Newsworthy: English Awards Ceremony
The Department's annual awards ceremony is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. 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.
April 18-23 - AU Theatre Department Presents The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
The Auburn University Theatre Department presents The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas April 12-15 and April 18-23.
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; $20 for the general public.
April 27-29 - Southeastern Conference on Linguistics at Auburn University
Thursday evening through Saturday afternoon, April 27-29, The Southeastern Conference on Linguistics will return to Auburn University for its 73rd meeting, bringing regional, national, and international linguists together to share research on a variety of language topics, including African-American English, language change, literary linguistics, dialectology, gay identity, and many more.
Auburn University personnel and students can freely attend any and all of more than sixty presentations, including three plenary addresses, conveniently located at the Auburn University Hotel and Dixon Conference Center.
The conference begins at 7 pm on April 27, with a plenary address of special interest to the local Jewish community. Cynthia Bernstein, University of Memphis, will speak on “Jewish languages in the Southern United States.”
To learn more about the organization and the meeting now, visit the SECOL web page.
Congratulations to MTPC Students
The Master of Technical & Professional Communication Program is pleased to announce that the following students successfully defended their final MTPC portfolios this semester: Will Brinkley, Barrett Clink, Diane Glanzer, Xiangrong Liu, Tahmina Khanam, and John Lucas. Congratulations to all!
Abby Whigham Honored by GSC
Abby Whigham was honored at the Graduate Student Council picnic as one of the ten Outstanding Master's Students at Auburn. Congratulations, Abby!
Books for Africa Drive
The collection bin for Books for Africa has been moved from HC 8009 to the English Center in HC 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 and literature regardless of copyright.
Magazines, journals, and Auburn specific texts are not acceptable. Collection will continue through the end of the semester.
To include an item in The English Channel, submit text items by Tuesday at 4 pm for publication Wednesday. Submit items by email to Will Brinkley or put the information in his 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 19, 2006