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English faculty engage in poetry correspondence program through humanities grant

English faculty engage in poetry correspondence program through humanities grant

English professor Howard Rambsy
Faculty members of the English department, professors Howard Rambsy, Tisha Brooks and Elizabeth Cali, are project collaborators in an Illinois Humanities Council grant program.
The project, titled “The Illinois Poetry Correspondence Program,” will involve roughly 30 high school students from various parts of the state in reading, writing and correspondence activities related to poetry. The program is […]

Prince Wells named new director of black studies

Prince Wells named new director of black studies

As the new director of black studies, music professor Prince Wells believes, along with the deans of the College of Arts and Sciences, that he can develop a strategic plan to help “growth and direction for the whole program.”
Photo courtesy of Prince Wells
“This will not just be me coming up with a plan but other […]

Denese Degarmo and Howard Rambsy

Black Heritage Month Committee recognizes DeGarmo, Rambsy

The Black Heritage Month Committee recently honored two faculty members for their contributions to SIUE.
Black studies department chair Howard Rambsy and political science department chair Denise DeGarmo received the committee’s Black Heritage Month Committee Salute to the Stars Award.
The award is given to faculty and staff who have encouraged students to pursue educational and career […]

Rambsy examines literary and cultural history in new book

Rambsy examines literary and cultural history in new book

What is the connection between the Harlem Renaissance and the Hip-Hop movement of the 80’s and 90’s? According to Howard Rambsy, associate professor of English Language and literature in SIUE’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), it is the Black Arts Movement of the 1960’s and ’70’s.
Cover art of The Black Arts Enterprise and the […]

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