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What Writing Means to Me - WRD Awards
In April, 2015, WRD held its end-of-semester ceremony in the Boone Center, commemorating students and faculty alike for their talent and hard work. Afterwards, we caught up with several faculty members and students to ask them about what writing means to them, and beyond them.
Always Up For An Adventure: Cory Zigmund
Blazing new trails is commonplace for this student that will be the first to graduate from UK's Department of Writing, Rhetoric and Digital Studies.
Why Major in WRD?
Our age is an age of writing. Social media. Podcasts. Websites. Video. News. Stories. Analysis. Critique. Reports. Advertisements. Technical documentation. Writing is everywhere we look.
WRD prepares you for a career in writing. Every industry includes writing. Every industry supports the writing of internal and external documents (memos, reports, technical documents, research studies, social media usage, website development). Every industry sponsors trade writing (magazines, journals, newsletters, other publications).
UK Perspectives: Excellence In Writing
Our topic is Excellence in Writing, the annual awards from UK’s Department of Writing, Rhetoric, & Digital Studies. Prof Jenny Rice is joined by award-winners Tom Eblen & Peter Brackney.
WUKY's 'UK Perspectives' Chats With Excellence in Writing Award Winners
WUKY's "UK Perspectives" focuses on the people and programs of the University of Kentucky and is hosted by WUKY General Manager Tom Godell.
To Publish or Not to Publish: It's No Longer the Question
As history-shattering events have a tendency to do, a quiet little revolution has been developing on the horizon. It has dodged in and out of the headlines for a couple of decades without a great deal of notice in the mainstream.
Students, Faculty, Professionals Receive Writing Awards
University colleges typically only celebrate the writing of their students.
Year of the Middle East Continues Program
University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences Year of the Middle East has scheduled three events this week. They are:
Defining Borders: Social Theory Graduate Course
Every spring the Committee on Social Theory offers the team-taught seminar—always with four professors. Previous course themes/names for the seminar have included “Law, Sex, and Family” “Autobiography,” and “Security.” But previous seminars may not have spoken so directly to the professors’ personal backgrounds as “Transnational Lives” does with this team of four.