Congratulations to one of our graduating Rhetoric majors, Amy Sullivan: a powerhouse in both rhetoric and biology! 🌟 With her Honors thesis defended and a bright future ahead at Johns Hopkins University, she's ready to conquer the world of science writing. 📝🔬

The dataset is everything. Great read: nonint.com/2023/06/10/the…

These arrests are antithetical to the mission of higher ed. Our institutions exist to foster robust exchanges of ideas & open dialogue in service of knowledge & understanding. Sometimes that includes open dissent. Peaceful campus protests should never be met w/ violence.

Colleen Thorndike's WRIT 102 classes hosted pop-up Pop Culture Museums! Students researched a pop culture topic and then created exhibits they could share with the class using images, objects, graphs, and videos linked via QR codes. What pop culture topic would you have picked?

During the 2023-2024 season, WDU debaters competed at 10 tournaments, in 180 rounds, and delivered over 360 speeches! If that sounds like fun to you, email [email protected] to find out more about joining next year's team.

Chloe Morgan's essay "Bayou City Biography: An Examination of Culture and Policy in Houston's Neighborhoods" was selected as this year's winner of the Cynthia Krieser Award for Outstanding Freshman Writing.

Callie Scroggins was selected as the winner of this year's JoAnn Edwards Speech Competition. Established in 2020, the JoAnn Edwards Speech Award recognizes undergraduate students who demonstrate the highest ability and overall effectiveness in public speaking.

Google committed to watermark generative outputs from their AI products using SynthID. No more AI detection--this scans for watermarks Google's generative AI put into an output and shows what the machine generated vs. human made.

My new book, SAINT OF THE NARROWS STREET, is now available for preorder in all the usual places. Coming 2/4/25 from Soho Crime. You can read more about it here: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/768961/s…

I’ve entered the AI in edu advertising hole. My feed is flooded with them. Marc Watkins has been exposing these gimmicks for a while but it is perhaps worse than I thought. I’m starting to wonder if we need to pause everything and do an entire overhaul of assessments.

A significant # of problems AI is causing in education could be addressed by simply asking educators what limits developers could put into place to support learning. Learning involves slowing down, engaging friction, not letting a tool complete a task for you.

Want to work at Square Books? Square Books is now hiring. We are looking for people who love books, are interested in the book industry, are hardworking and have good customer service skills! To apply, you must fill out an application in store.

We are thrilled to welcome Wiliam Teer to our 2024 Dance Like The Stars Show! William will represent our Oxford Club and is no stranger to our mission! William has been involved with our Clubs through the Bonner Leaders Program at the University of Mississippi!

let's about talk about my favorite part of the Olympics, one of the things that that originally got me into art and graphic design as a child: pictograms. the first I can remember are from Seoul 88. you might recall these.

Registration is open for TCW 2024! The symposium is on Friday, October 11th. Early bird registration is $50 by Sept. 6th. Full registration is $75. Don't wait! Register here: buff.ly/2LW2UDP

Ann Abadie, the quiet, longtime force on Mississippi’s cultural front has left us. While I am sad, I am happy she was recognized for her work while she lived. mississippifreepress.org/ann-abadie-a-q…

Save the date for TCW 2024! Don't forget that travel grants and CEUs are available. Register now!

Join Elizabeth Trueblood from the University of Olivet for her TCW presentation, "A Tiered Approach to Integrating Ethical AI Use in the University Writing Classroom." Read the full teaser summary on our program draft: buff.ly/2mrGOAm Register today!

It has been awfully quiet around here! We are excited to have students back in the classrooms. Best of luck on your first day!

Ann Abadie and Toni Morrison, Center for Study of Southern Culture, University of Mississippi, 1985. Photo by William Ferris, University of North Carolina Southern Folklife Collection. bit.ly/3XfvoOR