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For One Student, This Year’s Carson Conference was Life Changing
The Rachel Carson Conference is an annual research symposium spearheaded by Chatham’s chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the national English honor’s society.
A Chatham Professor Won a Top Prize for her Book on Toni Morrison
It was Professor of English Anissa Wardi’s first book on Morrison. “I’d never read a novelist like her before,” Wardi said. “I still haven’t.”
This year’s Rachel Carson Conference: Facing the Horrors, Together
Student writer Lirit Gilmore recaps the experience of students and her own at the 8th Rachel Carson Conference Facing the Horrors.
Alumni Profile: Laura J. Roberts, MFACW ’16
Laura Roberts’ MFA helped launch her career of candid and humorous writing about life in West Virginia.
Senior to Senior Series: Rylee Napolitan
Senior Rylee Napolitan shares their experience in this interview series where senior Eliza Moore interviews other students from the Class of 2023.
The Majors as Emojis
Happy World Emoji Day! Join us as we match 10 of our emojis with the emojis that best suit them.
Celebrating New Beginnings with The Minor Bird
The Minor Bird, Chatham’s undergraduate literary and art magazine, is in its third year of recognizing new artists through the Simon Matela SOAR Awards for Emerging Writers. Created in memory of Simon Matela (class of 2020), a creative writing major and Minor Bird executive board member who passed away unexpectedly in January 2019, these awards seek to recognize young talent. We sat down with the 2022 recipients, Alison Righetti ’25, Maggie Vargo ’25 and McKenna DiRienzo ’22 to talk more about their work as emerging writers and artists.
Reimagining the Rachel Carson Conference, 12 Years Later
As an undergraduate student at Chatham, Allie Reznik founded the Rachel Carson Academic & Creative Writing Conference. Now, as Assistant Professor of Humanities, Dr. Reznik is working with students Abigail Yeager and Madeline Hennessey to reinstate and reinvigorate the Carson Conference this March.