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2024

Students, Internships

Hearing stories of others helps one student overcome her fear

An artist-in-residence program with a retirement community leads Velvet Sellers ’25 to new friendships and life-changing experiences.

Date: November 21, 2024

2022

Intern at Granville senior living community

Internships

Otterbein Granville Summer Internships

Arts across generations: Summer interns create programming for Otterbein Granville senior living residents

Date: October 27, 2022

2021

Internships

Story Magazine intern works with award-winning authors

Lily Carroll '22, a double major in English and religion, leapt at an opportunity to hone her skills during a Story Magazine internship.

Date: November 23, 2021

2020

Internships

Summer Scholars 2020

Summer scholar research projects completed in the English department in Summer 2020.

Date: September 14, 2020

Spotlights

It’s a small world for Denison Disney intern

Alexandra Redrick ’25 landed a dream internship at Disney through her ambition and help from the Denison alumni network.

‘You’ll never guess what I did today’

Dancer Grace Lukens ’26 never imagined herself a fencer. But that’s the kind of thing that happens at Denison.

PBS taps professor emeritus to discuss a giant of American poetry

David Baker, who has taught Wallace Stevens to generations of Denison students, appeared in a recent Poetry in America episode.

Denison Magazine

Keeping the public informed

Journalism chose these Denison graduates — and they're chasing it from Ohio to Africa.

4 questions with English professor Diana Mafe

Mafe talks about her research, teaching practices, and how The Legend of Zelda connects to the liberal arts.

Denison Magazine

To go proudly and boldly into the world

For these high-achieving ’90s graduates, an education on The Hill was about exploring, stumbling, adapting — and thriving.

Fred Porcheddu-Engel has brought the Middle Ages into the digital age with his research of manuscripts.

4 questions with English Professor Fred Porcheddu-Engel

As he celebrates his 30th year as part of the Denison faculty, Porcheddu-Engel remains as enthusiastic as the day he arrived as a student.

24 hours of improv and 4 years with a new ‘family’

This 24-hour improv show is an extreme bonding experience, a great way to get close to your friends, and a big opportunity to work toward a common goal

Denison Magazine

Telling “The Telling”

Emeritus Professor of English David Baker provides the backstory of his poem featured in Denison Magazine.

Illustration of a person spying with toilet paper rolls

Denison Magazine

Hunkering Down

Why we use the language of war, even in the absence of a battle.

Denison Magazine

The ON Switch

Conversations with faculty about what it means to teach — and to trigger those amazing moments of illumination

Denison Magazine

Unlocking Potential: Bridget Welch '22

Learning comedy cross-training at Second City in Chicago

An aerial view of north quad and the IM field

Denison Magazine

On Resilience

Poetry by Riley Halpern '22

Professor Erik Klemetti presents Ava Goodwin '23 with the Grand Buzzy Champion Award

Podcast-a-thon features student audio stories

This year's Podcast-a-thon engaged over 250 students and faculty from 9 classes, mentored by audio professionals.

Beck guest and GLCA fiction award winner Lesley Nneka Arimah

Learning from experienced writers

The Beck Series brings renowned authors and poets to campus so students learn from expert writers in multiple genres.

What's Happening

In the News

Team culture trumps star power for sixth men’s NCAA title

Denison Consulting starts strong in 2025

It’s a small world for Denison Disney intern

What's Happening

2024

2022

2021

2020

Spotlights

It’s a small world for Denison Disney intern

‘You’ll never guess what I did today’

PBS taps professor emeritus to discuss a giant of American poetry

Keeping the public informed

4 questions with English professor Diana Mafe

To go proudly and boldly into the world

4 questions with English Professor Fred Porcheddu-Engel

24 hours of improv and 4 years with a new ‘family’

Telling “The Telling”

Hunkering Down

The ON Switch

Unlocking Potential: Bridget Welch '22

On Resilience

Podcast-a-thon features student audio stories

Learning from experienced writers

What's Happening

Emeritus professor David Baker poem appears in The New Yorker

Hearing stories of others helps one student overcome her fear

Brit Morse ’17 covers HR and workplace trends for Fortune magazine