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Just as his new book draws on his travels, English professor Chris Fink helps students find and express their personal experiences through their writings and guides them through the publishing process with the Beloit Fiction Journal.

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<article class="inner"><div class="story-block-left"><h5 class="story-block-meta">Sculpture at the Confluence</h5><h4 class="story-block-title">A Meaningful Collaboration</h4><div class="story-block-text">The first public sculpture to be erected in South Beloit, Illinois, honors the area’s Ho-Chunk heritage and the tribe’s continuing verve. The initial idea for the artwork emerged from a Beloit College class taught by Professor of Art History Jo Ortel, shown at the September dedication with Ezra Rogers’19, one of the student leaders behind the project.</div><a class="story-block-link" href="/live/news/747-a-meaningful-collaboration">More</a><br/><div class="story-block-related"><ul><li class="lw_related_page"><a href="/academics/art-and-art-history/" target="_blank">Art & Art History</a></li><li class="lw_related_page"><a href="/academics/environmental-studies/" target="_blank">Environmental Studies</a></li><li class="lw_related_page"><a href="/wright/" target="_blank">Wright Museum of Art</a></li></ul></div></div><div class="story-block-right"><img src="/live/image/gid/113/width/570/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2304/2923_0p_RXGVw.rev.1570050362.jpg" alt="A Meaningful Collaboration"/></div></article><div class="easter-egg easter-egg-1 left skrollable skrollable-between" data-0="transform:translateX(-125%)" data-500="transform:translateX(-25%)"><img src="/live/image/gid/113/width/300/1325_Pennant.rev.1567016537.png" alt="Founded in 1846, Beloit is Wisconsin’s oldest college."/><span class="easter-egg-caption" style="-webkit-transform: translateX(55%);transform: translateX(55%);top: calc(100% - 70px);">Founded in 1846, Beloit is Wisconsin’s oldest college.</span></div><div class="yline yline-2 skrollable skrollable-between" data-0="height:0px;" data-1000="height:0px;" data-2000="height:750px;" style="background-image:url('/live/image/gid/3/1411_Line_2.rev.1564620572.png');"/>

<article class="inner"><div class="story-block-left"><img src="/live/image/gid/12/width/600/src_region/0,0,3200,2133/3381_Beloit_9-13-18_0268.rev.1573853825.jpg" alt="Jonathan Dudley’20 talks with Professor Beatrice McKenzie and classmate Joanna Furlan’20" class="lw_image" width="600"/><div class="story-block-caption">Jonathan Dudley’20 talks with Professor Beatrice McKenzie and classmate Joanna Furlan’20</div></div><div class="story-block-right"><h5 class="story-block-meta"> Reaching Kids with Gospel and Local History</h5><h4 class="story-block-title">History, Music Come Together</h4><div class="story-block-text">Jonathan Dudley’20 incorporated his love for music and history into one experience last summer—one that his McNair Scholar mentor and major advisor Professor of History Beatrice McKenzie knew would fit him perfectly.</div><a class="story-block-link" href="/live/news/978-history-music-come-together">More</a><div class="story-block-related"><ul><li class="lw_related_page"><a href="/academics/history/" target="_blank">History</a></li><li class="lw_related_page"><a href="/offices/mcnair-scholars/" target="_blank">McNair Scholars</a></li><li class="lw_related_page"><a href="/academics/music/" target="_blank">Music</a></li></ul></div></div></article><div class="easter-egg easter-egg-2 placeholder right skrollable skrollable-between" data-1200="transform:translateX(125%)" data-1700="transform:translateX(25%)"><img src="/live/image/gid/113/width/300/1324_turtle-PNVVN25.rev.1564445064.png" alt="The turtle is Beloit’s unofficial mascot"/><span class="easter-egg-caption" style="top: 100% ;bottom: 0;">The turtle is Beloit’s unofficial mascot</span></div><div class="yline yline-3 skrollable skrollable-between" data-0="height:0px;" data-1500="height:0px;" data-2500="height:750px;" style="background-image:url('/live/image/gid/3/1412_Line_3.rev.1564610381.png');"/>

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