Author: ajaronstein
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Reunion Registration Begins March 1!
To celebrate the graduation of MAPH’s Fifteenth Class, we are holding a full day of activities and events on campus and downtown on June 3. The Early Registration period (which allows you to reserve $10 tickets) opens on March 1. We will be sure to send you the link to register. In the past, your…
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MAPH Alums working with Current MAPHers
In partnership with CAPS, this week MAPH is starting to take applications for its Externship Program. Thanks to the volunteer efforts of four MAPH alumni, our students will have the opportunity to stop in for one-day to see what the whole “work” thing is about at Aon Corporation, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cook County Circuit Court,…
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From the World of MAPH Authors
A few updates courtesy of Jeff McMahon: Gregory Lawless (MAPH 04) has just published a new poem in the latest issue of Sixth Finch. Lawless is also the author of I Thought I was New Here (BlazeBox, 2009) Kiki Petrosino (MAPH 04) introduced a new limited-edition chapbook, The Dark is Here at the Association of Writers & Writing…
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MAPH Reunion: The Fifteenth Class!
MAPH Celebrates the graduation of its FIFTEENTH CLASS this year on Friday, June 3. Consider the following: In 1996, Alanis Morissette won a Grammy Award in the category of Best Record for Jagged Little Pill. Fargo was nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards (but lost, much to the dismay of Elaine Benes, to…
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Meet an Alum: Gianna Mosser
Gianna Mosser came to MAPH directly from the University of Miami. She graduated summa cum laude in three years and moved to Chicago in the fall of 2004. “I started MAPH not long after my 21st birthday,”she explained to me by phone. “I was actually told by some of the staff at the time: wow…
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Meet an Alum: Beth Gallagher
Beth Gallagher is the Director of Community Involvement for AON Corporation, headquartered in Chicago. According to her bio, she is responsible for “managing the day-to-day operations of the AON Foundation giving programs, which include grants, sponsorships, business unit charitable contributions, disaster relief and employee matching gifts. In addition, Beth oversees employee volunteer programming at the…
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Meet an Alum: Anna Piepmeyer
Anna Piepmeyer graduated from MAPH in 2007. She thought she had a pretty clear idea of what came after the Program. “Like most people, I had assumed it was a PhD and that I’d be an English professor,” she told me during a phone conversation. Anna spent the first half of the year thinking “I…
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Meet an Alum: Introduction
As many of you know, MAPH will graduate its FIFTEENTH class in June 2011! We have more than 1,500 alumni, a huge number of which live, work, and in various ways pursue the species-being life right here in the Chicagoland area. But regardless of geographic location, we want to hear what you’re up to–especially if…