Bauer and Sisk Win Service Awards
Dr. Margaret Bauer and Jennifer Sisk were awarded the 2021-2022 Department Service Award.
During her 25th year as editor, Bauer supervised the revision of the website for the award-winning magazine, the North Carolina Literary Review. In addition, she proposed two new initiatives: a performance poetry contest and soliciting pedagogical content. In spring 2022, she wrote the NC humanities grant proposal for a “teaching North Carolina literature” initiative, which was one of the six grants she wrote that year. She was also a part of North Carolina’s Chapter of Writers for Democratic Action.
Sisk served as the chair of the fixed-term faculty committee and was a member of the asset mapping committee, the Bertie Fearing in Teaching Excellence committee, and the Library Committee. She organized a school/supply book donation drive for HB Sugg elementary. Her students also donated over 200 items to the purple pantry to support ECU students struggling with food insecurity.