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    1. Student Success Stories

      A Feminist God: Madelynn McDevitt Selected for McNeil Undergraduate Research Workshop

      English undergraduate student Madelynn McDevitt recently presented her research on the redefinition of women’s roles in Shaker music at the McNeil Center for Early American Studies (MCEAS) Consortium Undergraduate Research Workshop, hosted at the University of Pennsylvania.

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    2. Student Success Stories

      Goethe-Institut Representatives Visit Montclair’s SPARK for German Teaching Lab

      For the first time since the establishment of Montclair’s SPARK for German Teaching Lab, guests from the New York City Goethe-Institut paid the lab a visit, observing the 12 Montclair students and their faculty mentor Pascale LaFountain as the group facilitated an all-German performance of “Die Wichtelmänner,” or “The Shoemaker and His Elves,” a classic German fairy tale first featured in the 1812 Kinder- und Hausmärchen by the Brothers Grimm.

      A group of students pose for a group photo holding German, Swiss, and Austrian flags
    3. In the Media

      Quality of Life, Security, and Access to Higher Education: City of Graz Interviews Montclair Exchange Students

      For 76 years, Montclair and the city of Graz, Austria have been sister cities, sharing this diplomatic, academic, and cultural partnership that aims to build bridges and prevent the destructive divisions that plagued many international relationships during World War II.

      Two college students shaking hands in a town square in Austria
    4. Event Highlights

      German Club Shares Gummy Bears, Flags, and Motivational Messages at Montclair’s World’s Fair Day

      For the second year in a row, Montclair’s lively German Club hosted a table at Montclair’s annual World’s Fair Day, a festival celebrating the cultural diversity that defines Montclair’s campus population.

      Five college students pose in front of a decorated booth for the German Club
    5. Event Highlights

      Watchung Hills Regional High School Students Visit Montclair, Italian-Style

      Continuing a years-old outreach tradition, the Italian Program hosted two Italian high school classes from Watchung Hills Regional High School.

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    6. Featured News

      Learning Beyond the Classroom: Students Engage with Indigenous Communities in Wisconsin

      Last summer, a group of Montclair State University students and faculty traveled to Wisconsin to step beyond the classroom and into spaces where Indigenous knowledge is not only studied, but lived. 

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    7. Student Success Stories

      The Greek Gods from Sicily Now Speak English: A Public Reading of the Musical “The Reawakening of the Gods”

      Il “Risveglio degli dei” — an immersive musical about Greek myths, written and directed by Marco Savatteri and presented every summer at dawn in the Valley of the Temples of Agrigento (Sicily) — debuted in English at Montclair State University on March 27, 2026.

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    8. In the Media

      Creative Writing Instructor Publishes Short Story in The Saturday Evening Post

      Janis Hubschman, author of the story collection, Take Me With You Next Time, has published a short story, Afternoon Practice, in The Saturday Evening Post.

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    9. Student Success Stories

      Announcing the 2026 English Department Scholarship and Award Recipients

      The English Department is excited to announce the 2025 recipients of the Department’s various scholarships and awards.

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    10. Faculty Voices

      English Professor Celebrates New Book

      Adjunct Creative Writing Professor, Jill Rosenberg, held a book launch party at Watchung Booksellers on April 30th.

      Composite image showing a book cover for “now i’m photogenic and other stories I tell myself” alongside a photo of the author, an English professor wearing a green and white t-shirt and standing in front of a flight of stairs