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ICIC Program in the News

ICIC’s Tsuda (Japan) "Women in Leadership" program was highlighted yesterday in the IUPUI news and on the School of Liberal Arts website. ICIC has been running the Tsuda program for 16 years.

Mitchell L.H. Douglas: A Poet Since Childhood

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Poem by IU School of Liberal Arts Professor Selected To Become Part of Indianapolis Cultural Trail

Dr. Karen Kovacik’s poem, "Invisible Moments" will grace a bus shelter. Read the full story.

IUPUI News Center reviews Dr. Dennis Bingham’s new book

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Voices in the City: Language, Literacy, and Urban Life

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Dr. Karen Kovacik and Terry Kirts Promote the IUPUI Reiberg Series

Listen to Dr. Kovacik and Terry Kirts as they discuss the IUPUI Creative Writing Program and the Reiberg Reading Series on WFYI’s "The Art of the Matter."

Mitchell Douglas’ Book, "Cooling Board," Nominated for NAACP Award

English Department faculty Mitchell Douglas’ book, "Cooling Board," has been nominated for an NAACP Image Award in the Outstanding Literary Work-Poetry category. A committee of 300 industry professionals and NAACP leaders from across the country selected five nominees in each of the 53 categories. Winners will be broadcast live on FOX TV on Friday, February 26 (8:00pm). An article about Mitchell. Read more about the book and Mitchell. A full listing of the nominees for the 41st NAACP Image Awards can be found here.

Dr. Terri Bourus Selected as Editor for The New Oxford Shakespeare Project

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Dr. Julie Belz Wins Prestigious Paul Pimsleur Award

Article reprinted with permission from the October edition of the Research Enterprise newsletter, published by IUPUI Office of Vice Chancellor Research.

Dr. Julie Belz, Associate Professor of English in the School of Liberal Arts, has won the 2009 Paul Pimsleur Award for Research in Foreign Language Education for her article published in Language Learning & Technology (citation below). This award is given by the American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) and the Modern Language Journal to the author(s) of an outstanding contribution to research in foreign language or second language education, and is based on the quality of the research and its potential impact on foreign language learning or teaching. The selection committee is co-chaired by a member from the Editorial Boards for the Modern Language Journal and Foreign Language Annals.

Nominations for this award come from editors of the top applied linguistics and language journals in the world, including: Applied Language Learning, Applied Linguistics, CALICO Journal, Canadian Modern Language Review, Foreign Language Annals, French Review, Hispania, Japanese Language and Literature, Journal of Chinese Language Teachers Association, Language Learning, Language Learning and Technology, Modern Language Journal, Studies in Second Language Learning, TESOL Quarterly, and Unterrichtspraxis (Teaching German). This is an extremely prestigious award in the fields of language and applied linguistics, and Dr. Belz joins the ranks of many of the top scholars in the field who have also won this award.

Belz, J. A., & Vyatkina, N. (2008). The pedagogical mediation of a developmental learner corpus for classroom-based language instruction. Language Learning & Technology, 12(3), 98-112.

Dr. Rob Rebein and the Six Second Ride

Dr. Rob Rebein lasts six seconds on the back of a bucking bronco.

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English Program for Japanese Women Focuses on Leadership Skills

Twenty-six university students from Tokyo arrived in Indianapolis August 1 to be part of an intensive English and American culture program at IUPUI. The women will spend three weeks here honing their English skills and learning what it takes to be a leader.