Faculty News

With New Book, Feldman Makes Writing Matter
In Making Writing Matter, Prof. Ann M. Feldman explores how changing scholarship at engaged metropolitan universities offers an opportunity to redesign first-year writing classes in ways that make students better writers. An engaged university commits to a relationship with its surrounding metropolitan area, with faculty members undertaking collaborative research with community partners. The more vibrant, participatory role of an engaged university allows students to link their academic studies to important public issues and gain real-world experience, such as writing press releases and letters to organizations.

Student News

UIC Graduate Wins Fulbright to Teach English in Korea
Leigh Hellman, a UIC student graduating this month with a degree in creative fiction writing, will get a real-world lesson in cultural immersion this summer. One of 80 American students selected this year for a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to South Korea, she will begin teaching South Korean secondary school students English, most likely in a rural town or village. Hellman leaves for Korea in early July and after orientation and language courses will live with a family that speaks little-to-no English. She plans travel and cultural interaction in and around her Korean community as part of the experience.

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