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Cheryl Hofstetter Duffy
Department of English
Fort Hays
State University
Design Editor
Eric Bader
Fort Hays State University is a thriving liberal and applied arts, state-assisted ins tu on with an
enrollment of about 8,000 students. It oers bachelors and masters degrees in many fields and
provides a wide variety of cultural and intellectual resources, not only for its faculty, sta, and
students but for the western Kansas region and beyond. Fort Hays State occupies the southwest
corner of Hays, Kansas, a city of about 20,000 people located halfway between Kansas City and
Denver on Interstate 70. The city and its people make their livings from across a wide spectrum of
industriesagriculture, educa on, light manufacturing, medical care, oil, retail, and technology.
Symphony Orchestra.
Music Departments.
researcher or author.
accomplished alumni.
a Catholic priest
in the Capuchin
Franciscan order.
Shaffer explained.
Of course, Dr.
Nanette Brown
Dr. Pam Shaffer, a familiar
volunteer in the
community to give
back to others.
Technol-
partnerships with
Teaching
Started at Fort Hays State
University in 1982
Positions Held
Professor of English
Director of the Writing Center
2004-2013
Director of Composition
2007-2013
fundamentally similar.
stylistically.
The literary arts journal Lines from
Scholarships
Alice McFarland Scholarship
Brylee Courkamp
Anne Drees
Roberta Stout Scholarship
Ashley Anglemyer
Taylor Deutscher
James R. & Ruth Start
Scholarship
Kylie Metzger
2012-2013
English Department
adopts ePortfolios
Rachel Rayner
The Fort Hays State University English Department is working to make its
students more attractive to prospective
each concentration.
Linda Thomasson
lindathomasson.weebly.com
Jennifer Jones
jenniferljones.weebly.com
at an individual level.
Rachel Rayner
rachelrayner.weebly.com
Anne Houston
anneehouston.weebly.com
to their major.
hospital, where she began to code and 3,500 sections. Many students were
funds.
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within reason, but were free to ask for to document our lives, our struggles, our
Last fall, students enrolled in
successes.
My students get really excited when
through art.
Dugan said. Its an experiment in try- cate of creative thinking in all aspects of
ing to break down barriers.
Students tend to question how
explained.
university.
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Campus
Former students nd varied jobs, from
Michelle Webb
Wilson, Kan.
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Connection
publishing to clergy to the Air Force
launched into the Air Force, never hav-
just English.
did in life.
2012-2013
Graduates
Eric Bader, BA
Sheri Bedore, BA
Vanessa Beilman, BA
Anne Houston, BA
Katherine Jones, BA
Taylor Lunsford, BA
Chelsi Nolan, BA
Nathan Riedel, BA
Jessica Robbins, BA
Sally Spina, BA
Linda Thomasson, BA
Jonathan Baird, MLS
Alan Bateman, MLS
Rosemary Jennings, MLS
Michael K. Johnson, MLS
Charles Warnberg, MLS
Leann Garcia, MA
Zachary Kastens, MA
Sara Sally Kimball, MA
Clay Manes, MA
Michelle Webb, MA
Congratulations!
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Alumni Spotlight:
Greatness begins at FHSU
Stephanie Mason
degrees.
writing.
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I do not apologize for being an alumnus of Fort Hays; I brag about it.
instruction. The
hard work and ne-
glected students
in the glory of
battle.
Scott, English
Department Chair,
ning procedure.
throne of haphaz-
equipment. But
of high-energy lasers
cattle-tipping competitions.
Chair.
trusted.
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Faculty
state. During the April 2013 The World
writing courses.
Melissa Sander
committee.
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Henry Fielding.
Update
Linda McHenry conducted the com-
in fall 2013.
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Due to deadlines, the list of contributors runs only through the end of April 2013.
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Address:
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ENGLISH
600 Park Street
Hays, KS 67601-4099
FEATURES:
Two or three summer sessions as a
residency requirement
Variety of offerings (literature, language,
and composition/writing)
Two sessions of four-week classes
each summer
Proven results and satisfied graduates
Freedom to work off-campus
Reasonable requirements
Excellent instruction
Apply by mid-April.
For details, write or call
Dr. Pauline Scott, Chair
Department of English
600 Park Street
Hays, KS 67601-4099
(785) 628-4285
pmscott3@fhsu.edu