Work Sighted is a monthly newsletter published by the Humanities divison that fosters and supports the literary culture at and around Norwich University.
Issue: September 2006
Pegasus Players to Perform Death and the Maiden
Pegasus Players will perform Ariel Dorfman's award winning drama Death and the Maiden on November 10th and 11th in Dole Auditorium. Auditions will take place at the end of September and rehearsal will begin in October. For the first time in the nearly-ninety year existence of Pegasus, a number of faculty in a variety of academic disciplines have tailored their syllabi to include the play. As a result, over 200 students, taking classes in Philosophy, Criminal Justice, History, as well as English, will read and study Death and the Maiden. Read more »
Take Two: Acclaimed Fantasy/Sci-Fi Writer Here September 28th
When New York Times and Washington Post "Notable" writer Elizabeth Hand cancelled her campus appearance last semester because of illness, she promised to reschedule. True to her word, Hand will be on campus Thursday, September 28th visiting students in "Gothic Tradition" (EN420) and "Creative Writing" (EN306). She will also read from her work in the Krietzberg Multi-purpose Room at 4pm. Read more »
Michael Iaquinto Named 2006 Humanities Division Presidential Fellow
Michael Iaquinto, a senior English major with a grade-point average of 3.97, has been named the Humanities Division Presidential Fellow for the 2006-2007 academic year. Presidential Fellows are culled from students in each academic division and must be someone who demonstrates "exceptional scholastic ability and performance throughout the undergraduate program." Read more »
The Teaching Chronicles: From NU's Webb Hall to a Classroom in the Kingdom
Zacharia Eastman is no stranger to the classroom. After all, he's been a student for at least the last seventeen years. Yet this fall he heads back to school as a student teacher. As a regular feature to Work Sighted, Eastman will report his progress as he moves to the front of the class. Read more »
What Do English Majors Do?
Demonstrating the flexibility of the degree, Norwich English majors become corporate executives, lawyers, teachers, social workers, Rhodes Scholars, Fulbright Fellows, and professionals in the realms of criminal justice and government. Work Sighted will publish a series of narratives by Norwich alumni, charting the ways English has served an array of career paths. In the following article, Aiden (Anna) Gleisberg explains how his(her) major in English led him(her) to graduate school at the University of Hawaii. Along the way, he( she) also gained the confidence and independence of mind to make choices well-beyond his (her) educational aspirations. Read more »
Chameleon War Story and Film Noir Essay Win Cowdrey Prizes
First awarded in 1981, the Cowdrey Prizes recognize excellence in both creative writing as well as expository writing. This year "Double Tap," a short story by Michael Self, was selected by English faculty in the creative category while an essay that Emily Bittner wrote about Christopher Nolan’s Memento for Film Noir (EN420) won in the expository category. Read more »
Read the award winning essay "Double Tap" »
Pomp and Pageantry Mark Sigma Tau Delta Induction Ceremony
With a knock at the door, Kathleen McDonald, assistant professor of English, announced that she had "business" for Jennifer Ratasket, president of Sigma Tau Delta, the honor society for English majors and minors. What business was it? McDonald, who also serves as advisor to Sigma Tau Delta, was about to usher eight Norwich students into a ceremony near the end of last semester in Kreitzberg Library where they would become the newest members of the Tau Omicron Chapter of Sigma Tau Delta. Read more »
Emily Bittner and Zacharia Eastman Garner Top English Awards
Days before commencement, during a ceremony held in Webb Hall in front of faculty and members of the graduates' families, Emily Bittner became the 2006 winner of the Partridge Award while Zacharia Eastman won the Hart Award. Both prizes are the Department of English's top graduation tributes. Read more »
Moms Not Surprised by their Children's Success »
EN102 Student Wins Boston's WGBH Haiku Contest
As Karen Stewart's Composition and Literature class (EN102) studied poetic form, she asked each student to write a haiku and submit it to a contest sponsored by Boston's public radio station WGBH during its morning classical music program. Read more »
September 11th, Chile's Day of Infamy 30 Years Ago
During her senior year last fall, Michelle Hamilton, now a Norwich alum, traveled to Santiago, Chile to attend the Universidad Nacional Andres Bello, one of the largest, private universities in the country. In the following article, Hamilton gives a summary of the historical, political, and economic circumstances she encountered first-hand while studying in Chile. Read more »
