MFA Prospective Student Open House

Monday, March 21, 2016 2:15 PM EDT
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2:15pm-3:00pm - Campus Tour | Robinson Hall A, Room 487

The campus tour starts at 2:15pm in Robinson Hall A, Room 487 (English Department main office). Tour stops may include: the Johnson Center (food court, bookstore, library, cinema etc), Fenwick Library, The Fitness and Aquatic Center, the Phoebe and So to Speak journal offices, and the Center for the Arts Concert Hall, etc.

3:00pm-4:15pm - Meet & Greet | Johnson Center, Meeting Room B

The meet & greet is a great place to mingle with current students, faculty and the program director. Bring your questions about the program and get answers and feedback in a casual setting. Refreshments will be served.

4:30pm-7:10pm - Attend a Class | Robinson Hall B, Room 105

ENGH 751: Advanced Fiction Workshop

Seating is limited. Please RSVP so we can provide the instructor with visitor’s names.*

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4:30pm-7:10pm - Attend a Class | Robinson Hall A, Room 245

ENGH 617: Poetry Workshop

Seating is limited. Please RSVP so we can provide the instructor with visitor’s names.*

7:30pm - Visiting Writer Reading: Porochista Khakpour | Johnson Center, Room 321

Porochista Khakpour is the author of two novels, Sons And Other Flammable Objects, a New York Times “Editor’s Choice,” and The Last Illusion, which was named by NPR as one of the “Best Books of 2014.” Her other essays and stories have appeared in or are forthcoming in Harper’s, The New York Times, The Paris Review Daily, Elle, Spin, Slate, Salon, Poets and Writers, The Rumpus, Guernica, Departures, Paper, Flaunt, Nylon, Bidoun, Alef, and Canteen, among others.

 

*RSVP & Questions

Contact Alex Walsh (awalsh7@gmu.edu) with any questions and to RSVP. If you’d like to RSVP, please include your name and genre.