Writing and Rhetoric

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Nov 4 at 8E on @SECNetwork we take @TrueSouthTV to Upstate, South Carolina. Back in January, I walked the Pickens Co Flea Mkt w my great friend (and great writer) George Singleton. He spotted this old boiled peanut sign. And then let me buy it. This spring we returned to film...

OXFORD come drink a beer, eat a pretzel, and hear a great novelist talk about how he does his thing. WEDNESDAY the 16th from 4-530. Brought to you by @umrhetoric

A sunny start to the year for our peer reviewers in WRIT 101! 🔆

Angela Green's WRIT 398 course spent two weeks in Greece this summer! Her students explored the thoughts and words of ancient Greek thinkers and writers through the sites, landscape, and museums of beautiful and modern Athens. Maybe you can join her next year!

Join us for this talk on Thursday, September 12! Wendy Atkins-Sayre will tell a more complicated story of Southern Appalachia, through cultural food and drink. @WASfromTX

It has been awfully quiet around here! We are excited to have students back in the classrooms. Best of luck on your first day!

These are our top 5 reasons for adding Writing, Rhetoric, and Speech Communication as a major. Can you think of any we missed?

Everyone is nervous! Take a speech course and visit our Speaking Center to be able to overcome those jitters when public speaking.

All is quiet around here. We are missing days like this. Shown was the honors section of SPCH 102 spending 10 minutes of quiet reflection in the Grove to mentally plan out the structure of their speeches.

Ashley Jones-Bodie was selected as this year's recipient of the Kevin Malloy Award for Outstanding Teacher of Public Speaking. In memory of Kevin Malloy, a member of our Speech faculty who lost his life in 2020, the award acknowledges a Speech faculty member annually.

Are you looking for a writing or speech class to take this summer? As of this posting, the following sections still have availability! Enroll today in MyOleMiss.

James G. Thomas, Jr. was this year's winner of the X.A. Kramer, Jr. Award for Outstanding Teacher of Writing & Rhetoric. Established in 1986 in memory of Kramer, the award is presented annually to a DWR composition instructor.

Exciting day for all the 2024 graduates! We're eager to witness all of the amazing accomplishments that lie ahead for you!

Callie Scroggins was selected as the winner of this year's JoAnn Edwards Speech Competition. Established in 2020, the JoAnn Edwards Speech Award recognizes undergraduate students who demonstrate the highest ability and overall effectiveness in public speaking.

Walker Jacklin is a junior from Madison, Alabama, majoring in Writing, Rhetoric, and Speech Communication and Public Policy Leadership and a student in the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College.

Chloe Morgan's essay "Bayou City Biography: An Examination of Culture and Policy in Houston's Neighborhoods" was selected as this year's winner of the Cynthia Krieser Award for Outstanding Freshman Writing.

Double majoring in Writing, Rhetoric, and Speech Communication and Public Policy Leadership, junior William Pentecost hopes to attend law school. William cites the speech courses he has taken for his Rhetoric degree as very helpful.

Sophomore Ava Ortwein, a native of Water Valley, Mississippi, is combining majors in Writing, Rhetoric, and Speech Communications and Philosophy. She hopes to be a professor one day.