Summer/Fall 2025
THE MASTHEAD SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY ENGLISH GRADUATE STUDENT NEWSLETTER SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY ENGLISH GRADUATE PROGRAMS CONTACT INFORMATION Keja Valens
Coordinator, English Graduate Programs kvalens@salemstate.edu 978.542.7050
Scott Nowka
Chair, English Coordinator, Certificate in Digital Studies snowka@salemstate.edu 978.542.7183
IMPORTANT PROGRAM DATES • February 18–March 14 – Revere Beach Stories: Photographs and Poems by Stephenie Young, Jennifer Martelli, and Kevin Carey, Winfisky Gallery, ECC
SPRING 2025 MARCH
• April 7 – Intention to complete a thesis or manuscript in Summer or Fall 2025 due • April 7 – Summer and Fall 2025 Registration Opens for current students
Sovicheth Boun
APRIL
• April 14 – Summer and Fall 2025 Registration Opens for all students • April 15 – Thesis and manuscript proposals and application for thesis and manuscript registration for Summer and Fall 2025 due
Amy Minett
• April 23 – Graduate Student Reading, 7:30 pm, MLK Room, ECC
Coordinator, Certificate in Writing and Rhetoric aminett@salemstate.edu 978.542.2621
directory.salemstate.edu/english School of Graduate Studies 978.542.6323
• March 10 – Writer’s Series: Shanyang Fang and MP Carver, 7:30 pm, MLK Room, ECC • March 31 – Faculty Reading, 11 am, MLK Room, ECC
Coordinator, Writing Center al.deciccio@salemstate.edu 978.542.3007
English Department Faculty
• March 5 – Language Exam
• March 15 – Graduation applications due (through Navigator)
Al DeCiccio
Coordinator, TESOL Graduate Programs sboun@salemstate.edu 978.542.3071
• March 1 – Masters in English Regional Conference, Bridgewater State University
• May 1 – Final theses and manuscripts, with all signed paperwork, due for spring graduation
MAY
• May 1 – Intention to complete a portfolio in Summer or Fall 2025 and application for portfolio registration due • May 2 – Research Day, Classroom Building, Bertolon School of Business (Harrington/Central Campus) • May 9 – Last day of Spring classes
SUMMER 2025
• June 13 – Application for July Language Exam due to School of Graduate Studies • July 12 – Language Exam