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April 21, 2004
Volume 6.30 		 

 

April in Auburn STC Meeting - "Dealing with Change"
E-portfolios Displayed at April in AuburnThis year's fourth annual April in Auburn meeting of the Society for Technical Communication (STC), Birmingham Chapter, was on Saturday, April 17. MTPC students introduced the speakers of the day-long event, which included Leigh Richardson of Optio Software, Inc., James Thomas of Command Alkon Inc., Melissa Womack of Computer Sciences Corporation, and English faculty member Keith Gibson with graduate students Elizabeth Childs and Julie Zorn. The theme of this year's event was "Dealing with Change."

Academic fellowships and awards in technical and professional communication for the 2003-04 academic year were presented by the previous year's award winners. Each of the current recipients receive $500. Please congratulate the following award winners:

Jessica Lueders & Christopher Miller
• The Betty Travis Naugle Fellowship in Technical and Professional Communication
 
Julie Zorn
• The Birmingham Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication Award for Excellence in Technical and Professional Communication
 
Elizabeth Childs & Rachel Kennedy
• Department of English Award for Academic Excellence in Technical and Professional Communication

View pictures from the April in Auburn STC meeting.

Constance Relihan, Alex Dunlop, Rhonda Powers, and Robin Bates Present Work at the 2004 Shakespeare Association of America Conference
Constance Relihan, Alex Dunlop, Rhonda Powers, and Robin Bates attended the 2004 Shakespeare Association of America conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, April 8–11.

The following table contains the names of the speakers, titles of their presentations, and the sessions during which their presentations took place.

Constance Relihan
• "The Ethnographic Function of Latin: Clouding the 'Glasse' for Women Readers" in the session "Women and Romance"
 
Alex Dunlop
• "The Epistemology of the Visual: The Case of Othello" in the session "Visual Cultures"
 
Rhonda Powers
• "Frances Howard, The Witch, and the Rhetoric of Divorce" in the session "Women and Performance in Early Modern Europe"
 
Robin Bates
• "'Ungodly Diversity': Private Dissent in the 1549 Book of Common Prayer" in the session "Before the Elizabethan Renaissance"
 

Article by Miriam Clark Appears in Spring Issue of Narrative
Miriam Clark's article, "Hemingway's Early Illness Narratives and the Lyric Dimensions of 'Now I Lay Me,'" appears in the spring issue of Narrative 12.2 (2004). View the contents and access articles in the issue.

This weekend, Clark will present a paper on William Carlos Williams at Vital Lines, Vital Signs, a conference on poetry and medicine sponsored by the Duke Center for Medical Ethics and the Humanities.

Instructor Teaching Award Recipients Announced
Corinne Andersen, Peter Huggins, and Raina Joines have been named this year's recipients of the Instructor Teaching Award. Congratulations!

Undergraduate Award Winners Announced
The undergraduate awards ceremony occurred on Thursday, April 15 at 3:00 pm at the reception for the English Symposium and 2004 Carl Benson Lecture.

View pictures from the undergraduate awards ceremony.

Phi Beta Kappa Initiates Four English Majors
Four English majors—Tressa Cook, Sarah Godwin, Wellon Lee, and Abby Whigham—have been elected to Phi Beta Kappa at Auburn University. They will be initiated at the annual Phi Beta Kappa banquet on April 28 at the Alumni Center.

This year Phi Beta Kappa faculty members elected a total of 19 students in the College of Sciences and Mathematics and 16 students in Liberal Arts for this top academic honor. At the same ceremony, Professor of English Emeritus Madison Jones will be initiated into Phi Beta Kappa as an honorary member.

The Phi Beta Kappa Society is the nation's oldest and most famous undergraduate honorary society, founded in 1776 at the College of William and Mary. Its purpose is to recognize and foster academic excellence in the traditional arts and sciences. View information on the history and current programs of Phi Beta Kappa.

Our department is well represented in the governance of Phi Beta Kappa: Joyce Rothschild is president and Drew Clark is secretary of the Auburn University chapter of Phi Beta Kappa for 2003–04. Timothy Dykstal served on the committee that carefully examined student transcripts and recommended students for election, and Bert Hitchcock chaired the committee on honorary and alumni members.

National Library Week - April 18–24 - Auburn University Libraries
Celebrate National Library Week at the Auburn University Libraries and compete to win a Nikon Coolpix 2100 digital camera! The week's events include seminars, music, and free food (BBQ and pizza).

View more information about the National Library Week activities.

EGO Meeting - Today - 3:00 pm - 3194 Haley Center
The English Graduate Organization (EGO) will meet today at 3:00 pm in 3194 Haley Center. Next year's EGO officers will be nominated and Hilary Wyss will discuss the graduate program. Reminder - 3:00 pm today is the deadline for submitting nominations for EGO Faculty appreciation awards.

Great Flicks - Tonight - 7:30 pm - 1203 Haley Center
Elizabeth (Kapur, 1998)
This is not a Shakespearean adaptation, but a film that attempts to convey what Shakespeare’s world was like—without the winking and in-jokes of Shakespeare in Love. Dealing primarily with the early years of Elizabeth’s rule, the tensions of being a female ruler in a patriarchal society, and the various political maneuvers and plots that surrounded her, the movie by Indian director Shekhar Kapur views its subject from a compelling, postcolonial distance.

Tonight's film is the last one that will be shown this semester. Visit the English Channel this fall to view the Great Flicks schedule.

Noche Lírica Poetry Recital of Spanish-Language Poetry - Thursday, April 22 - 7:00 pm - Pebble Hill
The Foreign Languages and Literatures Department is having a Noche Lírica poetry recital of Spanish-language poetry at Pebble Hill on Thursday, April 22 at 7:00 pm. Everyone is invited! Even if you don't understand Spanish, you can appreciate the beauty of the spoken language.

For more information, please email Jana Gutierrez, Assistant Professor of Spanish, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures.

Graduate Awards and Reception - Tuesday, May 4 - 4:30 - 7:00 pm - Pebble Hill
Faculty, staff, and graduate students along with their families are cordially invited to attend the department's annual reception in honor of its graduate students. Graduate student awards will be presented at the reception. Drinks and light fare will be provided and there will be on-site childcare.

Please RSVP to Craig Bertolet by any medium no later than Friday, April 23, and please specify how many will be in your party and whether you will be bringing children.

MTPC Oral Exam - Cindy Staudt - Wednesday, May 5 - 3:00 pm - 3130 Haley Center
Master of Technical and Professional Communication (MTPC) students complete the requirements for the MTPC with an oral exam and a portfolio. During the oral exam, they present many of the projects they completed while in the MTPC program and that appear in the portfolio. Students incorporate into the oral exam presentation information from their course readings and discussions.

Members of the student's committee conduct the oral exam. Members of the department and guests may ask questions.

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Last updated April 21, 2004


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