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A Rare Honor

Dickinson's innovative, multilingual writing program earns the highest award from the discipline's most prestigious body.

Insa Kohler, a former exchange student from Dickinson, returned to campus to read from her newly published book.

A Global Window

The foreign-language departments kicked off their writer-in-residence series with a young German writer whose comical observations open a window to art and youth culture in Berlin.

Audrey Schlimm accepts the 2017 First-Year Seminar Writing Award. Photo by Wes Lickus '17

Policy Wonks and Fever Dreams

Whether digging deep into governmental policy or decoding a literary nightmare, class of ’20 members hit the ground running. Discover what the winners of the First-Year Seminar Writing Awards learned.

John Patrick Shanley answers a question about his work during a moderated discussion at Dickinson college. Photo by Carl Socolow '77.

Trusting His True Voice

John Patrick Shanley, the award-winning writer behind 'Doubt' and 'Moonstruck,' delivers inspiration and advice on everything from trust and authenticity to ‘Goodnight Moon.’

Student tutors help fellow students at the Writing Center. Photo by Carl Socolow '77.

Futuristic Spaces

Dickinson’s new Quantitative Reasoning Center and redesigned Writing Center help students master the skills they need in an information-saturated age.

cooper wingert holds up two of his most recent books.

Ten Books and Counting

Cooper Wingert ’20, already an award-winning author of 10 history books, takes local angle on Civil War history.

Julia Dolinger

Discuss, Decode and Write

Internships with the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center and Phi Beta Kappa have helped Julia Dolinger ’16 make the most of her English major.

Susan Perabo

From Baseball to Book Tour

Professor of English and Writer-in-Residence Susan Perabo has journeyed from being the NCAA's first female baseball player to becoming a celebrated author.

First Year Writing Awards

Beyond the First Draft

From grade inflation to feminist challenges on campus, First Year Seminar writing-award winners dive deep into higher-ed culture.

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