UNC gets $666,000 for writers' visits
Published: Wed, Jul. 02, 2008 01:51PM
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closeCHAPEL HILL -- A new writing course at UNC-Chapel Hill will bring half a dozen accomplished authors to campus each semester as visiting professors whose works the students will study. The writers will also give public readings.
The "Living Writers" course was made possible by a gift announced Tuesday from investment firm manager Sallie Shuping-Russell of Chapel Hill.
Shuping-Russell's contribution of $666,000 will be supplemented by a grant from a state endowment trust that will bring the full amount to $1 million.
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The course will become a model for the study of contemporary literature, Michael McFee, director of the university's creative writing program, said in a statement issued by UNC-CH.
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