- Newsworthy: The Other Side of a PhD Student's Life - Kristen Miller
- Literature After Dark Tonight - October 6 - 7:45 pm in 3195 Haley Center
- Biggio Center Professional Development Seminar - October 7
- Creative/Research Forum featuring Derrick Spradlin - October 13 - 12 pm
- EGO Meeting - October 13 - 3:15 pm in 8009 Haley Center
- Haley Center Poetry Project - October 20 and 21 - 10 am to 2 pm - Haley Center Courtyard
- English Symposium Series - Barbara Mowat - October 21 - Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art
- Graduate Students Give Presentation at RMMLA
Newsworthy: The Other Side of a PhD Student's Life - Kristen Miller
Besides staying busy as a PhD student and assistant to the Coordinator of the English Center, Kristen Miller occupies her time by playing pool. Her hobby began when she started playing socially with friends around the time she moved to Auburn. She then joined the Auburn APA 9-Ball League in January 2004.
Miller belongs to a seven member team in the Auburn APA 9-Ball League with teammates Eric Astor, Jonathan Day, Lemon Hansana, Joe Hardwick, and Benson Hopper. The team was ranked first at the end of the spring session, allowing them to compete in the June regional tournament. At that tournament, Miller and her team beat four other teams and qualified for the APA National Championships in Las Vegas. The Montgomery/Auburn APA sponsored their weeklong trip to the championships.
In Las Vegas, Miller and her team competed against teams from across the United States. While at the competition, Miller progressed from skill level 2 to 3, and she won both of the matches she participated in, making her the only undefeated member of her team. The team placed 17th out of 264 teams.
Back in Auburn, Miller and her team finished the summer session ranking first as well and, three weeks into the fall session, are still ranked among the top teams within the league.
Miller says that she has improved a lot since returning from her Las Vegas trip. She placed second in an individual tournament on September 27 th to qualify for the National Singles Championships in Las Vegas in April 2005. She aims to reach a skill level of 4 by January and to become the first female in the Auburn APA league to be ranked at a skill level of 7 out of 9.
Miller enjoys playing pool because “I can definitely tell that I am improving and because I see how much more there is to learn.” Also, she is able to connect her studies as an English PhD student to her love for the game. She says, “While I've been learning about English as it pertains to language and literature for some time now, I've only just begun to scratch the surface of English as it pertains to pool.”
For those interested in learning more about the Auburn/Montgomery APA League, please visit their website.
Literature After Dark Tonight - October 6 - 7:45 pm in 3195 Haley Center
As part of this semester's "Literature After Dark" season, Fritz Lang's classic silent science fiction critique of industrialization - Metropolis (1927) - will be shown tonight, Wednesday, October 6 at 7:45 pm in 3195 Haley Center.
Biggio Center Professional Development Seminar - October 7 - 12 pm in Foy 202
The Biggio Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning at Auburn University will continue its Professional Development Seminar Series on Thursday, October 7. All Auburn University and PFF Cluster Institution faculty and graduate students are invited to attend.
Seminars will be held in Foy 202 and start with refreshments at noon. Participants are asked to bring their own lunches; beverages and cookies will be provided. Dr. Donna Sollie, Advisor to the Provost, Women's Leadership, will begin her presentation, "Diversity Issues in Curriculum Development," at 12:15 pm.
Creative/Research Forum - Derrick Spradlin - October 13
A creative/research forum will be held on October 13 with Derrick Spradlin presenting. The brown-bag lunch session will be held at 12 pm, location to be determined.
EGO Meeting - October 13 - 3:15 pm in 8009 Haley Center
The English Graduate Organization (EGO) will hold a meeting on Wednesday, October 13, from 3:15 to 4:15 pm in 8009 Haley Center. All graduate students in English are welcome to attend.
Fifth Annual Haley Center Poetry Project - October 20 and 21 - 10 am to 2 pm 
All students, faculty, staff, and other friends of poetry are cordially invited to participate in the Haley Center Poetry Project for Fall 2004, scheduled for 10 am to 2 pm on October 20 and 21. The Poetry Project is sponsored by the Department of English, Sigma Tau Delta, and the AU Bookstore.
Now in its fifth year at Auburn, over 200 students, faculty, and other friends have participated in past readings with the Poetry Project, from Pulitzer Prize-winning poets like Carl Dennis to emerging poets from the undergraduate ranks here at Auburn.
As many as fifty readers will have the opportunity to take part in this public outdoor event, which will be held in the Haley Center courtyard (outside the AU Bookstore). Refreshments will be served!
Each reader will be allotted about 10 minutes to read the poetry of their choice. As always, readers are welcome to read poetry from any time period: famous or obscure, old or new, soothing or provocative. Readers may read from their own poetry or from poetry written by others, whether previously published or not. Poetry in languages other than English is also welcome.
Faculty are invited to bring their classes to attend the Poetry Project on either day, or to spend part of the lunch hour listening to some of our readers.
If you'd like to be a part of the Haley Center Poetry Project, please sign up as soon as possible by e-mail to Jim Ryan or by adding your name to the list posted on the door at HC 8070.
English Symposium Series - Barbara Mowat - October 21 - Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art
Alum Barbara Mowat (PhD), Director of Academic Programs at the Folger Shakespeare Library will present the second lecture of the English Symposium Series on Thursday, October 21 at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art. Mowat's talk will be on Shakespeare's reading, that is, his use of previously published material in his works and the implications of their intertextual nature.
Graduate Students Give Presentation at RMMLA
Julie Anne Zorn and Jessica Lueders, both second year MTPC students, participated in the 2004 Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Conference in Boulder Colorado on October 1. Their presentation, "Meeting Resistance in the Classroom: Undergraduate Technical Communication Courses and Cognitive Development," was a part of the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing sessions at RMMLA.
While attending the conference, Zorn and Lueders also spent time with Angela Woods, 2004 MTPC graduate, who is currently working for Northrop Grumman Mission Systems in Aurora, Colorado.
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