English Office: Humanities 124
Phone: 320-589-6257
Office Hours: Summer hours are M-F, 2:30-3:15, and by appointment. Check back for fall hours.
Service-Learning Office: Faculty Center for Learning and Teaching
Phone: 320-589-6271
Office Hours: By appointment
Writing Room Tutor
Writing Room: 327 Briggs Library
Writing Room Hours: check back for fall hours.
Member, Queer Issues Committee
Advisor to Equality, UMM's glbt and allied organization
Phone: 320-589-6091
Queer Resource Center Hours: Check back for fall hours; no summer hours
Queer Resource Center is located in the basement of the Student Center
As an instructor of English, Argie teaches three courses each year, including Fundamentals of Writing, College Writing, Introduction to Creative Writing, and Advanced Creative Writing, Fiction. In addition, she works with students in groups and one-on-one in directed studies in creative writing and community-based writing. Most of her courses are taught in conjunction with a service-learning project with elder partners in the community. NOTE: A webpage about the service learning partnership between students in writing courses and West Wind Village residents is coming soon! Check back for fall syllabi. For more information about UMM's English Discipline, Click here
Argie is also the service-learning coordinator at UMM. In this role, she works with students, faculty, and community members to create lasting partnerships between students in UMM courses and community organizations and agencies. She helps faculty, students, and community partners create projects that meet course goals and community needs, works with faculty on developing syllabi and reflection materials, helps community partners with assessment and planning for projects, and facilitates training and reflection activities for students. For more information about UMM's Service Learning Program, Click here
Argie writes and publishes poems and original creative work and serves the community in many capacities. Below are some links that will provide more information.
Click here for Argie's CV, an overview of her professional work
Click here for GLBT and Allied Resources at UMM
For some of Argie's favorite quotes and links to the English Discipline, go to Argie's Link from the English Discipline Website
Here are some photos from our presentation at the National Service Learning Conference in 2004. This is the third time a team of faculty, students, and community parnters have presented at this conference, and our sixth conference presentation in all. From left to right: Annie Olson (student), Brandie Nelson (student), Lisa Denzer (community partner), Nicole Zanin (student), Jennifer Rothchild (faculty), Andy Hostetler (faculty), and Argie Manolis (faculty, service learning coordinator).
