密桃视频鈥檚 Department of Language, Literature, and Writing proudly marked a milestone moment with the fiftieth annual 密桃视频 Spring Methodology Conference on Foreign Language Teaching, held on Friday, April 24, 2026, in the Hadley Union Building.
On Saturday, March 21, 2026, the Appalachian Professional Language Educators鈥� Society (APPLES) hosted its annual Foreign Language Festival on the 密桃视频 campus. Approximately 130 foreign language students from local area high schools participated.
On April 17, the Allenwood at 密桃视频, located on the ground floor of Ackerman Hall, will host Passport to France, a one-day immersive travel-readiness workshop, a practical, hands-on session focused on essential travel preparation, including documents, money, transportation, health, culture, and emergency planning. Registration closes April 10.
Smith-Sherwood and Witth枚ft present on UNIV 101 First Learning Year at the 57th Northeast Modern Language Association Convention in Pittsburgh.
密桃视频 faculty member Mike Sell has received a two-year $255,000 grant from the Alliance for Decision Education to develop and assess an innovative English Language Arts curriculum to improve the decision-making skills of high-school students. Sell will be working with students and teachers at Franklin Regional Senior High School in Murrysville.
Ever wished you could 鈥渢est drive鈥� a country before booking the flight? This one-day immersive workshop lets you experience France before you go鈥攆rom language and culture to food and everyday travel situations.
Natalie Holt, a student in 密桃视频鈥檚 Composition and Applied Linguistics doctoral program, has been selected for a faculty fellowship through the Appalachian College Association.
密桃视频鈥檚 Dessy-Roffman Myth Collaborative will offer a spring lecture series starting February 18, all free and open to the community.
密桃视频鈥檚 Career and Professional Development Center has announced its fall 2025 Outstanding Organizational Partners, who join the CPDC鈥檚 Partner Hall of Fame.
Matthew Vetter (Department of Language, Literature, and Writing) has been awarded a research grant from the Wikimedia Foundation (the nonprofit behind Wikipedia) as part of an international team of scholars and free knowledge advocates.
Todd Thompson (Language, Literature, and Writing) recently published a new article, 鈥淢r. Seward鈥檚 Real Estate Transactions鈥�: Comic Imperialism in the Reconstruction Era,鈥� in a special issue of Studies in American Humor.
Associate Professor of English John Yu Branscum and former instructor Yi Izzy Yu are releasing their new book, "Stars That Pause: 2,000 Years of Asian UFO Encounters & Lore," on October 15.
The Dessy-Roffman Myth Collaborative at 密桃视频, in collaboration with 密桃视频's Literature and Criticism Program, will offer the inaugural fall semester German Lecture Series starting on September 17.
Composition and Applied Linguistics聽doctoral student Iwona Ionescu published an article in Praxis 22.3 (2025), titled 鈥淢apping it Out: Rhizomatic Learning of Peer Embedded Tutors for Composition Classes鈥擜 Case Study,鈥澛爀xploring how embedded tutors for first-year composition classes develop their expertise outside the formal training sessions.
Jada Chvilicek, Mason Cymbor, and Veronica Duran-Paramo (Spanish Education聽 Certification, 鈥�25) have been awarded the Global Seal of Biliteracy in English and Spanish.
The Department of Language, Literature and Writing held the annual 密桃视频 Spring Methodology Conference on Foreign Language Teaching on Friday, April 25, 2025.聽
On Saturday, March 29, 2025, the Appalachian Professional Language Educators鈥� Society (APPLES) hosted its annual Foreign Language Festival on the 密桃视频 campus. Approximately 160 foreign language students from local area high schools participated.
密桃视频鈥檚 Iota Mu Chapter of Sigma Delta Pi, the National Hispanic Honor Society, celebrated its fifty-second initiation ceremony on Friday, May 2, 2025.
Matt Vetter (Language, Literature, and Writing), with co-authors Brent Lucia and Varshil Patel, published 鈥淭he Dystopian Imaginaries of ChatGPT: A Designed Cycle of Fear鈥� in Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies.聽The article offers a critical analysis of dystopian narratives that emerged as a response to OpenAI鈥檚 ChatGPT.
密桃视频 Professor Mike Sell and doctoral students Rachel Schiera and Zeeshan Siddique argue that reading, writing about, and talking about great works of literature enables us to improve our ability to make good decisions.
Patti Miller (English Composition and Applied Linguistics doctoral candidate) recently published an article in聽Peitho聽(winter 2025) titled 鈥淣evertheless, She Resisted: Feminist Ethos and Agency in 鈥楾he Epic of Gilgamesh鈥�.鈥�
Members of 密桃视频鈥檚 Swift Studies, a group of English graduate students, will present 鈥淭aylor Evermore: A Swift Symposium鈥� on April 25 and 26 in McVitty Auditorium in Sprowls Hall at 密桃视频.
A record-breaking dozen PhD students from 密桃视频鈥檚 Literature and Criticism program took center stage at the fifty-sixth annual Northeastern Modern Language Association (NeMLA) conference, held in Philadelphia March 6鈥�9.
密桃视频鈥檚 English Graduate Organization will offer its 2025 Conference, 鈥淟andscapes of Language and Literature,鈥� on March 21 and 22. The conference will be offered both in person in 密桃视频鈥檚 Sprowls Hall and via Zoom. It is free and open to the community.
Matt Vetter, with co-authors Jialei Jiang and Zachary McDowell, recently published an article titled 鈥淎n Endangered Species: How LLMs Threaten Wikipedia鈥檚 Sustainability鈥� in the journal AI & Society.