Newsworthy: Summer Graduates

The Department of English is proud to recognize 21 students who graduated during the summer semester at commencement ceremony on Aug. 8.

Robin Bates completed her PhD with a thesis on "Shakespeare and the Cultural Impressment of Ireland." She will remain in the department as an instructor of English.

Two other students also earned graduate degrees. Suzanne Previte and Kevin Quinn were awarded Master of Arts degrees. Previte's thesis was titled "John Weaver's Faunus and Melliflora: A Modern Tale of Love"; Quinn's thesis was "Shifting Borders and Changing Boundaries: A Continuum: Homosexuality and Homoerotic Desire in Nineteenth-Century American and British Literature."

In addition, undergraduate degrees were awarded to 18 students:

Allison Elaine Abbott	Adam Wesley Hill
Richard Spencer Benton	Raymond Allen Keller III
Lindsey Denise Carmichael	Emily Caroline Laseter
Sean Patrick Clanton	Lee Emory Martin
Amy Kathleen Lee Craig	Calvin Lydell Poindexter
Jessica Leigh Dean	Ashley Brooke Sibert
Tara Lenett Henderson Dixon	Benjamin Wade Wheeler
Samantha Elane Garrett	Sandie Lakay Wiley
Amelia C. Hang	Annette Christine Wright

 

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August 24 - Professorial Faculty Meeting - 3 pm in 3104 HC

Review of promotion and tenure packets.

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August 27 - EGO Party - 8 pm at Kat Privett's house

EGO would like to invite all incoming and returning graduate students to a Mar's Zenith party at 8 pm on Saturday, August 27, at the house of Kat Privett, the EGO PhD co-chair. All are welcome to bring their significant others and refreshments of their choosing. For directions and other information, please contact Kat Privett or Barrett Gaines.

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September 1 - Job Search Workshop - 4 pm in 8009 HC

Plan to attend the job search workshop if you are a graduate student or faculty member planning to enter the job market this fall. Margaret Kouidis will discuss the process.

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September 11 - Quilts of Gee's Bend Opening at Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art

The Quilts of Gee's Bend exhibit opens September 11 at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art. The faculty involved in the Quilts of Gee's Bend in Context research project hope you will consider taking a class to the museum and incorporating a lesson on the quilts in your classes in the fall.

Please visit the research project's website to learn about the exhibit and particularly visit the page on "Teaching the Quilts." There you will find bibliography of texts that may tie into your courses in the fall, history and geography, links, and images of the quilts. If you have any questions about the site or any feedback please contact Alicia Carroll.

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September 19 - English Symposium Series - Jack Selzer - 2 pm in the RBD Library Auditorium

Jack Selzer of Penn State University will discuss rhetorical criticism at the first English Symposium Series lecture of the 2005-2006 academic year at 2 pm in the RBD Library auditorium.

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Call for Graduate Student Essay Submissions

Blackwell Publisher's new online journal and reference resource, Literature Compass, invites submissions for the graduate essay prize. Prizes will be awarded to essays in each of nine literature sections. Each section winner will receive $200 of free Blackwell books and have their article published on Literature Compass. The deadline for submissions is October 15. For details about the contest and the kinds of essays they are seeking, visit their website.

Note: the MLA Bibliography indexes publications in Literature Compass.

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Teaching Excellence Award Nominations

The Auburn Alumni Association is seeking nominations for its Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Awards. Students, alumni, and others are invited to submit nominations for professors who have made an impact on their lives. Recipients of the award will receive $1,000 and a plaque at the recognition reception in early 2006. The deadline for nominations is Nov. 30, 2005. Please submit your nominations to the English Department by Wednesday, Nov. 9.

To nominate a teacher or support a nomination made by someone else, each nominator should send a letter explaining how the teacher is exceptional. In the letter, consider the following:

A letter of support from the nominee's dean and/or department head must accompany the letters of nomination. Other letters of support from colleagues are welcome, but greatest emphasis will be placed on letters from students and alumni. The nominator's name, address, phone number and email address should be included with the nomination.

Send letters to:
Alumni Teaching Awards
Auburn Alumni Association
317 South College Street
Auburn University, AL 36849

Nominations can also be made online by clicking here. If you have any questions about the awards or the nomination process, call 844-2586.

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Department Picnic a Success

The annual English Department picnic, hosted by George and Carolyn Crandell on Aug. 20, was a smashing success. Many members of the department took the opportunity to meet and socialize at Chewacla State Park. Click here to see photos of the department picnic.

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Last updated August 24, 2005

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