News release form the University of Saint Francis:
USF Welcomes Novelist Chris Bachelder
(October 27, 2015) — The University of Saint Francis School of Liberal Arts and Sciences is opening its Sullivan Reading Series for the 2015-2016 academic year with a presentation by renowned novelist Chris Bachelder on Thursday, November 5 at 7 p.m. in the USF Cougar Den on the university’s main campus, 2701 Spring Street.
Bachelder is the author of novels such as “Bear v. Shark¸” “US!” and “Lessons in Virtual Tour Photography,” as well as “The Throwback Special,” which will be published this spring and is already being serialized in the Paris Review. Bachelder’s prose is highly regarded, combining humor, sadness and loneliness.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact assistant professor Weston Cutter at wcutter@sf.edu or at 260.399.7700, ext. 8113.
About the University of Saint Francis
The University of Saint Francis is celebrating its 125th anniversary in 2015. Founded in 1890 as a comprehensive university in the Catholic Franciscan tradition, USF offers more than 80 undergraduate and graduate programs through the School of Health Sciences, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Keith Busse School of Business and Entrepreneurial Leadership and School of Creative Arts. In addition to its traditional programs, the university designs focused curricula for working adults in Fort Wayne, Crown Point and online. The university will open a Downtown Fort Wayne Campus in the fall of 2016 that will feature business, entrepreneurship and music technology programs. Approximately 2,300 students from a broad geographic region currently attend USF for its academic excellence.