English Conference

On Monday I attended Panel 8 and Panel 17 of the English Undergraduate Conference. Panel 8 was a creative writing panel in which two young women shared very emotional pieces. The first woman shared her prose piece called "Silence" in which she shared what she remembered about her father and his passing when she was only eight years old. It was very touching and inspiring how she was able to share something so personal with complete strangers. The second woman read several of her works. They were all very well written.

Panel 17 was about Identities. The first of the three women to present read a paper that she wrote about how inspired she was when she saw Bill Stickland give a speech at IUP. The second read a paper that she wrote about Islamic phobia and the third read a paper she wrote about Spanish customs. The most interesting fact that I learned was during the third presentation. I did not know prior to the presentation how important family is to Spaniards and how different their customs are compared to ours.