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Alumni Meg Hafdahl and Kelly Florence return to share insights with students

UMD Alumni Meg Hafdahl and Kelly Florence spoke to students in the Writing Studies major in Spring 2024.

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ELWS Faculty and Students Publish in Minnesota English Journal

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ELWS Students and Faculty Publish in Thunderbird Review

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UMD Theatre professor sets world premiere of new play

Mark Stanfield's Two of Us opens September 13 in the UK.

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Phil Sher: History of the Lithuanian Jewish Community in Duluth

A Community-University Partnership

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Testing the Limits of Kindness: Writing Course Builds Connections

Dean Youde welcomes new students in August 2023.

Dean's Corner

Duluth fills me with wonder.

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Cultivating Love and Empathy: Alumna Reveals Humanity

In early 2023, alumna Max Brunner (Digital Art and Photography ’12) had a longing for human connection, so she took a walk.

Students work on projects during the Day of Kindness and Connection.

Testing the Limits of Kindness: Writing Course Builds Connections

At the end of Fall 2022 semester, after extending multiple opportunities for students to catch up and successfully finish her course, I

The students of the Communicating Difference course pose together.

Opening the Conversation: A New Course Bridges Divides

If one has never been taught how to find common ground and create avenues of communication across difference, how is one to learn those skills?