On a little afternoon walk with my son.

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And you thought your last teleconference was rough!

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It was Mrs. White with the revolver in the ballroom. #winning

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Dennis G. Jerz | Associate Professor of English -- New Media Journalism, Seton Hill University | jerz.setonhill.edu Logo

In May, 2000, I was blogging about the ‘I Love You’ virus, hacking URLs, PG Wodehouse, and Pez poetry

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Jaw-dropping moments of insight and humanity. So funny, so edgy, so affirming! I did not expect #PPTPlaytime “The Boougie Gentleman” to play me like that. Wow! @thepublicpgh

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Masked up, so I don’t infect you, in case you are in a vulnerable group. Feeling healthy. Not afraid. Just being decent to fellow humans.

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Sherlock Holmes and The Woman (daughter and I rehearsing for a live recording Friday afternoon)

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Spring 2020 Quarantine Grades Submitted

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My brother set my parents up for a Mother’s Day video call.

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#PPTPlaytime Tartuffe @thepublicpgh (Looking forward to Part 2 of this live videoconference production tomorrow)

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Seton Hill graduates its last “New Media Journalism” major this year.

The English program is not going anywhere, but Seton Hill is graduating its last “New Media Journalism” major this year. Likewise, students who graduate under the current catalog won’t get diplomas that say “Literature” or “Creative Writing.” This was a step that the English faculty took on our own initiative, in the context of a…