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Item About Water: an Interview with Jerry Dennis, Author of The Living Great Lakes(Oakland University, 2013-01-01) Freeman, John; Greene, Janae; Haar, Catherine; Horning, Alice; Kraemer, Elizabeth W.; Shepherd, Gary; Walwema, Josephine; Cole, Natalie B.Jerry Dennis, a Traverse City resident and author of many books about nature and outdoor recreation, visited Oakland University on October 26 and 27, 2011 to speak about the Great lakes and his books, The Living Great Lakes: Searching for the Heart of the Inland Seas (St. Martins Press, 2003) and The Windward Shore: A Winter on the Great Lakes (University of Michigan Press, 2011). He spoke to the university community, and met with students in the Honors College and in the OU Writing Center, where he talked about working as a writer. In addition, a small group of faculty and students in the department of Writing and Rhetoric and from Kresge library and the Honors College interviewed Mr. Dennis about water issues and about his life as a working writer.Item He Dressed the Part(Oakland University, 2009-01-01) Horning, Alice; Nixon, Jude V.He dressed the part of the consummate English professor, but more than that, he lived the part and taught me most of what I know that really matters about what makes great teaching, what is important for students and how to achieve excellence in the classroom. Though I still find his talent somewhat mysterious, my four years of college study with this gifted teacher have inspired my teaching and shaped my career.Item Interview with Kevin Boyle, Author of Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age(Oakland University, 2008-01-01) Becker, Anne; Breidenbach, Cathie; Horning, Alice; Kietlinska, Kasia; Robertson, Jeanie; Boyle, Kevin; Nixon, Jude V.Each year, Oakland University faculty chooses a campus-wide book in conjunction with the College of Arts and Sciences theme for the year. For the 2007–2008 academic year, the theme is Revolution, and the book selected was Kevin Boyle’s Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age (New York: Henry Holt, 2004).Item Interview: Professor Timothy Wu(Oakland University, 2011-10-01) Horning, Alice; Deschamps, Amanda; Driscoll, Dana; Kietlinska, Kasia; Cole, Natalie B.Professor Tim Wu, one of the authors of the 2010–2011 OU community book, Who Controls the Internet?, visited Oakland in October of 2010. He gave a campuswide presentation and visited with various other groups of students and faculty during his time on campus, including a brief interview with Writing and Rhetoric faculty members Dana Driscoll, Alice Horning, and Kasia Kietlinska, as well as a Writing and Rhetoric major, Amanda Deschamps. Following is an edited version of the interview transcript.Item Religion and Society: A Discussion with Dr. Stephen Prothero(Oakland University, 2010-10-01) Giberson, Greg; Horning, Alice; Tess, Jessica; Prothero, Stephen; Cole, Natalie B.On November 9, 2009, Dr. Stephen Prothero, former chair of the religion department at Boston University and New York Times’ bestselling author of Religious Literacy: What Every American Should Know—and Doesn’t, visited the Oakland University campus to meet with students and give a public lecture on the importance of religious literacy in American civic life. During his visit, he graciously spoke with the three of us for a discussion about his book and other related and not-related issues. The following is an edited transcript of that discussion.