Category: Announcement
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Pure Delight with Ginger and Pesky
By Verlyn Flieger Can two cats, a squirrel, a rat, and a tree nourish a flourishing friendship? In Verlyn Flieger’s Ginger and Pesky they can! This collection of short stories, with delightful artwork provided by Jenny Gosselin, explores the companionship and conversations among these unlikely friends, who offer many surprising insights into the deeper realities…
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Ovid’s Metamorphoses in the Collaboratory
Lauren Allen’s Ovid’s Metamorphoses: A Student Edition is now starting to appear in the Collaboratory Circulation Library. This will be a long-term project perfect for anyone who wants to take Latin study to the next level. Lauren guides readers through the Latin text, assisting with vocabulary and grammar but allowing readers to read and translate…
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Searching for Support: Graduate Students & Mental Health
By Michael Astle A 2022 paper on university students’ use of mental health services analysed 44 studies across 8 countries on 6 continents, yet only 1 of those studies even considered graduate students. While mental health services for undergraduates have significantly improved in recent years, my efforts to find any university with information specifically for…
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New Serial Release from Verlyn Flieger!
Verlyn Flieger has a new novel in the Collaboratory Circulation Library with the first several chapters available. Chancer and the Orphan Child: A girl who doesn’t know her name and speaks only in jump-rope rhymes… A young man washed up from apparently nowhere with no past… An Inn with more than a hint of magic… …
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Signum Tutorials are OPEN!
From help with a paper to a mentor’s expertise directing your independent research to a writing coach giving you feedback on your novel, the day has come. Our Tutors have been signing up enthusiastically — so how do you get matched with the right ones?
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Answering Lucy’s Mythmoot Questions
By Michael Raymond Astle Once upon a time, not so long ago, Sam was walking the hallowed halls of Signum University when he spied young Lucy. Knowing it was her first year, he thought he’d go chat with her. “Hey Lucy,” said Sam. “Hi,” Lucy replied. “Are you going to Mythmoot this year?” he asked.…
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Year of the Novel
Is this the year for your novel? In the Creative Writing sector of SPACE, we conceive of our written work developmentally: Welcome to Launching Your Seedling Story, a series of three modules designed to support writers in the seedling stage of creating a novel. In June, it’s Character and Voice with Christopher Bartlett — click…
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The Storyweb Podcast
In this inaugural episode of the Storyweb series, Christopher Bartlett interviews Sparrow Alden about her history and process as a writer. They discuss A Flash of Wings, Sparrow’s anthology of flash fiction that appears in the Signum University Collaboratory. Link to Episode 1 Find all the Signum Scene podcasts here and look for the Storyweb…
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Spring SPACE Showcase!
We are excited to share a Spring SPACE Showcase on Saturday, May 3rd in celebration of the continuing growth of the SPACE program. SPACE is Signum’s for-fun, no-credit, one month continuing ed classes for adults who want to learn what they love for the pure joy of it. The Spring Showcase will feature free 30-minute…
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Our Favorite Free Things at Signum
Signum University has many opportunities for learning and fun, and some of those are absolutely free. The Mythgard Institute is the Cool Free Stuff arm of the university, featuring some of the scholars and personalities of the university sharing what they love most. Many friends of the University have come to us through Mythgard —…