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April 28, 2004
Volume 6.31 		 

 

Congratulations, Graduate Award Winners!
 Each semester, the English Department gives scholarships and awards to students. More than $20,000 is being awarded by the department to graduate and undergraduate students this spring. Awards are given for academic excellence and achievements in writing.

Graduate awards will be presented at the department's reception on Tuesday, May 4 from 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm at Pebble Hill. Faculty, staff, graduate students, and their families can enjoy drinks and light fare at the reception, and there will be on-site childcare. If you have not done so already, please RSVP as soon as possible to Craig Bertolet.

Please congratulate the following graduate students on receiving awards:

Graduate Student Teaching Award
Sean Wells (PhD-level)
Angela Woods (Master's-level)

Best Paper by a Graduate Student
• Kelly Messerschmidt, "Difficulties with 'Bad News' and the 'Normalization of Deviance': Obstacles to Effective Communication at NASA," written for Dr. Betsy Smith's ENGL 7930 course in Summer 2003
• Adriane Smith, "'Lamb-Time': Subjective Temporal Realities, Future Nostalgia, and the Epistolary Form," written for Dr. Kathryn Pratt's ENGL 7180 in Fall 2003

Best Graduate Presentation
 Derrick Spradlin, "Imagining the Primeval American Journey: 'Upon Prince Madoc's Expedition,'" at Signposts: Discourse on Travel, 5 April 2003, presented at The Catholic University of America, Washington DC.

Best Graduate Publication
Shawna Thorp, "Reasserting the World: The Convergence of Mythic and Modern Realities in Enactment Narratives," in SAIL: Studies in American Indian Literatures

Writing Semester Fellowship
Joanne Tidwell

Article by Tim Dykstal to be Published in College Literature
Tim Dykstal's article, "Provoking the Ancients: Classical Learning and Imitation in Fielding and Collier," will be published in College Literature 31.3, Summer 2004.

Barbara Brumbaugh Presents Paper in New York City
Barbara Brumbaugh presented her paper, "Apocalyptic Arcadia," at the Renaissance Society of America's 50th Annual Meeting in New York City, April 1–3. The paper was presented as part of a panel sponsored by the Sidney Society.

Graduate Students Receive Competitive Grants
Of the seven students going to London this summer, Shea Stuart, Sharyn Pulling, Heather Hicks, Amy Qualls, and Rhonda Powers received travel grants from the Graduate School. Shea Stuart, Sharyn Pulling, and Adrea McDonnell received Graduate Student Research Awards. Because of the number of students who apply from engineering, agriculture, and COSAM, these grants are very competitive.

During the London trip, the graduate students will be doing archival research in such diverse topics as early modern divorce, codes of service, Irish immigration impacts on England, indentured servitude, and English nationalism. The group will be visiting the Public Records Office, The Guildhall Library, the Corporation of London Records Office, and the British Library. They will be meeting with expert librarians and archivists in a rare opportunity to do original research under the direction of Dr. Paula Backscheider.

Whitney Reed to Present Paper at Women's Studies Student Paper Forum
English major Whitney Reed has been selected to present her paper, "The Necessary Optimism of Pop Culture," at the Women's Studies Student Paper Forum on Friday, April 30 from 1:00–3:00 in 213 Foy Student Union.

Please congratulate Reed for receiving this competitive honor.

English Center Conference Report Forms Sent by Email
Recently, the English Center converted from paper conference report forms to email conference report forms. Although there were a few minor "glitches" in the beginning, the system is now up and running, in large part thanks to Sam Singer.

When one of your students visits the English Center, if he or she chooses to notify you of the visit, you will get an emailed notification as soon as the tutor completes and submits the conference report form. These emails have entirely replaced any paper notification.

Please email Isabelle Thompson if you have any questions.

Faculty Meeting - Today - 3:00 pm - 3104 Haley Center

CLA PETL Workshop - Writing an Outstanding Statement of Your Teaching Philosophy - Thursday, April 29 - 3:30–5:00 pm - 202 Thach Hall
The College of Liberal Arts (CLA) Promotion of Excellence in Teaching and Learning (PETL) will present a "Writing an Outstanding Statement of Your Teaching Philosophy" workshop on Thursday, April 29 from 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm in 202 Thach Hall. In this workshop, participants will write a first draft of the statement.

The coordinator of the workshop is Dr. Bill Buskist, Psychology. If you have any questions, please email Bill Buskist.

CLA PETL Awards Ceremony and Reception - Friday, April 30 - 3:00–5:00 pm - Telfair Peet Theatre
The College of Liberal Arts (CLA) Promotion of Excellence in Teaching and Learning (PETL) will present an awards ceremony and reception on Friday, April 30 from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm at the Telfair Peet Theatre.

The coordinators of the ceremony are Dr. Joe Kicklighter (History) and Dr. Bill Buskist (Psychology). If you have any questions, please email Bill Buskist.

Let the Battle for the Tweed Begin! Sign Up for 5th Annual Dead Day Golf Outing
The 5th Annual Dead Day Golf Outing will be held at Indian Pines Golf Club on Tuesday, May 4 in the morning. Please email Jon Bolton or call him at 844-9015 if you have not already done so, in order to reserve a place in the outing.

All are welcome - even non-golfers.

MTPC Oral Exam - Cindy Staudt - Wednesday, May 5 - 2:00 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.

To include an item in The English Channel, submit text items by Tuesday at 11:40 am for publication Wednesday. Submit items by email to Kelly Messerschmidt or Betsy Smith or put the information in their mailbox. Please check your submission for accuracy and completion--all calendar items and meeting announcements must include the date, time, and location of the event.

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Last updated April 28, 2004


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