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Congrats to Karyn Keane, our Professional Writing alum, on her new position at Letterpress Communications! 💐

We’re thrilled to welcome aboard our new account coordinator, Karyn Keane! Karyn has been a dedicated member of our team in a contractor capacity for several years, continually learning and growing with the company as a social media pro, writer and copy editor. We are so excited for her to move into a full-time position with Letterpress. (As a plus, she’s a grad of the Longwood English & Modern Languages Department, just like our founder, Ilsa Loeser!)

Join us in congratulating Karyn on her new position in the comments!

Our program director, Dr. Hazel E. Guler, recently hosted a webinar on doing global rhetorical research. Dr. Guler also serves as the chair of The Global & Non-Western Rhetorics Standing Group at CCCC (The Conference on College Composition and Communication), the sponsor of this webinar.

Webinar description: “Rhetoric” encompasses various cultural conventions and innovations in writing and communication. A globally inclusive rhetorical praxis requires discovering new terminologies and theories. But, what is this discovery process like for Global and Non-Western Rhetoricians? In this webinar, Dr. Xiaoye You will speak and answer the audience's questions about doing global and non-Western rhetorical research.

Dr. You is a Professor of English and Asian Studies at The Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of Genre Networks and Empire: Rhetoric in Early Imperial China (2023), in addition to his many other acclaimed works in global rhetorical studies. He is the winner of CCCC's 2018 Research Impact Award and 2011 Outstanding Book Award.”

The full webinar flyer is in the comments.

Thank you, members and allies, for joining us at our "Doing Global Rhetorical Research" webinar yesterday! We had such a great turnout. Special thanks to Dr. Xiaoye You of Penn State (our fantastic speaker) and Dr. Hazel Elif Guler of Longwood University (our event host)! The recording link is coming soon.

Congratulations to Ireland Seagle (English/Professional Writing graduate) for receiving Longwood’s Academic Excellence Award at the University’s 2023 Commencement Ceremony yesterday! 👏🎉 Ireland was one of the top two students who received this prestigious award!🏅💐

Having entered Longwood as a transfer student three years ago, Ireland stated after her graduation yesterday: “Thank you, Longwood University, for the past three years. I am grateful for every experience, memory, and opportunity.

Thank you Longwood English & Modern Languages and Longwood Professional Writing for crafting my analysis and writing skills and for encouraging me to grow out of my comfort zone with each class discussion.

While leaving is bittersweet, I know I am prepared to enter the next chapter of my life. Proud to be a Lancer for life! 💙🤍”

Our Professional Writing Program would also like to extend our special thanks to Ireland Seagle for managing the program’s social media under the supervision of our director, Dr. Hazel E. Guler, from Fall 2021-Spring 2023. Dr. Guler said: “It was such a delight to work with Ireland. I highly recommend her for her professionalism and work ethic.”

We wish Ireland the best in her future endeavors! 👏👏

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Longwood held its 2023 Commencement Ceremony at the Wheeler Mall yesterday on May 20. 🎓🥳 Congratulations to all our graduating Lancers, including our Professional Writing specialists:

⭐️ Kassie Logan Lee

⭐️ Tyler Wayne Marshall

⭐️ Ireland Hamilton Seagle

⭐️ Breanna Elizabeth Smith

⭐️ Ashley Morgan Wilson

We are so proud of you and wish you the best in your future endeavors! 👏

📣Announcement: We were informed that Virginia Manufacturers Association will soon be seeking a Member Engagement Coordinator with good writing/editing skills. One of our alumni members, Karyn Keane, used to be in this position and speaks highly of the VMA team. If you are interested in such a position, please contact Karyn ([email protected]) for more information.

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Wishing all students a safe and restful summer break! Enjoy the warm weather and sunshine 🌻☀️😌



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We wish all our PW students and fellow Longwood students luck on their final exams this week! We are proud of all your hard work this semester. 👏👏



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Wishing all students a happy last day of classes! We wish you all luck in preparing for finals. 🙌📚



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On the last day of classes in April 2015, Dr. Hazel E. Guler and her History of Rhetoric students held their, "Eat, Travel, Practice Rhetoric” event to transport Longwood members back in time and practice rhetoric with Aristotle, Aspasia, Cicero and more during different historical periods in Western contexts! President Reveley visited the tent on the Grainger lawn to listen to the students and practice rhetoric with them, too! The President noted that he read some of Cicero's works and was influenced by his rhetoric, too! :-)

Happy last week of classes to all Longwood students and faculty! 📚💻

As classes wind down and preparations for finals begin, we want to reflect on a great spring semester.

What is your favorite memory from this semester? 💭



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Happy last week of classes to all Longwood students and faculty! 📚💻 As classes wind down and preparations for finals begin, we want to reflect on a great spring semester.  What is your favorite memory from this semester? 💭 #longwoodpw #longwoodenglish #longwooduniversity #rhetoric #professionalwriting #spring2023 #lastweekofclasses @longwoodeml @longwooduniversity

Congratulations to Ireland Seagle, one of our English/Professional Writing seniors, on her Longwood Research and Inquiry Award! Ireland was nominated and received the award for her forthcoming publication in Incite: Undergraduate Journal of Scholarship as well as her multiple publications in the Farmville Magazine and her work for our Professional Writing Program’s social media.

Ireland’s article, "The Wolf as Metaphor in Paramount Network’s Yellowstone," was also named the Best Humanities Paper in the 2023 issue of Incite. The article resulted from Ireland’s rhetorical scholarship in one of our program courses, ENGL 301: Rhetorical Criticism with Dr. Lettner-Rust.

Our Program Director, Dr. Hazel E. Guler said: "We are incredibly proud of Ireland, who will graduate from our English/Professional Writing Program with flying colors this May! We cannot recommend her enough for her work ethic and professionalism with any task she's given." 🙌

Pictured: Ireland Seagle with her award certificate and Dr. Heather Lettner-Rust



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