AEGS Marquette University

12/01/2017

Support Education. Support Graduate Students.
Many thanks to our professors who already do.

11/29/2017

With all the furor, all the noise, there are so many issues to care about. We believe education must not be lost.

11/29/2017

We keep the 'status quo' of human knowledge in motion.
Marquette University Graduate School

11/29/2017

Education should not be a partisan issue.

09/27/2017

Jodi Byrd is coming to Milwaukee! The Milwaukee Area Native American Literary Consortium is hosting a lecture by Prof. Jodi Byrd on Tuesday, October 10th from noon-2pm at UWM.

09/05/2017

On the heels of Trump's decision to repeal DACA comes the re-affirmation of support from Marquette leadership. It isn't clear what form this will take, or how far they are willing to go, but it is a clear statement of position.
https://today.marquette.edu/2017/09/marquette-university-leaders-show-support-for-students-affected-by-daca-announcement/ =student&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mu-today

Dear members of the Marquette community, Last week, Marquette University issued a statement in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. In light of Tuesday’s announcement by the Trump administration, we write to you today to express our unwavering support for students

09/04/2017

"Greenblatt takes history, which in and of itself cannot help being fascinating when told well and honestly, and reduces it to a cheesy potboiler." Harsh words, but are they deserved?

On the career of the literary historian Stephen Greenblatt.

09/03/2017

The Freedmen’s Bureau Project will make available online 1.5 million historical documents, finally allowing ancestors of former African-American slaves to learn more about their family roots.

08/31/2017

A focus of AEGS is conference funding (however low our funds are), for some of these very reasons.

The ballooning costs of attending high-end academic conferences are excluding early-career researchers. But we need their fresh perspectives

08/30/2017

Reminder: E-mail Etiquette: Electronic Eloquence is the Writing Center workshop at 5pm tonight if you want to encourage your students to attend.

08/27/2017

Emails! We are about to receive many emails from our students. https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2015/04/16/advice-students-so-they-dont-sound-silly-emails-essay?utm_content=buffer0f31d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=IHEbuffer

Students who use emojis in their emails and write “heeeeelp!” in the subject line don't necessarily know better. Paul Corrigan and Cameron Hunt McNabb present a way for professors to help such students.

08/25/2017

One more weekend before classes. Are you guys ready? Looking forward to another great year.