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College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Students from Mason's Field School, in collaboration with the West Virginia Folklife Program, traveled throughout West Virginia, recording oral history interviews with coal miners, musicians, and artists.

Fall for the Book will turn 20 years old in style with a star-studded lineup of headliners including novelists Tayari Jones, Elizabeth Kostova, and Elizabeth Strout; YA author Angie Thomas; and Congressman John Lewis. Other major writers will include Paul Hawken, Tom McAllister, Leslie Pietrzyk, Khaled Beydoun, and Katharine Weber.

At its degree celebrations, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences sends off its doctors, masters, and bachelors with an enthusiastic salute.

Tom LeGro, BA English ’98, MFA Creative Writing ’01, is a senior producer for video at The Washington Post, part of a team that won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for investigative journalism. Photo credit: The Washington Post.