English

Making the Hollywood Blockbuster: Screenwriting

On Wednesday, November 13, the Department of English and the Neal Cross Fund proudly welcome screenwriter, Alvaro Rodriguez, to campus. Mr. Rodriguez has been a screenwriter and/or producer for movies and shows such as Chicago Fire, Seis Manos, From Dusk Til Dawn: The Series, and Machete. This second installment of Making the Hollywood Blockbuster will start at 6pm in Lindou Auditorium.

Inaugural #UNCOTrickOrTweet Competition Winner Announced

Sydney Colby won the inaugural Trick or Tweet contest this year! Congrats, Sydney! 
Her winning piece of flash fiction is: "A girl sat alone in an empty house when she heard a scream. A hand wrapped around her mouth before she realized the sound belonged to her. She couldn’t let out another scream before she was no more than a body and a pool of blood. #uncotrickortweet" 

Writing Center Director Receives Prestigious Award

Melody Denny, a new Compositon and Rhetoric faculty member and the current Director of the Writing Center, was presented with the Outstanding Article Award from the International Writing Centers Association for her article, "The Oral Writing-Revision Space: Identifying a New and Common Discourse Feature of Writing Center Consultations" which appeared in The Writing Center Journal. Congrats, Melody! We're glad to have you here and serving the students of the University of Northern Colorado! Learn more about the International Writing Centers Association at their website.

English Instructors Honored at Faculty Appreciation Night

On Saturday, October 19, one of our graduate assistants, Aaron Bush, and one of our new faculty members, Zach Lundgren, were each honored by a soccer player at the Faculty Appreciation Night. Thanks for being a positive influence on our students!

Witnessing History: Alexandra Zapruder

Alex is the author of Salvaged Pages: Young People's Diaries of the Holocaust. In addition, she is the writer behind the award-winning MTV short film, "I'm Still Here," about these young writers. Also, Alex is also one of the creators of the "Remember the Children: Daniel's Story " exhibit at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum -- one of the original and most visited exhibits in the permanent collection.

Alex is also the author of Twenty-Six Seconds: A Personal History of the Zapruder Film --this is the story of the "Zapruder tape" that caught the moment of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The tape, made by her grandfather with an old-timey "video camera," is perhaps the first example of a "citizen journalism."

In her campus-wide talk, Alex addressed what is it like to witness (and write about) important moments in history, especially the stories of young people who used their diaries to remind the world, "I'm Still Here.” She spoke on Monday, October 14 7:00p – 8:30p in the Panorama Room of the University Center.

Making the Hollywood Blockbuster: Visual Effects

On Monday, October 7, the Department of English as the Neal Cross Fund proudly welcomed the Vice President of Visual Effects at Sony Pictures Entertainment, Eric Torres, to campus. Mr. Torres has supervised the visual effects on such films as "Spider-Man: Homecoming," "Spider-Man: Far From Home," and "Stephen King's The Dark Tower." This first installment of Making the Hollywood Blockbuster started at 6:30pm in the Bear Pride Room of the Campus Commons.

 UNC Professor Elected to Flagship National Body on Composition

Tara Wood, current Director of UNC's Writing Program, was recently elected to serve a three-year term on the Conference on College Composition and Communication Executive Committee (CCCC). Her three-year term starts January 22. Congratulations, Dr. Wood! Read more about Dr. Wood's election.