Thanks to all of you who responded with your interest in the Stonecoast Writing for Social Change project. The first step is to collect and share the stories of Stonecoast community members (students, faculty, and alumni) who are actively using writing to promote social justice. If you've been involved with work like this, I'm hoping …
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One of the exciting things to come out of the recent Stonecoast alumni reunion was a new project called Stonecoast Writing for Social Change. Three of us - Jeff Kass, Amy Alvarez and Elli Meeropol – met to begin the work. Like many of you, we are compelled by injustices of our world to use …
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by Matt Switliski PF W'11 While I was a student at Stonecoast, I was always excited to see alumni show up at the graduation ceremony and reception. For me, there was this unshakeable sense that, after my friends and I walked across the stage to receive our degrees, we wouldn’t see each other again. Life, …
Alumni—old and new—and fellow Board Members—past and present: I am so pleased for the opportunity to say a huge thank you to you all for your support over the past year, a year that closed with a brilliant reunion in Maine. Since taking over as Interim President in January, I’ve learned quickly how important a …
Anthony D’Aries CNF W’09 was Randolph College’s Emerging Writer in spring 2011. While there, he finished a draft of his memoir The Language of Men. Bunny Goodjohn P W’07, professor at Randolph and member of their Visiting Writer selection committee, spoke with Anthony shortly after he landed a publishing contract with Hudson Whitman. Goodjohn: So, …
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STONECOAST ALUMNI REUNION 2012 July 12-15 | Brunswick, ME The Stonecoast Alumni Association presents the 2012 Alumni Reunion held at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. The reunion includes panel discussions, workshops, readings, and an opportunity to network with the talented writers of the Stonecoast MFA program. Written below is the schedule for the alumni reunion. …
The members of Randolph’s Creative Writing department are proud of their Visiting Writer Series. The program allows them to invite six writers onto campus each year: three established writers (flying visit with reading), two Writers in Residence (one month teaching gig plus reading), and one Emerging Writer—defined as a “bookless” recent graduate of an MFA …
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Dear Alumni, Applications will be accepted until Wednesday 18 April for the Stonecoast residency which will take place in Howth, Ireland 10-17 January 2013. The application deadline is coming up soon. Although continuing students get first priority, alumni have taken part in our last two Irish residencies, and we'd love to hear from you if you're …
Elections for the Stonecoast Alumni Association Board are only a few months away. If you’d like to be a part of this energetic creative group of alumni, please consider running for one of the open positions listed below. Open SCAA Board Positions: President (8/1/2012-7/31/2013) -- filling the remaining year for this term Vice President (8/1/2012-7/31/2014) Secretary …
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