- Newsworthy: Benson Lecture and English Symposium Series - Jahan Ramazani - Thursday - February 24 - Jule Collins Smith Museum of Art
- Creative/Research Forum - "Girls Who Spy" - Today - February 16 - 12 pm in 8009 Haley Center
- MTPC Oral Exam - Jessica M. Lueders - Thursday - February 17 - 3:30 pm in 3166 Haley Center
- Professional Development Seminar - Wednesday - February 23 - 12 pm - 202 Foy
- Robert Hughes Mount, Jr. Poetry Prize Deadline March 1
- Not Just Desserts - Lecture by Susan Lanser - Thursday - March 3 – 12:30 pm in 217 Foy
- MTPC Oral Exam - Prashant Natarajan - Thursday - March 3 - 3:30 pm in 3166 Haley Center
- Breeden Teaching Grants - Application Deadline March 11
- IMG Academy Application Deadline - March 15
- Registration for Annual STC April in Auburn Meeting
- Welcome Presley Sage Smith - Born February 10, 2005
Newsworthy: Benson Lecture and English Symposium Series - Jahan Ramazani - Thursday - February 24 - 3 pm at Jule Collins Smith Museum of Art
Jahan Ramazani - William R. Kenan Professor, University of Virginia, and editor of The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry - will present the Benson Lecture, which is also the second English Symposium Series lecture of the semester on Thursday, February 24.
The title of Ramazani's talk is “Who’s in, Who’s out?: Anthologizing Modern and Contemporary Poetry.” He asks, how does the editor of an anthology choose which poems and poets to include and which to exclude? The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry (2003), third edition, is described as the “most comprehensive” anthology of its kind, yet even a comprehensive anthology must keep out much more than it can take in. What are the aesthetic, institutional, financial, and pedagogic reasons for these exclusions? How can an anthology be at one and the same time selective and yet at the same time represent the field as varied, contested, and heterogeneous? To engage these and other questions, Ramazani will draw on his experience as editor of the recently published Norton Anthology, discussing specific examples and drawing out their larger implications for poetry studies today.
Ramazani will meet with faculty and students in 8009 Haley Center from 10 to 11 am, then meet with Penny Ingram's Topics in Critical Theory class until 12:15 pm. From 12:30 to 1:45 pm, he will have lunch with faculty and students. His lecture and reception will begin at 3 pm at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art.
For more information about Ramazani, please see his website.
Creative/Research Forum - "Girls Who Spy" - Today - February 16 - 12 pm in 8009 Haley Center
Undergraduate Research Fellowship winner Anna Claire Stamps will present "Girls Who Spy" at today's Creative/Research Forum. Come learn about the Undergraduate Research Fellowship application process and hear the results of Stamps' research in this brown-bag lunch session.
MTPC Oral Exam - Jessica M. Lueders - Thursday - February 17 - 3:30 pm in 3166 Haley Center
Second-year MTPC student Jessica M. Lueders will present materials from her portfolio and coursework on Thursday, February 17, at 3:30 pm in 3166 Haley Center.
MTPC students fulfill their degree requirements by completing an oral exam and portfolio presentation. During the oral exam, students present many of the documents they have created in their MTPC classes and that appear in their portfolios. Students also incorporate information from their course readings and discussions into their presentations.
Members of the student's advisory committee conduct the oral exam. Department members and guests are invited to attend and ask questions.
Professional Development Seminar - Wednesday - February 23 - 12 pm - 202 Foy
The Biggio Center Professional Development Seminar Series is open to any and all faculty and graduate students with a desire to enhance his or her teaching, research and service skills in an academic setting. On Wednesday, February 23, Dr. James E. Groccia, Director of the Biggio Center, will discuss "Scholarship Redefined." The seminar will begin with brown-bag lunch at 12 pm, and Dr. Groccia will speak from 12:15 to 1 pm with time for questions and informal conversation lasting until 1:30 pm.
Robert Hughes Mount, Jr. Poetry Prize 
Deadline March 1
The Auburn University English Department is pleased to announce its annual Robert Hughes Mount, Jr., Poetry Prize, sponsored by the Academy of American Poets, and endowed by Mrs. Frances Mayes, offering a $100 prize for the best poem submitted by an Auburn University student.
Graduate or undergraduate students may submit up to three poems to Jeremy Downes' mailbox in the English Department, 9030 Haley Center. The contest deadline is March 1, 2005. More information about this contest can be found online.
Not Just Desserts - Lecture by Susan Lanser - Thursday - March 3 – 12:30 pm in 217 Foy
Dr. Susan Lanser will give a lecture entitled "The Sexuality of History: Sapphic Subjects and the Making of Modernity" on March 3. Her lecture, a part of the Not Just Desserts series, is sponsored by the Center for Diversity and Race Relations, Department of Foreign Languages, Women's Studies, and the
Philpott-Stevens Fund.
MTPC Oral Exam - Prashant Natarajan - Thursday - March 3 - 3:30 pm in 3166 Haley Center
Second-year MTPC student Prashant Natarajan will present materials from his portfolio and coursework on Thursday, March 3, at 3:30 pm in 3166 Haley Center.
Breeden Teaching Grants - Application Deadline March 11
Competitive grants for teaching enhancement projects will be available again this year from the Daniel F. Breeden Endowment for Faculty Enhancement. Tenured/tenure-track faculty from all disciplines or faculty from the clinician title series with appointments continuing through the 2005-2006 academic year are eligible. Funds may be used to enhance courses or programs, enrich the core curriculum, develop workshops, or underwrite almost any activity germane to teaching or the evaluation and assessment of teaching.
Applications must be received by the Biggio Center by 4:45 pm on March 11. For more information and for application forms, visit the Biggio Center website.
IMG Academy - Application Deadline - March 15
The Instructional Multimedia Group will offer two basic and one advanced Summer Academies (now referred to as IMG Academies) this summer and is looking for faculty and GTAs to participate. These Academies aim to help participants develop teaching materials using instructional technology.
The College of Liberal Arts, as in previous years, will fund several participants for each session. This year funding has been raised to $4,000 per participant, but the number of participants funded through the College will be limited.
Applications need to be carefully planned for the best chance of acceptance. Faculty are encouraged to talk to their program coordinators and heads/chairs to find out what kinds of projects will be most useful for a program or department; graduate students and instructors must get specific approval from their program or department.
The deadline for applications is March 15. Information about application submission can be found online. Contact Wiebke Kuhn for more information or if you have any questions about the Academy.
Registration for Annual STC April in Auburn Meeting
Technical and Professional Communication faculty and students and members of the Birmingham Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication will meet on Saturday, April 9, for the annual April in Auburn meeting. This year's theme will be "Writing Proposals and Grants." Chuck Keller, co-author of the textbook Proposal Writing: The Art of Friendly and Winning Persuasion, will give the keynote address: "Tips for Finding, Analyzing, and Responding to Requests for Proposals." A PDF version of the meeting's complete agenda and information about presenters can be found online.
Those planning to attend the meeting must register through the Birmingham STC website. Registration is $15 for STC members, $20 for non-members, and free for students.
Welcome Presley Sage Smith - Born February 10, 2005
The English Department welcomes Presley Sage Smith, 9 lbs., 22 inches, who was born February 10, 2005, to Michael and Sabrea Smith.
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