We should be much better informed in this country of the implications and consequences of the Bologna process, and we soon might have to be as the Western Governors University and a Lumina Foundation initiative gather steam. So what is the Bologna process?

The first misconception is that Bologna is an initiative of the European Union. In fact, it is perhaps the most tangible non-legal initiative of the Council of Europe

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Kate Kohler Amory (Department of Theatre & Speech Communication) has performed in many off-Broadway theater productions including The Life of Spiders, and Einstein’s Dreams (Culture Project), Twelfth Night and Much Ado About Nothing (Lincoln Center’s Rose Theater). She has performed with many regional theaters including Shakespeare&Company and New England Shakespeare Festival and has written and performed numerous [...]

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by Christopher Fauske
Interim Dean, School of Arts and Sciences
The School of Arts and Sciences is delighted to welcome Dr. Jude Nixon as the next dean of the school. Dr. Nixon is currently director of The Honors College and professor of English at Oakland University. He will join Salem State College in early July.

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By Chris Fauske
Interim Dean, School of Arts and Sciences
As always, I’ve been reading.
Some of it for fun, some of it because I am starting to prepare for a return to faculty in September, and some of it because, well, because it’s there.
A few months ago I picked up Stanley Fish’s new book, Save the World [...]

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By Chris Fauske
Interim Dean, School of Arts and Sciences
There is much to think about at Salem State these days as we settle in to working with our new provost, Kristin Esterberg, begin looking forward to the highlight of the academic year (our annual commencement exercises), and do our best to further the cause of learning [...]

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By Chris Fauske
School of Arts and Sciences
Charles Simic, who was my advisor when I was an undergraduate at the University of New Hampshire and who is the current Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry, remarked in a “craft of poetry” class that “a cliché’s hope is to be readmitted to the language.” Or something like that. [...]

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