Student & Alumni News – Page 2

March 10, 2020 Maddy Crozier

CFP: Naylor Workshop for Undergraduate Research

The Naylor Workshop for Undergraduate Research, hosted every Fall at York College of Pennsylvania, offers undergraduate students an opportunity to participate in workshops and receive mentorship on their writing studies research.

March 5, 2020 Alex Treat

First-Year Program Writing Showcase: Calls for Submissions

The First-Year Program Writing Showcase is currently calling for submissions from undergraduates so they may present their work to the public. Here’s what you need to know about this great opportunity and how to submit!

February 18, 2020 Maddy Crozier

Undergraduate Calls for Submissions

WRD undergrads: Have you ever considered publishing your work in a journal or presenting at a conference? We rounded up a list of journals and conferences that invite submissions from undergraduate students.

February 13, 2020 Alex Treat

Student Spotlight: Deyana Atanasova

Professional minor Deyana Atanasova recently published her essay on rap, remix, and feminism in the undergraduate journal Creating Knowledge. In this interview, she gives insight into her essay, how she came across her ideas, and what her ambitions were for writing it.

November 26, 2019 Megan Palmer

Student Work Spotlight: Weronika Koleda’s “Between Two Mirrors”

WRD major Weronika Koleda shared her art and writing in a piece titled Between Two Mirrors at the KINETIC art gallery this quarter. We were lucky to catch up with Weronika following the gallery to learn more about her art and her experience with language.

April 1, 2019 Megan Palmer

Capstone Class Starts Conversations About Chicago

As a part of their final capstone project, the seniors of Jason Kalin’s WRD 390 course (Rhetoric and Public Writing) created their own pop-up museum. This museum featured the work of eight seniors who transformed their public writing research into “multimodal works [that] tell stories about Chicago.”

February 1, 2019 depaulwrd

WRD Student Spotlight: Nicole Mattea

Nicole Mattea is a DePaul junior double-majoring in Writing, Rhetoric, & Discourse and Political Science and minoring in Women’s and Gender Studies. In WQ ’19, Nicole is completing WRD 398, Internship, with Professor Vandenberg, interning in the Chicago office of U.S. Senator Richard Durbin.

January 9, 2019 depaulwrd

WRD Alumni Spotlight: Cynthia Medrano

Cynthia Medrano is a 2015 alumnus of the major in Writing, Rhetoric and Discourse. She is currently an Associate Technical Writer at Relativity and will pursue her Master’s in Library and Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana this fall.

November 12, 2018 Channing Tabb

WRD Internship Scholarship Winners

DePaul University’s Community and Project-Based Learning (CPBL) Internship Scholarships program offers a wonderful opportunity for WRD undergraduate and graduate students to receive funding for interning with a non-profit or non-governmental organization.

June 18, 2018 depaulwrd

WRD Student Spotlight: Nikki Roberts

Nikki Roberts is a DePaul ‘20 Journalism major and Professional Writing minor. She declared her Professional Writing minor in Autumn 2017 to strengthen her writing “outside of journalism/AP style writing.” During Winter Quarter of her sophomore year, Roberts took WRD 263, Reading Between the Grooves: The Rhetorical Power of Popular Music with Professor Jason Schneider. “His class encouraged me to consider a broader range of topics outside of strict music reporting,” Roberts said.