I II 'I i I Curt Baker, M.Ed. Ass't. Prof./English Fleming Bell, M.A. Ass' t. Prof. /Modern Foreign Language Rod Brewer, Ph.D. Prof./English Ava Conley, M.A. Prof./Spanish Kathy Dillion, M.Ed. Inst/English Terry Edwards, Ph.D. Assoc. Prof./Italian, Humanities & Dir. /HUG Gary Elliott, Ph.D. Prof./English Terry Engel, Ph.D. Ass't Prof./English Noble Goss, Ph.D. Ass't Prof./Foreign Language Ken Hammes, Ph.D. Prof./English Kayla Haynie, M.A. Ass't Prof./English Larry Hunt, Ph.D. Ass't Prof./English Alice Jewell, Ph.D. Prof./English & Latin Robert McCready, Ph.D. Ass't. Prof./French & Interim Chair/Foreign Language Dennis Organ, Ph.D. Prof. & Dept. Chair/English Sherry Organ, M.Ed. Ass't Prof./English Becky Pratt, M.Ed. Instructor/English John Williams, Ph.D. Assoc. Prof./English Department6 teach languagoo Professors help students build skills in writing, speech by kira leigh Language allows us to communicate ideas and • accept admissions after Christmas and announce facts, to hold relationships and to spread our Lord's : the winner around spring break," Long said. At the gospel. One language can do so many things. This • contest's conclusion, the department also holds a year, we spoke many languages. In addition to our • banquet with a featured speaker from the literary multilingual student body, we had the foreign Ian- : community. Thisyear'sspeaker,however,wasEloise guage and English departments to help us commu- • Muncy, the widow of Dr. Ray Muncy. Ray Muncy nicate more clearly. • was chair of the department of history and social Dr. Noble Goss, associate professor of Spanish • science from 1965-1993, as well as a respected memand German, said the foreign language department : ber of the church and community. Dr. John Willstrongly supported the French and Spanish devo- • iams, associate professor of English, helped Eloise tionals each Wednesday at 7 p.m. • Muncy write her husband's biography, selections of The department also hosted a dinner in the spring : which she read at the banquet. semester. "We have dinners to The English department also give awards to outstanding stu- supported a writing center for dents in the classes," Goss said. students' use. "The most visible Amidsteventsandclasses, the ,,9 love the students that service is the writing center run department also supported a va- byDr.KenHammes," Long said. riety of services, including mis- reall0 appreciate "This provides tutoring and alsion work. "Mrs. Conley spon- languages. There are a lows students to get help in imsors a campaign to Venezuela ev- number who will take the proving their writing." ery summer," Goss said. "Dr. Notonlydoesthedepartment McCreadyispreparingabatchof language the0've learned offer its services, it has a unique students togotoFrancethisspring and do something with it spark. break. We also encourage stu- "Theunityinourdepartment dentstogoonacampaigntoLatin later, and it's notalWaljS isuniquetoushereatHarding," America with Luis Rosa, who missions work either." Long said. "I've been at other teaches Bible in Spanish for _ Dr. Noble Goss universities where their faculty Walton scholars." did not get along so well." The English department also Each department is unified provided several opportunities by its love for the students. for students to be involved, such as Scribblers and • "I love the students that really appreciate Ianthe Film Studies Club. • guages," Goss said. "There are a number who will "The Scribblers meet to read and critique each • take the language they've learned and do something other's poetry and writings," said Dr. Larry Long, • with it later, and it's not always missions either." dean of the College of Arts and Humanities. "The • The English faculty also gets a chance to learn Film Studies Club gets together to watch and study • about their students through their writing. classic movies. We also have Sigma Tau Delta, which • "It is nice to get to know the students," Long said. is a national honor society for English majors." • "Each student injects some of themselves into their The major event for the English department was : work. We develop a closer relationship because of the Jo Cleveland Creative Writing Contest. "We · this." 148 academics
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