Recent Posts
Sustainability
4.8.2026
Table of Plenty: Food Justice
Dialogue
Table of Plenty events are held monthly, each centered around a different social justice topic.
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
4.8.2026
My Magical
Robe
"I have been living on the fourth floor. I smile at the maids, ride the elevator, visit the gym, find different nooks in which to pull out my laptop and type my words. I walk along the river. I wrap myself tightly inside my magical robe," writes Debra Solomon Baker about her experience as a humorist-in-residence at the Marriott.
Honors
4.8.2026
Welcome Dr. Mary-Kate Sableski, Honors Faculty Fellow for
Teaching
Dr. Mary-Kate Sableski has joined the Honors Program as the Honors Faculty Fellow for Teaching. In this role, Dr. Sableski will help improve honors courses by meeting with faculty and strengthening teaching techniques.
Libraries
4.7.2026
2026 Library Award
Winners
Congratulations to Lilly Lowe, Maggie Romano and Stacy Ngo.
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
4.7.2026
The Ballet According to Me (And That's the
Problem)
I went to the ballet.
Research
4.6.2026
The Gift of Archival
Teaching
2025 Marian Fellow Teresa Saxton uses archives in the classroom because “they inspire curiosity to know more but also ask us to grapple with what we cannot know.”
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
4.6.2026
Boogie
Woogie
Can someone please tell me what is with the music playing in public restrooms? Why does someone think we are afraid of silence while we pee?
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
4.3.2026
The Sounds of
Silence
This past weekend, I attended the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop. I’ve been married for close to 30 years, and it’s been a minute since I stayed at a hotel all by myself for three whole nights.
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
4.2.2026
Courage, Confidence, Comedy,
Cancer
Rhonda Havig calls this essay her "love letter to the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop." When she read it at "Erma After Dark," an open mic night at the spring workshop, she received a spontaneous, long standing ovation.
Erma Bombeck Writer Workshop
4.1.2026
Humor Writer of the Month: Keri
Janton
A longtime admirer of writers like Erma Bombeck, Nora Ephron and Rick Bragg, Keri Janton writes about everyday life with humor and heart. She's our Humor Writer of the Month for April.