We have some updates on graduates! If you’re reading this and are a graduate of the PSU graduate or undergraduate writing program, please send us your news, too.

Courtney Mandryk, who was an art major, went on to Michigan to do a combined literary and visual art MFA, and she recently had an exhibit in Philadelphia. Her poems and photographs can be found here.

 Kimberly Andrews, MFA Class of 2010, is about to finish her dissertation at Yale (on poetry and the academy since 1970), and is beginning a job search.  She’s also continued to publish poetry.

 Megan Friddle who finished her PhD in American Studies at Emory last spring, and she’s now the Director of National Scholarships and Fellowships at Emory.  She said of her experience at Penn State: “The FTCAP advising position I had at PSU the summer after I graduated turned into a part time advising job here, and then led to my current position, which draws on my experience as an adviser, administrator, and writing instructor. I’m also active in some other areas that intersect with my interests in Disability Studies and medical humanities, including roles as a standing merit review panelist for the health research organization PCORI, and as an advocate and lobbyist for increased research funding and healthcare reform in Washington.”