- Newsworthy: April in Auburn
- MTPC Oral Exam - Xiangrong Liu - April 5
- Professorial Faculty Meeting - April 5
- MTPC Oral Exam - Barrett Gaines Clink - April 7
- Alabama Prison Arts Education Project Art Exhibit - Through April 7
- MTPC Oral Exam - Tahmina Khanam - April 10
- Tenured Faculty Meeting - April 12
- English Symposium Series - James Phelan - April 18
- Department of English Awards Ceremony - April 21
- Publication Announcement - Michael Smith
- Peter Huggins Featured on Radio Show
- MA Student Joel Conway Successfully Defends Thesis
- Books for Africa Drive
Newsworthy: April in Auburn
The Department and the Birmingham Chapter of the Society of Technical Communication (STC) will host the 7th annual April in Auburn meeting on April 8 from 9 am to 2 pm in Haley Center. An optional tour of the new Jule Collins Smith Museum of Art at Auburn University is scheduled for 2:30 to 3:30 pm.
This year's meeting will focus on practical sessions for professionals and will feature presentations by several Department of English faculty members. The schedule for April in Auburn will be:
- Registration, HC 3106 (donuts, Danish, and coffee), 9 to 9:20 am
- Welcome and Introductions, HC 3104, 9:30 to 9:40 am
- New Industry Standards for Website Design, HC 3116, 9:40-10:30 am, presented by Jason Kneip, Librarian II, Archives and Special Collections, Auburn University-Montgomery and Michelle Sidler, Assistant Professor, Department of English. This session will cover the emerging standards of web style sheets, including how they change web page design, which web software works best with them, and the benefits and disadvantages of using them. Then, the participants will break into small groups for brief introductory exercises in creating and editing a style sheet.
- Break, 10:30 to 10:45 am
- Editing Workshop, HC 3104, 10:45 am to 12 pm, presented by Joyce Rothschild, Coordinator, Technical and Professional Communication Program, and Assistant Professor, Department of English. This session will review the up-to-date standards governing hyphenation, spelling, and comma use; use of the Chicago Manual and the AP Stylebook; and how to create practical style sheets for the workplace. Then participants will gather in small groups for some exercises in substantive editing and copyediting.
- Lunch, 12 to 1 pm, HC 3106 (provided by the Department of English, Auburn University); Birmingham STC Chapter business meeting
- Best Practices in Document Design, HC 3104, 1-1:50 pm, presented by Keith Gibson, Assistant Professor, Department of English. This session will begin by discussing the needs and expectations of our readers, including how these expectations shape the documents we create. We will then cover a series of document design principles that will make our documents more effective, and we will apply these principles to some actual documents to see how they work in practice.
- Optional Tour of the Julie Collins Smith Museum of Art at Auburn University, 2:30 to 3:30 pm. A docent will lead our group through the special collections of the art museum, which is located on South College Street, convenient to I-85 exit 51. The $5 admission fee will be covered for April in Auburn attendees.
The meeting is held every April on Auburn's campus, giving students and STC members a chance to meet and interact while providing students with a network-friendly environment. Students also traditionally display their portfolios, allowing for valuable feedback from attending professionals.
The registration fee is $15 for STC members and $25 for non-STC members. There is no registration fee for students or presenters, but all attending must register. All proceeds go to the Donald H. Cunningham Scholarship fund.
Register for the program online at birminghamstc.org, so that we may order the appropriate number of lunches. Lunch and refreshments are provided courtesy of the Auburn University Department of English.
For additional information, please contact Joyce Rothschild.
April 5 - MTPC Oral Exam - Xiangrong Liu - 3 pm - HC 2212
MTPC student Xiangrong Liu will present materials from her portfolio and coursework on Wednesday, April 5 at 3 pm in HC 2212.
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.
April 5 - Professorial Faculty Meeting - 3 pm - HC 3104
A professorial faculty meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, April 5 at 3 pm in HC 3104.
April 7 - MTPC Oral Exam - Barrett Gaines Clink - 3:30 pm - HC 2346
MTPC student Barrett Clink will present materials from her portfolio and coursework on Friday, April 7 at 3:30 pm in HC 2346.
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.
Through April 7 - Art on the Inside Exhibit - Jule Collins Smith Museum
Art on the Inside, a selection of work from the Alabama Prison Arts Education Project, will be on display through April 7 at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art.
The Alabama Prison Arts & Education Project is a program of the Center for the Arts & Humanities at Pebble Hill in the College of Liberal Arts at Auburn University.
April 10 - MTPC Oral Exam - Tahmina Khanam- 3:30 pm - HC 2206
MTPC student Tahmina Khanam will present materials from her portfolio and coursework on Monday, April 10 at 3:30 pm in HC 2206.
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.
April 12 - Tenured Faculty Meeting - 3 pm - HC 3104
A tenured faculty meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, April 12 at 3 pm in HC 3104.
April 18 - English Symposium Series - James Phelan - 3 pm - RBD Auditorium
The English Department's 2005-2006 Symposium Series concludes with the annual Carl Benson Lecture in 20th-Century Literature delivered this year by James Phelan, Humanities Distinguished Professor of English at Ohio State University and editor of the award-winning journal Narrative.
Dr. Phelan's presentation, “Judgment and Progression in Ian McEwan's Atonement: Or, Life, Art, and the Problem of Other Minds,” will be Tuesday, April 18 at 3 pm in the Ralph Brown Draughon Library Auditorium. A reception will follow.
April 21 - Department of English Awards Ceremony - 3 pm - AU Hotel and Dixon Conference Center
The Department's annual awards ceremony is scheduled for Friday, April 21 at the Auburn University Hotel and Dixon Conference Center. Undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, and staff of the English Department will be honored.
Publication Announcement - Michael Smith
Michael Smith's award-winning short story "Anywhere" was recently used as part of the curriculum in the Forms and Literature class at Washington College in Maryland. The class deals in prose set exclusively in France and is taught by Professor Robert Day of the creative writing department. "Anywhere" was published by the Summerset Review in the summer of 2004.
Peter Huggins Featured on Radio Show
As one of the two 2006 literature fellows from the Alabama State Council on the Arts, Peter Huggins was interviewed by Jeanie Thompson on the Alabama Arts Radio Series on March 28.
MA Student Joel Conway Successfully Defends Thesis
Congratulations to Joel Conway, who successfully defended his MA thesis, on Monday April 3, entitled: "Multigenre Rhetoric: Where Genre Theory and Feminist Composition Meet."
Books for Africa Drive
The collection bin for Books for Africa has been moved from HC 8009 to the English Center in 3183. Another collection bin has been set up in the Plainsman office in Foy B-100.
Acceptable items for donation include textbooks with a copyright of 2000 or newer, literature regardless of copyright. Magazines, journals, and Auburn specific texts are not acceptable. Collection will continue through the end of the semester.
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Last updated April 5, 2006