Students in the Minnesota Writers class, taught by Writing Studies BA Program Coordinator and Professor Dr. Beard, interviewed local writers in Minnesota and have been writing profiles on them for the Lake Superior Writers.
Cassie Zortman, a freshman majoring in elementary education with a minor in English, interviewed UMD Teaching Assistant Professor Lynn Wohlwend. Zortman wrote that she was drawn to Wohlwend's unlikely educational journey, connecting the professor's BS in Zoology to an eventual MFA in Creative Writing to her own experience switching from Nursing School to Education and English.
By the end of their interview, Zortman wrote that Wohlwend had "told [her] about what it means to grow, to change paths, to experiment, and to learn."
Read more from the profile at Lake Superior Writers.
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