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Advisory Council


Alise Chabaud Hagan and Dan Retzer represented the Advisory Council at the Department's Spring 2005 Awards Banquet.

Earlier this year an English Department Advisory Council was created.

The Advisory Council serves 1) to support excellence in the English Department's programs and activities; 2) to strengthen partnerships and networks with other academic, government, community, corporate, and private groups; and 3) to enhance the reputation of the Auburn University English Department, locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally.

The Advisory Council's first meeting was before the English Department's Spring 2005 Awards Ceremony on April 21.

The 12 members of the Advisory Council are:

Regina Dragoin Ammon, Librarian, Birmingham Public Library, Birmingham, AL
Kay Bains (Chair), Attorney, Bradley Arant, Birmingham, AL
Gwin Copeland, Associate General Council, Georgia Municipal Association, Atlanta, GA
George Crandell (ex officio), Professor and Head, Department of English, Auburn University
Dan Ennis, Associate Professor, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC
Patsy Fowler, Assistant Professor, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA
Alise Chabaud Hagan, Coordinator of Technical Communications, National Center for Biomedical Research & Training, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Paul Hotchkiss, Attorney, United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, Atlanta, GA
Max Jones, English Teacher, Auburn High School, Auburn, AL
G. William (Bill) Koon, Professor, Department of English, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
Dan Retzer, Vice President of Product Development and Software Engineering, Xcitek Solutions Plus, Inc., Birmingham, AL
Molly Smith, Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ

Alumni Professor - Isabelle Thompson

Isabelle Thompson, Professor and Coordinator of the English Center, has been awarded an Alumni Professorship, 2005-10.

Thompson was among five professors this year who were awarded the five-year Alumni Professorships sponsored by the Auburn Alumni Association, with funds endowed from Auburn Annual Giving. The awards are presented on the basis of research, publishing, and teaching. You can read about Thompson's research and teaching on the Department's web page.

In addition to the Alumni Professorship, the Alumni Association also honors professors with a Teaching Excellence Award. Nominations for the 2006 award are currently being accepted. For more information, visit the Alumni Association web site.

Alumni return for April in Auburn

The Department and the Birmingham Chapter of the Society of Technical Communication (STC) hosted the 6th annual April in Auburn meeting.

This year's meeting focused on writing proposals and grants. Among the alumni who attended, Nathan Meier talked about his experiences as a proposal writer at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

Alum Karrie Brock, Birmingham STC chapter president, announced that the chapter scholarship for Master of Technical and Professional Communication (MTPC) students has been renamed the Donald H. Cunningham Scholarship for Technical Communication. Don Cunningham was recognized for his outstanding achievement and contribution to the field of technical and professional communication.

Several first-year MTPC students received awards at the meeting:

Cecily Jackson, Donald H. Cunningham Scholarship for Technical Communication
Katie Wilder, Department of English Award for Excellence in Technical and Professional Communication
Diane Glanzer and Xiangrong Liu, Betty Travis Naugle Annual Fellowship in Technical and Professional Communication.

The meeting is held every April on Auburn's campus, giving students and STC members a chance to meet and interact while providing students with a network-friendly environment.

For more information about how to contribute to the English Department, please visit our Contributing site.

Department highlights

Visit other areas of our website for more information about the Department and read The English Channel for the Department's current news and activities.

World Literature Enrichment Resources

The World Literature program is planning a lecture by Sheldon Pollock, William B. Ransford Professor of Sanskrit and South Asian Studies at Columbia University, on November 7, and a film series.

Courses Offered

If you haven't looked at our course offerings lately, you might want to look at the undergraduate and graduate course descriptions.

English Center

The English Center offers an electronic consultant (interactive online chat) along with onsite tutoring for undergraduate students taking Freshman Composition and World Literature.

Faculty

Visit the new English Department web page highlighting faculty book publications. Books published from 2000 on appear in reverse chronological order with the book jacket.

If you want to learn more about what our faculty are doing, read their bios linked off the Department Directory.

Newsworthy

During the semeter, we report on the activities of faculty and students in the English Department in our weekly newsletter, The English Channel. Each week we highlight student and faculty accomplishments. Please view the newsworthy collection for 2003-2004 and 2004-2005.

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Last updated September 8, 2005