Who is Shepherd’s new Writer-In-Residence?
Marc Harshman has been appointed as Shepherd University’s Appalachian Heritage Writer-in-Residence., receiving the Appalachian Heritage Writer’s Award and includes a…
Story-telling Freshens Awareness of Appalachian Culture
(The Picket)-The multiculturalism of Appalachia has often been overlooked, a storyteller said Monday as part of Appalachian Heritage Festival Week…
Appalachian Heritage Writer-in-Residence and Appalachian Heritage Festival, Honoring Written Words, and Appalachian Culture.
(The Picket)- Not many of us have an impression of Appalachian Culture and what would be written work related to…
Dr. Marcia Brand, chair of search board for interim president announces new website
In an email sent to Shepherd University faculty earlier today, Dr. Marcia Brand, the head of the new Presidential search…
Appalachian Heritage Program Welcomes Homer Hickam to Campus
Shepherd University’s 2014 Appalachian Heritage Writer-in-Residence program “The Prodigious Tales of Homer Hickam: West Virginia’s Master Storyteller” opens this semester…
AHWIR Event: The Writing Life with Frank X Walker
Frank X Walker held a discussion of his works and his experience as a writer to a full house this…
Appalachian Music Jams Out at Shepherd
The 18th Annual Appalachian Heritage Festival started off its concert weekend with performances Friday night from artists John Lilly, Chelsea…
Frank X Walker Excites Campus
Frank X. Walker, the Kentucky Poet Laureate, spent this past week on Shepherd University’s campus as the 2013 Appalachian Heritage…
Frank X Walker Delivers Scarborough Lecture
Frank X. Walker, the 2013 Appalachian Heritage Writer-in-Residence, delivered the Scarborough Lecture titled “Voices from Affrilachia” and received the Appalachian…
Appalachian Heritage Writer-in-Residence Week Preview
The 2013 Appalachian Heritage Writer-in-Residence (AHWIR) week will be held Sept. 23-27. The resident writer this year will be Kentucky…
