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On behalf of the English Graduate Organization (EGO), we would like
to take this opportunity to welcome you to the University of New Hampshire’s English
Graduate program.
The program contains a diverse group of graduate students – literary
scholars, essayists, fiction writers, poets, compositionists, and linguists – converging
from all over the nation and the world. The EGO works to join together these distinct
individuals into a productive and supportive academic community. Throughout the
year, EGO organizes and sponsors professional and social activities such as Third
Friday roundtable talks every month with faculty on issues concerning the academic
profession, MFA student-readings, theory reading group, and the annual Halloween
party.
If you have suggestions or concerns about academic or social events
or would like information on life at UNH and the graduate program, please do not
hesitate to contact us.
Eden Wales Freedman
eden.w.freedman@gmail.com
Luke Dietrich
ladietrich4@gmail.com
EGO co-presidents
Mission statement
The mission of EGO is to provide our student population with
representation among the faculty and administration of the University of New Hampshire
and the English Department. We have an annually-elected executive board that sits
on the Department of English Graduate Committee and the University's Graduate
Student Organization (GSO). We plan and host professional development opportunities
that range from workshops on personal statements and finding a publisher to discussions
with current faculty on the state the profession. We plan social events including
a spring recruitment day for accepted students, and bridge concentrations to bring
students together for readings and academic conferences.
EGO
also acts as a main source of information for both current and prospective graduate
students. We provide information on the local area and housing, entertainment
and more at our website, http://www.unh.edu/ego/,
where we maintain a weblog, student directory and important announcements for
students in our department. We inform our members of upcoming calls for papers,
fellowships and professional opportunities and student concerns ranging from changes
within academic policy to changes to health care and taxation policies. We work
hard to maintain productive professional relationships through information, social
events and academic opportunities for all of our members.
Membership
Our
membership is composed of all active English graduate students upon entry into
our program including writers, literary scholars, theory buffs, linguists, teachers
and composition and rhetoric specialists. The wide range of skills presented allow
for inspired discussions of the academic profession, the real world of publication,
and much more. Our graduate students regularly present at national conferences,
publish our work in nationally recognized journals or essay collections, participate
in various organizations such as MLA and NAGPS, and take an active role in the
University community. EGO's goal is to make our graduate students the most viable
candidates they can be, for both academic and non-academic job opportunities.
More information
Current students
Graduate Student Organization
English Department
UNH Graduate Studies in English
MA in Literature
MA in Language & Linguistics
MFA in Writing
MST Program
PhD in Literature
PhD in Composition Studies
ESL Institute
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