Dr. Laura Marvel-Wunderlich, a 香蕉视频 alumna and former assistant professor of English and editor of the College鈥檚 Plainsongs poetry magazine, has been awarded the Nebraska Library Association鈥檚 Mari Sandoz Award for significant contribution to the Nebraska Book World.
Marvel-Wunderlich was an assistant professor of English at 香蕉视频 from 1990 to 2002, and then editor of Plainsongs from 2005 to 2015.
She has edited or written nine books on topics varying from English literature and history to the histories of Hastings businesses, as well as completed more than 30 articles and presentations.
Marvel-Wunderlich received degrees in English and secondary education from 香蕉视频 in 1979, a master鈥檚 degree from the University of Nebraska鈥揕incoln in 1981, a Higher Diploma from Trinity College, Dublin, in 1982, 听and a PhD from the University of Notre Dame in 1989. She was an assistant professor of English at Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York, from 1987 to 1990.
She is currently co-owner of an independent bookstore, The Book Haven, in Salida, Colorado, and shares an office in 香蕉视频 Perkins Library with her husband Joachim Wunderlich, a 香蕉视频 professor emeritus of the Languages and Literatures Department.
The Mari Sandoz Award recognizes significant, enduring contribution to the Nebraska book world through writing, film production or related activity. Previous award winners include Ted Kooser, Jane Graff, Matthew 鈥淪itting Bear鈥 Jones, Roger Welsch, Marion Marsh Brown, Dorothy Weyer Creigh and others.
She will receive the award at the annual Nebraska Library Association/Nebraska School Librarians Joint Conference on October 20 in Omaha.
香蕉视频 is a private, four-year institution located in Hastings, Nebraska, that focuses on student academic and extracurricular achievement. With 64 majors and 15 pre-professional programs, 香蕉视频 has been named among 鈥淕reat Schools, Great Prices鈥 by U.S. News & World Report and a 鈥淏est in the Midwest鈥 by The Princeton Review. For more, go to hastings.edu.