poster for The Moth Poetry Prize shortlist with four poet headshots and their names
March 7, 2022
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Heather Treseler named as finalist for distinguished poetry award

Associate Professor of English Heather Treseler has been selected as one of four finalists for the distinguished Moth Poetry Prize for her poem “Chase Street,” set in her hometown. The poetry . . .

LGBTQ forum
May 14, 2021
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LGBTQ+ Forum Gives Platform for Student Voices

Assistant Professor of English Riley McGuire, Ph.D, in collaboration with the New Worcester Spy, hosted a forum for students in McGuire’s ‘LGBTQ+ Narratives’ class to present projects they . . .

March 30, 2021
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Alden Teaching Award Recipients Build Writing Skills With Scaffolding

Two Worcester State University faculty members, both recipients of the 2020 George I. Alden Excellence in Teaching Award, dove into the world of scaffolding to aid in the writing process during the . . .

Reading Frederick Douglass
September 15, 2020
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Worcester State Community Explores Frederick Douglass' Call for Ethical Action

With sponsorship from Mass Humanities, Worcester State University hosted an online event, "Reading Frederick Douglass Together," a reading and discussion of abolitionist Frederick Douglass's powerful . . .

June 2, 2020
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Treseler Poem Published in Journal of the American Medical Association

A poem by Associate Professor of English Heather Treseler, Ph.D., was recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the most widely circulated medical journal in the world. . . .

April 30, 2020
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Palmacci Lands Community Engagement Graduate Fellowship

Education and English double major Sophia Palmacci '20 will be a graduate fellow at Allston Brighton Community Development Corporation as part of her work toward a Master of Education in Community . . .

January 14, 2020
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Treseler Wins Ireland’s Munster Literature Centre’s Prize

Heather Treseler, Ph.D., associate professor of English, has won Ireland's Munster Literature Centre's International Chapbook Prize for 2019. Treseler’s chapbook of poems, Parturition, will be . . .

Heritage Talk
October 9, 2019
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Garcia-Guevara: Refugees Are Running for Their Lives

Most refugees caught up in the crisis at our border with Mexico are actually running for their lives, not trying to escape poverty, according to Professor Aldo Garcia-Guevara, Ph.D., of the history . . .

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