By Marissa Massare, Living and Arts Editor
Susquehanna F.U.S.E., the Forum for Undergraduate Student Editors, will leave Selinsgrove and head to Widener University for the annual F.U.S.E. National Conference from Nov. 7 to Nov. 9.
F.U.S.E., which started as a club at Susquehanna, has blossomed to a division of the national organization for other colleges and universities.
Last year’s conference was held at Susquehanna, but this year members of Susquehanna F.U.S.E. will get the opportunity to meet students from other F.U.S.E. organizations to discuss this year’s conference theme: collaboration.
Collaboration is an important aspect in the editing world. According to the F.U.S.E. National website, “Editing is a collaborative endeavor. We share the workload by assuming different duties – genre editor, social media coordinator, blog manager, etc.”
Attendees of the conference will also attend a keynote presentation, student workshops, open mics as well as other F.U.S.E discussions.
At the conference, students from every F.U.S.E. chapter in attendance will get the chance to present a panel on a topic of their choosing.
Susquehanna’s F.U.S.E. director, senior Patrick Durney, along with junior Jason Ferris and senior Hannah Phillips, will present a panel together at the conference.
Their panel will discuss the small press class offered at Susquehanna. The class gives students the opportunity to create a press of their own, collect submissions of work from students and then pick a student’s work to publish in their very own chapbook.
Durney is excited to have the opportunity to take so many Susquehanna F.U.S.E. members to the conference.
“I am excited because it gives an opportunity for students to network and meet people from other schools,” Durney said.
After planning the conference that was held at Susquehanna last year, Durney is also relieved that the planning is put on someone else’s shoulders this year.
“It’s relieving because now I can attend the conference as a student for my last [F.U.S.E] conference,” he added.
The F.U.S.E. National conference features individual F.U.S.E. chapters from schools such as Cabrini University, SUNY Geneseo and Cedar Crest College.
F.U.S.E. meets at 4:15 p.m. every Wednesday in Fisher Hall, room 223.
