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Heather Bergeson

Humanities Communications Writer
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Big Changes Ahead for BYU’s English Department

By Heather Bergeson
February 18, 2021 12:16 PM
Just before the semester began, the BYU English Department announced a redesigned English major, which includes changes to the offered courses and requirements of the degree.
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Julia Flanders Speaks on the Intricacies of Digitized Text

By Heather Bergeson
February 10, 2021 09:02 PM
Julia Flanders, a pioneer in the digitization of text and the creation of online corpora, addressed BYU and University of Utah professors and students regarding her work.
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BYU Students Excel in Writing Competition

By Heather Bergeson
February 09, 2021 01:32 PM
Short and sweet took on new meaning as BYU students rose to the challenge of Short Édition’s inter-university writing competition.
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Universal Humanities

By Heather Bergeson
December 04, 2020 04:18 PM
When NASA downloaded its first image of Mars from the Mariner 4 flyby mission in 1964, our closest neighbor was still a mystery—a perfect landscape for the imagined civilizations found in Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles, H.G. Wells’s The War of the Worlds, and even Looney Tunes’s Marvin the Martian.
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Finishing the Race

By Heather Bergeson
December 04, 2020 12:59 PM
Biking over two hundred miles pushes the human mind and body to its limits, but so does trying to learn a new language. Associate Professor Troy Cox (Linguistics) has experience with both.
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BYU English Professor Matthew Wickman Speaks on Thriving Spiritually at Weekly Devotional

By Heather Bergeson
December 03, 2020 12:00 AM
Matthew Wickman, professor of English and founding director of the Humanities Center, advised students to rely on the Spirit at BYU's weekly devotional.
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BYU Associate Professor Joey Franklin Reads from Newest Book at the English Reading Series

By Heather Bergeson
November 21, 2020 12:00 AM
Associate Professor Joey Franklin tackles some of the most pressing issues facing society today using his favorite medium: the essay
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Professor Dan Dewey Receives Annual Barker Lectureship

By Heather Bergeson
November 21, 2020 12:00 AM
Social interaction is important in any learning environment, but Professor Dan Dewey argued that it is absolutely essential when studying a second language.
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BYU Graduate Students Host Third Annual Novel Writing Conference

By Heather Bergeson
November 04, 2020 12:00 AM
With increasing interest in writing young adult literature, BYU graduate students strive to help undergraduate students find the literary resources and connections they need to be successful.
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