After a successful first workshop on resume writing, the Robinson Writing Center will be offering a second, follow-up workshop. See below for workshop details. You can sign up for this workshop, as well as the cover letter workshop, by visiting our WCONLINE website and navigating to the dates. Resume Writing: Part 2 Monday, April 9, 12:00-12:50pm Paul N. […]
Fall 2018 Language Course Offerings
The Humanities Department will be offering several courses in French and Spanish in the fall. The French classes are being offered as 8-week courses this semester with French 101 being offered the first half of the semester and French 102 being offered the second half. You can read more about the offerings here: Fall 2018 Language […]
Fall 2018 Literature Course Offerings
The Humanities Department is offering eight literature courses next semester that fulfill students’ general studies requirements, including three sections of ENG 202: Literature Appreciation for Non-Majors. While English 202 is typically aimed at students outside of our English program, all of the literature courses listed in the attached brochure fulfill their requirement. Fall 2018 Literature […]
Frankenstein at 200
Join us as we celebrate the 200th anniversary of Frankenstein this year. Our first event is an interdisciplinary symposium featuring three faculty members from West Liberty University. According to event organizer, Dr. Angela Rehbein, “The goal of this symposium is to celebrate the bicentenary of the novel, which was originally published on January 1, 1818, […]
Students Participate in WV Undergraduate English Symposium
English major Abby Reeves and Writing minor Natasha Muhametzyanova both participated in the WV Undergraduate English Symposium, hosted by Fairmont State University on March 3rd. While Dr. Angela Rehbein could not attend their presentations because she was judging presentations in a concurrent session, she reports that she heard complimentary things about both students who told […]
Best Selling Author Jeannette Walls is guest for Hughes Lecture
7 pm, March 22 lecture is open to the public. JANUARY 31, 2018 BY MAUREEN ZAMBITO WEST LIBERTY, W.Va., Jan. 31, 2018 — Best-selling author Jeannette Walls, who wrote the memoir, “The Glass Castle,” will be the guest lecturer at West Liberty University’s Hughes Lecture on Thursday, March 22. Free and open to the public, […]
Dr. Angela Rehbein Edits Book on Gender and Literary History
JANUARY 30, 2018 BY MAUREEN ZAMBITO WEST LIBERTY, W.Va., Jan. 30, 2018 — West Liberty University Associate Professor of English Dr. Angela Rehbein co-edited a recent book of essays on women’s literature titled Women’s Literary Networks and Romanticism: “A Tribe of Authoresses.” The book is the first to focus specifically on women’s literary networks during […]
Faculty Recognition
We want to recognize the accomplishments of our faculty this past year. We had three faculty members achieve tenure, including Dr. Dominique Hoche and Dr. Angela Rehbein, both of whom are Associate Professors of English. Dr. Gerard NeCastro, Professor of English and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, also received tenure. In addition, Dr. Steve […]
WLU Hosts 25th Annual Symposium
For the second year in a row, West Liberty University again hosted the West Virginia Undergraduate English Symposium. The event, which invites undergraduate students to share their literature research, celebrated its 25th year this year. Students represented institutions from around the state, including West Liberty University, Wheeling Jesuit, Concord University, Davis & Elkins College, Marshall University, and Shepherd University. The keynote address, […]
Professor Selected to Attend NEH Summer Institute
Dr. Robert Gall, professor of religion and philosophy, has been selected to attend a National Endowment of the Humanities Summer Institute in St. Paul, Minnesota, starting this July. The institute in which he’s participating is titled “Challenges of Teaching World Religions.” According to the NEH website, “The Institute will be a four week workshop on […]
