÛB cadet since 2001 to receive a Fulbright award, will use the opportunity to teach English in the Ivory Coast.

Stephanie Hodde writes on the white board.

Three Generations Look Back at Their Formative Years

May 29, 2018

The English, rhetoric, and humanistic studies 411 fieldwork class, taught by Maj. Stephanie Hodde, is taking a more creative approach to service learning by hosting the Rockbridge Community Memoir Project.

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"Code Girls" Author to Speak at ¶þ´ÎÔªÄÛB

January 30, 2018

Journalist and author Liza Mundy will be giving a lecture at ¶þ´ÎÔªÄÛB about the women on the home front who played a key role in World War II.