Reinhardt's Masters of Fine Arts Receives Accreditation

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WALESKA, GA -- Reinhardt University on Monday announced that its Mater of Fine Arts in creative writing has received accreditation from Southern Association of Colleges and Schools - Commission on Colleges.

The university was informed March 10 that the program received accreditation from SACS COC. The Etowah Valley MFA program is seven semesters with five individual studies, four online courses, three writing residences and one book.

The program kicks off this summer with a 10-day summer residency, and the deadline to enroll is April 18. Scholarship are available for students.

“Reinhardt University’s move to launch a low-residency MFA program in creative writing is palpable evidence of our commitment to providing graduate education for students who cannot take two or three years out of their professional life or family obligations to pursue their educational goals,” said Dr. Mark Roberts, vice president and dean for Academic Affairs and professor of English at Reinhardt University. “The low-residency model — where students enroll in individual studies with a ‘writing guide’ and in online courses during the fall and spring and then spend 10 days in the summer learning and writing among a community of respected literary artists — is not only convenient, it is a proven model that provides quality teaching through in-depth, personalized instruction.”

The program will bring together writers of many different worlds and teach them varied styles from fiction and creative-nonfiction to poetry and scriptwriting. The low-residency program is geared to help those with career and family obligations further their education.

With the MFA in creative writing, Reinhardt University is taking over the James Dickey Review, a publication most recently led by Lynchburg College in Virginia. Dickey’s family hailed from Cherry Log, Georgia, and his famous novel, Deliverance, was based on the flooding of the Coosawattee River to make Carter’s Lake.

In celebration of the MFA in creative writing and the new home of the James Dickey Review, Raymond Atkins and Jim May will read from their new books and sign copies at 2 p.m. March 16 at Reinhardt’s Hill Freeman Library and Spruill Learning Center.

On March 23, the Panel of Georgia Writers will be held at 7 p.m. at Reinhardt’s Funk Heritage Center. Christopher Martin, Bill Walsh, Lynn Pedersen and Jeff Clemmons will share and discuss poems and stories that Georgia life has inspired for them. The writers’ panel event is co-sponsored with Reinhardt by the Allatoona Arts Center and the Allatoona Book Festival.

More information on faculty involved in the program, as well as additional information, can be found online.

For program specifics, contact Dr. Donna Little, program director, at (770) 720-5582 or dlc@reinhardt.edu. For admissions information, contact Hilary Martin, graduate admissions coordinator, at (770) 720-5760 or gradadmissions@reinhardt.edu.

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