- Newsworthy: Spring Semester Calendar
- JCSM Lecture - Rachel Clarke - January 12
- English Center Opens for Spring Semester - January 17
- Deadline for Nominations for ACETA Awards - January 17
- Deadline for Nominations for World Literature Essay Awards - January 20
- Publication Announcement - Marvyn Petrucci
- EGO T-Shirts For Sale
- Congratulations Alva!
Newsworthy: Spring Semester Calendar
Here is an initial list of Department events for Spring semester 2006. Please mark your calendars and send us events to add to the list. Check the CALENDAR link off the department's homepage and the English Channel for upcoming events and details.
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January 25, 2006 - Professorial Faculty Meeting - 3 pm - HC 3104
A Professorial Faculty Meeting will be Wednesday, January 25, 2006, at 3 pm in HC 3104.
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January 26, 2006 - CLA Series on Censorship- 4 pm - JCS Museum
Dr. Taylor Littleton and Michael L. Krenn will each give a talk on "Advancing American Art" as part of the CLA Series on Censorship. Littleton will speak at 4 pm, and Krenn will follow at 4:30 pm.
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January 26-29, 2006 - AU Theatre Presents dAUnce
This production features dance pieces choreographed by AU faculty member Judith Nelson.
Weeknight and Saturday performances begin at 7:30 pm, and Sunday performances begin at 2:30 pm. Admission is free to Auburn students with valid University ID. Tickets are $18 for faculty, staff, and senior citizens and $20 for the general public. -
February 1, 2006 - Professorial Faculty Meeting - 3 pm - HC 3104
A Professorial Faculty Meeting will be Wednesday, February 1, 2006, at 3 pm in HC 3104.
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February 8, 2006 - Professorial Faculty Meeting - 3 pm - HC 3104
A Professorial Faculty Meeting will be Wednesday, February 8, 2006, at 3 pm in HC 3104.
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February 15, 2006 - Professorial Faculty Meeting - 3 pm - HC 3104
A Professorial Faculty Meeting will be Wednesday, February 15, 2006, at 3 pm in HC 3104.
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February 16, 2006 - CLA Series on Censorship- 4 pm - JCS Museum
Dr. Dell Upton will present "Memorials to the Second Civil War" at 4 pm, and Natasha Trethewey will read poetry from Native Guard at 4:45 pm as part of the CLA Series on Censorship.
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February 16, 2006 - CLA Series on Censorship- 7 pm - JCS Museum
As part of the CLA Series on Censorship, Cinema Paradiso, an Italian film with English Subtitles, will be shown.
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February 22, 2006 - Professorial Faculty Meeting - 3 pm - HC 3104
A Professorial Faculty Meeting will be Wednesday, February 22, 2006, at 3 pm in HC 3104.
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February 28, 2006 - CLA Series on Censorship- 4 pm - JCS Museum
Dr. Mary Watt will present "Carnevale: A Public Celebration of Violation and Alteration before Private Deprivation and Purification" as part of the CLA Series on Censorship.
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March 7-12, 2006 - AU Theatre Presents The Tempest
The AU Theatre group presents Shakespeare's The Tempest.
Weeknight and Saturday performances begin at 7:30 pm, and Sunday performances begin at 2:30 pm. Admission is free to Auburn students with valid University ID. Tickets are $18 for faculty, staff, and senior citizens and $20 for the general public. -
March 8, 2006 - Professorial Faculty Meeting - 3 pm - HC 3104
A Professorial Faculty Meeting will be Wednesday, March 8, 2006, at 3 pm in HC 3104.
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March 9, 2006 - English Symposium Series- 3 pm
Environmental writer and activist Janisse Ray will speak as part of the English Symposium Series.
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March 10, 2006 - CLA Series on Censorship - 6 pm - JCS Museum
Dr. Jerry Cullum will present a lecture as part of the CLA Series on Censorship.
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March 18, 2006 - Graduate Student Colloquium
The second EGO-sponsored Graduate Student Colloquium is planned for March 18, 2006.
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April 5, 2006 - Professorial Faculty Meeting - 3 pm - HC 3104
A Professorial Faculty Meeting will be Wednesday, April 5, 2006, at 3 pm in HC 3104.
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April 6, 2006 - CLA Series on Censorship - 4 pm - Auburn University Hotel and Dixon Conference Center
Orville Schell will present a lecture as part of the CLA Series on Censorship.
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April 6, 2006 - CLA Series on Censorship - 5 pm - Auburn University Hotel and Dixon Conference Center
Dr. Larry Gerber, Dr. Lisa Channer, Dr. Mark M. Graham, and Dr. Dale Harrison will be featured in a faculty panel discussion on self-censorship as part of the CLA Series on Censorship.
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April 8, 2006 - April in Auburn - 9 am
A joint meeting of the Birmingham Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication and faculty and students of Auburn University.
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April 12-15 and 18-23, 2006 - AU Theatre Presents The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
The AU Theatre group presents The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.
Weeknight and Saturday performances begin at 7:30 pm, and Sunday performances begin at 2:30 pm. Admission is free to Auburn students with valid University ID. Tickets are $18 for faculty, staff, and senior citizens and $20 for the general public. -
April 18, 2006 - English Symposium Series- 3 pm
James Phelan, Ohio State University, will present a lecture on narrative theory.
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April 19, 2006 - Professorial Faculty Meeting - 3 pm - HC 3104
A Professorial Faculty Meeting will be Wednesday, April 19, 2006, at 3 pm in HC 3104. The topic of the meeting is assessment.
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April 21, 2006 - Spring Awards Ceremony- 3 pm - Auburn University Hotel and Dixon Conference Center
English Department undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, and staff will be honored.
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April 27, 2006 - SECOL - 9 am
Auburn University hosts the Southeastern Conference on Linguistics.
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May 11, 2006 - Graduation
Commencement for Spring Semester will be Thursday, May 11, 2006.
January 12 - JCSM Lecture - Rachel Clarke
Please join us for the opening of “A World Away,” an exhibition of digital video installations, drawings and interactive work by Rachel Clarke including collaborations with Sam Parsons and Stephen Blumberg. The exhibition runs through February 3.
Professor Clarke will give a lecture on Internet Art and Censorship for the opening lecture of "The Nuisance of Freedom: A Series on Censorship" sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts on Thursday, January 12 at 4 pm in the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art auditorium.
Clarke is a New Media artist and Assistant Professor of New Media in the Art Department at California State University, Sacramento. She works in digital imaging, time-based and interactive media. Her research explores the convergence of new technologies, human identity and organic systems.
The gallery hours are Monday to Friday, 8 am to 4 pm. For more information, contact Barb Bondy, Exhibitions and Lectures Coordinator, Dept. of Art, 844-3483.
January 17 - English Center Opens for Spring Semester
The English Center will open on Tuesday, January 17. The Spring semester hours are Monday through Thursday 9 am to 9 pm and Friday 9 am to 3 pm. You are encouraged to send your Composition and World Literature students for assistance with their essays. Routine appointments are also available for students who need extra help.
January 17 - Deadline for ACETA Award Nominations
The Association of College English Teachers of Alabama (ACETA) is hosting its annual conference Friday and Saturday, February 24-25, 2006, in Birmingham. This is a call for panelists for the conference theme, “Films and Texts: Taking English to the Movies.”
Any faculty member is welcome to email or call with a paper proposal or to volunteer to serve on a panel. The topic is wide-ranging, covering any aspect of using films in the English classroom, including the issues of designing a film class or curriculum. We hope to expand the number of our concurrent sessions at the conference and thus allow more speakers and panelists. Reply to Mark Baggett, jmbagget@samford.edu, or 205-726-2309, by January 17, 2005.
Three writing awards will also be given at the conference. The following is a short description of each award.
William J. Calvert Award & James Woodall Award
The Calvert paper may be on any scholarly or theoretical topic related to English studies; the Woodall paper may be on any pedagogical topic related to English studies. A prize of $100 will be awarded to the college English teacher or graduate student in English submitting the best paper in either category, and the winners will be invited to submit their papers to Alabama English. Papers may not have been read or published previously. Short versions of the winning papers will be presented at the annual meeting of ACETA, February 25, 2006. The name, with title of the essay and institutional affiliation, should appear on a cover sheet and not on the paper. Papers will be judged by a panel appointed by the ACETA Steering Committee.
The Mary Evelyn McMillan Undergraduate Writing Award
The McMillan Award is presented each year to the undergraduate student at an Alabama college or university whose informal essay is judged most outstanding by a panel of judges chosen by ACETA. The essay, written for a class taken during the current or previous academic year, may be on a personal or literary topic, and it may be descriptive, reflective, or analytical, but it may not be a formal research paper. It must not exceed 2,000 words.
The essay must not have been published previously except in campus publications, such as school newspapers or literary magazines. The English instructor for whose class the essay was written should submit the essay. An instructor may submit only one essay in each year's competition.
A cover sheet should be attached to the entry stating the title of the essay, the author's name, the name of the college or university, and the name and title of the nominator, with address and phone number. No name should appear on the essay.
The Eugene Current-Garcia Award for Distinction in Literary Scholarship
Nominations for this award must include a vita reflecting the course of the nominee's scholarly career, a detailed bibliography of the nominee's scholarly productions, and a cover letter clarifying and supporting the nominee's qualifications for the award. Nominations may contain other letters of support from recognized scholars in the nominee's field of specialization; they should not contain copies of actual publications.
The ACETA steering committee will review all nominations and select a winner. The award carries a $5,000 stipend. The award is presented annually at the Alabama Writers Symposium in Monroeville. The award includes The Clock Tower Bronze, a re-creation by renowned sculptor Frank Fleming of an Alabama literary icon, the clock tower of the historic courthouse on the Monroeville town square.
Please encourage nominees for all three ACETA awards and send all submissions to:
Dr. Mark Baggett
Department of English
Samford University
800 Lakeshore Drive
Birmingham, AL 35229
The deadline for submission for all three awards is January 17, 2006.
January 20 - Deadline for Nominations for World Literature Essay Awards
Nominations for the World Literature Essay Awards are due January 20. Note that submission of essays is a joint process involving both student and instructor, so be sure to inform students that you intend to nominate their work in time for them to gather the required materials. Guidelines for the essay awards are available online.
Publication Announcement - Marvyn Petrucci
Marvyn Petrucci has had a poem accepted by Natural Bridge, a publication of the University of Missouri. Also, he has had a pedagogy paper accepted by the Associated Writing Programs and will be taking part in a panel at their annual meeting held this year in Austin, Texas.
EGO T-Shirts For Sale!
The EGO t-shirts have finally arrived! Since we had to purchase them in bulk, sizes and 
quantities are very limited.
The shirts feature various quotes and the new EGO Motto, "We Fear No Word" on the back (shown at right), and the front has "EGO @ Auburn University" on the upper left side.
If for any reason you miss out on this batch, we will be sending in a new order sometime in January. Please see Barrett Gaines to purchase your t-shirt for $13, one per person until demand is satisfied.
Cash is appreciated—checks are accepted if necessary. Enjoy wearing your EGO proudly!
Congratulations Alva!
Please join the Department in congratulating Alva McKenzie on the birth of her baby girl, Aleah Denise McKenzie. Aleah was born on December 10, 2005, and weighed 3 pounds, 10 ounces.
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Last updated January 11, 2006