The Humanities Against Hunger

College hunger is a hidden problem. According to Spartan Open Pantry, 34.9% of UNCG students are food insecure, and 50% of UNCG students worry about paying their basic bills, and around the holidays these insecurities are multiplied. The English Department is partnering with the other Departments in MHRA to host a food drive that… Continue reading…

Fred Chappell

Fred Chappell: One of us forever

In recent months, film festival audiences have seen renowned author and professor emeritus Fred Chappell on the big screen. To decades of former students, he’s already larger than life. Ruth Dickey ’04 MFA, a former student of his and now executive director of the National Book Foundation, introduced Chappell and the film at its early screening at the Greensboro Bound festival. “Fred Chappell: I Am One of You Forever,” produced by UNCG Media Studies professor Michael Frierson and financed in part by Light the Way campaign gifts, will be shown in early November on PBS NC statewide.

English Department Newsletter – Fall 2022

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English Department Newsletter – Fall 2021

      Read our most recent newsletter here. Be sure to subscribe! Do you have suggestions on topics we might cover in future newsletters? Send them to us at english@uncg.edu.