News
English Majors Receive College of 
Liberal Arts Scholarships
Two undergraduate English majors, Bonnie Jean Shamp and Caroline Wilkinson, were awarded College of Liberal Arts scholarships in September 2004. The Department congratulates these two for their hard work and dedication to the program.
Bonnie Jean Shamp, sophomore, graduated from Auburn High School and enjoys studying English because for her, "to study English is to study the important questions of life: how to live, how to love, how to embrace the human condition in its folly and frailty while ever searching for the divine."
Caroline Wilkinson, also a sophomore and Auburn High School graduate, will receive a minor in History. She is involved in Alpha Lambda Delta, Phi Eta Sigma, The National Society of Collegiate Scholars, College of Democrats, and Alpha Delta Pi. Caroline would like to go to graduate school and become a professor or writer.
The College of Liberal Arts Annual Scholarship Scramble Golf Tournament funded the awards. The English Department this year was represented by George Crandell, Betsy Smith, Tim Dykstal, and Keith Gibson.
Barbara Mowat, Alum and Former Faculty Member, Presents Lecture
Alum Barbara Mowat (BS, PhD), Director of Academic Programs at the Folger Shakespeare Library spoke on Thursday, October 21 at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art. Mowat's talk was entitled "Shakespeare's Reading/Reading Shakespeare." Mowat was also initiated into Phi Beta Kappa as a distinguished alum. She also met in informal gatherings of students and faculty throughout the day in the Department of English.
Her lecture was a part of the Department of English Symposium Series for 2004-2005 and was co-sponsored by the Department of History, Phi Beta Kappa, the College of Liberal Arts, the Herzfeld Lecture Fund, and the Auburn University Lectures Committee.
Dr. Mowat earned both a bachelor's degree in mathematics and a doctorate in English from Auburn University and served as an English Department faculty member and editor of the Southern Humanities Review. She was also a founding member of the Ascent of Man program, now called the Human Odyssey.
Endowments
Two endowments have been established for the English Department.
The Ruth Lowe Brittin and Norman A. Brittin Endowment for Fellowships in the Department of English in the College of Liberal Arts has been created for PhD students who have completed their general doctoral exams and are enrolled in dissertation hours. The Brittins were faculty members in the Department.
The Jean Wickstrom Liles Endowment for Scholarships in English in the College of Liberal Arts has been created for undergraduate majors in English.
For more information about how to contribute to the English Department, please visit our Contributing site.
MTPC Alumni - Where They Are Now
The Master of Technical and Professional Communication program, established in 2000,
educates students in the theory and practice of technical and professional communication, and prepares them for positions as technical communicators in industry, business, government, and academe, as well as for advanced positions as senior writers and editors, information analysts, and communication managers.
Three classes of MTPC students have graduated; check out what they're doing with their degrees. For more information about the MTPC program, please visit our Graduate Studies website.
John C. Campbell |
John is a technical writer with Gallagher Financial Systems in Brentwood, Tennessee. |
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Kelly S. Messerschmidt |
Kelly is a technical writer for Robinson & Associates in Birmingham, Alabama, an organization that specializes in applied physics and accident reconstructions. She is also a part-time teacher of communication at Samford University in Birmingham. |
| Christopher Miller MTPC 2004 |
After completing the requirements for the MTPC degree in December 2004, Chris Miller returned to work as a surface warfare officer in Norfolk, VA on the USS ANZIO, a guided missile cruiser.
After retiring from the Navy in about eight years, he hopes to teach technical writing at a local college in Virginia. |
William Shurtz |
Will works as a Practice Group Assistant in the Intellectual Property Division of Sutherland, Asbill, and Brennan in Atlanta. ASB is one of the ten largest law firms in Atlanta. |
Cindy M. Staudt |
Cindy lives in the Washington, DC metro area. She is currently an editor for the Bureau of Economic Analysis, part of the Department of Commerce in downtown DC. She edits articles and other materials published in the Survey of Current Business, a monthly journal that delivers information and numbers of industrial, regional, national, and international economics. She also does desktop publishing and participates in the overall publication of the journal. |
Paul Wamsted |
Paul works with Auburn University Montgomery's Center for Business and Economic Development, a human resources consulting organization in Montgomery, Alabama. |
Angela Woods |
Angela is a Technical Writer/Editor II with Northrop Grumman Mission Systems in Aurora, Colorado. She was hired at an advanced level because of her MTPC degree. Northrup Grumman is the second largest military defense contractor in the country and services all three branches of the military. |
Alise Chabaud Hagan
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Alise, formerly an Instructional Technologies Designer with TSYS Education, TSYS, Columbus, Georgia, is now Coordinator of Technical Communication with the National Center for Biomedical Research and Training, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. |
Heather Lord |
Heather is a doctoral student in Management at Auburn University. |
Nathan Meier |
After completing a paid technical communication internship in summer 2003 with Mirant Corporation in Atlanta, Georgia, Nate is now a technical communicator writing and editing grant proposals in the Office of Research and Graduate Studies at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. |
Amanda Ray |
Amanda is working for RayPress Corporation in Birmingham, Alabama, starting a web magazine titled Narrow Web Now. |
Lowell C. Lambert |
After working as a technical writer with Resource Medical Solutions in Birmingham, Alabama, Lowell is now an ASP Consultant for Televex Software in Mobile, Alabama. He also has been accepted into the MEd Higher Education Administration at AU. |
Kaytreus Pertillo |
After holding a tenure-track position at Griffin Technical College in Griffin, Georgia, Kaytreus served as an academic advisor at the University of Georgia and as an adjunct instructor in English at Gainesville College in Gainesville, Georgia. She is currently an academic advisor at Clayton College and State University in Clayton, Georgia. |
Please visit the Alumni Notes for updates on English alum.
Newsworthy
During the semester, we have reported on the activities of faculty and students in the English Department in our weekly newsletter, The English Channel. Each week we highlight a student or faculty's accomplishments. Please view the newsworthy collection for 2003-2004 and 2004-2005.
Faculty Book Publications
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; books published before 2000 are listed after the most recent books. We will honor faculty and note their achievements at the Spring awards ceremony planned for April 21.
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Last updated January 11, 2005