Spring Fling

Steve has gotten to know his professors in the graduate program pretty well. He has developed a unique relationship with one in particular, who shares many of the same interests and ideas and goals for writing. During one of their long walks together discussing life and literature, Steve decided the time was right to ask this mentor if he would please pretty please be the chair of his thesis committee. But Steve couldn't simply open his mouth and ask- he needed to make an impression, do something special for a special teacher. With the help of some other students, this is what he came up with:

 He decorated the professor's office door and then made sure several of his colleagues had taken note, before fessing up. The answer was yes, by the way. And no, Steve had never asked me out that elaborately.

Steve also recently went on a writer's retreat near Capitol Reef in southern Utah with his cohort and several professors. This fancy sleepover was "not bad," according to my source.

Wrapping up this semester, Steve was invited to read a short story he had written in the BYU English Reading Series. You can watch the reading online here. Steve has done excellent academically, scoring a new scholarship for next year and a creative writing teaching internship. 

However, I still beat him at Scrabble.
And blacklight mini golf.