Moore has been the recent recipient of two additional awards for her research work conducted in England and at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California. These awards included the Columbian College Travel Grant from George Washington Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, in the amount of $5,000, and the Huntington Library Fellowship from the Huntington Library in San Marino, California, also for $5,000.

Moore was also selected to present a paper at the regional Historilogical Society convention in Boston, Massachusetts in November 2008. She is currently organizing a panel for the 2009 national convention, at the request of the CCWH.

The CCHW is a national organization for women in the historical profession and is designed to promote education and research in all areas of women’s history. For more information about the CCHW organization log on to www.theccwh.org. For more information about becoming a student at Southern Nazarene University, CLICK HERE.

New York Literary Tour!

Here are some things you should know:

We still have room both in the class and for the trip.
We plan to travel May 11-17 (Mon-Sun). The cost is $1750.00 for students and $1900.00 for non-students. This includes airfare/travel, hotel & admission costs. You would be responsible for meals, extra admissions of your choice & whatever you want to spend.

We are so excited about the list of places we plan to visit.  A few of the places we can't wait to see are....
the MOMA & the Met
Empire State Building
Ellis Island
Statue of Liberty
Little Italy
China Town
Broadway
Harlem
Lower East Side
Seinfeld's Apartment

If you plan on taking the class, you will need to travel with us. But, anyone is welcome to travel with us without taking the class, so invite a friend to come along. The class is Eng 3193 Literary Field Studies, which will meet Tuesdays 4-6:10 PM for the last 8 weeks of next semester. This course does fulfill Track 3 and 4 GSE credit.

The English Department at Southern Nazarene University will partner again with the Poetry Society of Oklahoma to host the Youth Poetry Contest awards ceremony to be held on campus next Spring.   English majors Becca Hollon, Amy Merhib and Thomas Horne assisted PSO president Vivian Stewart and other society members in preparing contest announcements to be sent to every public and private school in the state.

Pictured, senior Amy Merhib rolls away 2400 contest announcements to waiting young poets and their teachers.

Southern Nazarene University will host the Southwest regional meeting of the Conference on Christianity and Literature (CCL), Thursday and Friday, September 30 and October 1, 2004. The conference features keynote speakers Bryan Stone and Marva Dawn. Registration begins at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday in the Webster Commons on SNU campus.

This year's conference theme carries the title of Dawn's best known book, "Reaching Out, Without Dumbing Down: The Clash of Tradition and Innovation in Literary and Theological Studies." The conference aims to elicit a variety of approaches - theoretical, practical, and pedagogical - and to provide a forum for discussion across disciplines.

Bryan Stone, professor of theology at Boston University (and an SNU alum), will embrace innovation in the form of film in his discussions of theology. Marva Dawn - liturgist, theologian, and student of faith development - will offer what is often seen as the more controversial position, stressing the bedrock of tradition that must drive any considerations of worship.

The conference features sessions organized around such traditional literary topics as "19th Century Literature" and "The 20th Century Novel." One particular group of sessions will explore innovative ways of approaching the graphic novel, hypertext poetry, and film. Another session will address the word and worship, more specifically geared to the ideas of innovation and tradition as they relate to Dawn's area of expertise.

Conference highlights include a presentation of creative work on Thursday afternoon in the form of hyptertext and traditional poetry enhanced by images followed by a public address that evening by Marva Dawn titled "Our Traditions." Friday evening features a film event introduced by Bryan Stone, demonstrating film's ability to reflect powerful theological issues.

The CCL is a group of scholars and professors, primarily in the areas of literature and modern language, who convene annually to present papers and ideas about how their faith interfaces with their scholarship and work in academia. Regional members represented at this year's southwest CCL conference include universities from Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas:

Oral Roberts University
LeTourneau University
Abilene Christian University
Hardin-Simmons University
Oklahoma Baptist University
Harding University
Rice University
Tarleton State University
University of Texas at Brownsville

Although the conference is for regional members of the CCL, the conference is open to anyone who would like to attend.

Conference fee is $100 for non-students, $25 for students, and includes continental breakfast and snacks. For ticket or conference information, contact Pamela Bracken, Program Chair, at 405.491.6653, pbracken@snu.edu, or log on to www.snu.edu/swccl.