Be a Social Media Rockstar

Confused by the semiotic implications of #? Not sure who or what you’re @? Not to worry!

Roosevelt University will be hosting a series of lectures on Friday, September 28, in celebration of social media week. RU MFA alum Katie Leimkuehler will be co-hosting a panel, titled Be A Social Media Rockstar, which will help you learn the skills to launch your social media path to success!

Understanding social media as a form of marketing is an invaluable tool for all writers who wish to reach the highest number of readers. Join the discussion—3:30-4:30, Wabash Building room 612. Free to all RU students! Register here!

Let it never be said that Roosevelt MFA is not a proponent of winter sports!

Katie "Big Screen or Big SKI-reen?" Leimkuehler

 
While Chicago may not have mountains, gondola lifts, or John Cusak going down a mountain really fast, some of us in the city remain passionate defenders of Skiing as a legitimate wintertime activity.  Recent Roosevelt  MFA alum Katie Leimkuehler would certainly count herself among this group.  Never one to be limited to the prose writing she persued while a Roosevelt student, Katie is currently writing a screenplay based on the life of her grandfather Paul “Bud” Leimkuehler. Paul was a successful speed skater who, after losing a leg in World War Two, created his own prosthetic leg as well as the world's first system of ski outriggers than enabled him to become a master downhill skier. 

Paul Leimkuehler was inducted into both the Ski Hall of Fame and the Disabled Ski Hall of Fame for his persistence and ingenuity, which allowed future generations of disabled person to pursue a sport which might have previously been closed off to them. 

Katie currently has a trailer for the film, Ski Pioneer, in the running at the International Movie Trailer Festival.  You can view the work and vote for her entry here.

RU MFA Graduate Reading This Tuesday

It's sad, but it's true, they're leaving us!  This Tuesday, join us in celebrating the work of Marynia Kolak, Katie Leimkuehler, and Brittany Turski at their Graduate Reading.  With beautiful work in both Fiction and Nonfiction, the evening promises to be a literary event worth celebrating.  The reading will be in the Gage Gallery (18 S Michigan Ave) at 5:30.  Coffee and refreshments will be offered before the reading, so get there early to reserve your seat.  We hate to see these talented women go, but we love to hear them read!

photo by the name is Josh

Graduate Reading!

Spring 2011 Graduate Reading

Tuesday April 26th 5:30 p.m.

Gage Gallery

OH

MY

GOSH!

Save the Date! Come out and hear our lovely graduates read their work.