Course Information
These courses will run from July 7 until August 1, 2008. They are general education courses with no prerequisites. Tuition is $560 which includes instruction and three university credits or $500 for instruction alone.
The courses are open to high school juniors and seniors interested in a jump start on their college education and all adults.
ENG 203 Creative Writing (fiction)
Need a little nudge to get busy with your writing? Have a poem you just need to write but haven't found the time? Do you feel the writer inside you yearning to breathe free?
This course will ask you to read the work of established writers and to use the inspiration and lessons they provide. It is a workshop, so you will get and give lots of feedback throughout the course. Enjoy the honest conversation, support, and audience that a creative writing class offers; it's a built-in writing community that's hard to find outside the classroom. By writing fascinating and shockingly original short stories, you will learn how to generate ideas, how to revise, and how to overcome obstacles. You will read, discuss, and write about well-published fiction. Together, we will cultivate your passion for writing that has brought you to this class.
Class will meet from 2:00 pm until 4:20 pm, Monday through Thursday.
ENG 385 Literature of Nature (a literature course)
“The question of all questions for mankind—the problem which underlies all others and which is more deeply interesting than any other—is the ascertainment of the place which man occupies in nature” (T. H. Huxley).
In this course, we'll read what great writing minds have thought about humanity's place in the natural world. We'll write and converse in ways that integrate our own experiences into the larger literary context. We'll learn from great literature—and from each other—about the central question of human existence: what is our relationship to the world around us?
Class will meet from 6:00 pm until 8:20 pm, Monday through Thursday.
About the Instructor
Bill Gillard is a refugee from the high cost of living in his ancestral homeland of New Jersey. He lives with his wife and daughters in Appleton and teaches creative writing and literature at the University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley, where he is an Assistant Professor of English. His writing has appeared in over twenty-five publications, including Writer’s Chronicle, The Poetry Journal, Chiron Review, The Literary Review, Spitball, Review Americana, Surprising Stories, The Wisconsin Poet's Calendar, and The Encyclopedia of Native American Literature among others. He received an M.F.A. in creative writing from Fairleigh Dickinson University and an M.A. in literature from Montclair State University, both in New Jersey. An award-winning teacher, he was named a 2008 Kaplan Fellow for outstanding service to the UW-Fox community.
Contacts for Registration
Cathy Paynter at UW-Fox Valley at 920-832-2636 or via email.
For more information or to register online, visit the UW-Fox Valley website.
Carol Olson at Trees For Tomorrow at 715-479-6456 or via email.
