English Department News

        

January 15, 2003

          

Volume 5, No. 17

 

 
Year-at-a-Glance Department Calendar
University Calendar
Graduate School Calendar
January 15 Great Flicks: Medea - HC 1203 - 7:00 p.m.
January 22 Faculty-Student Brown Bag Lunch - HC Eagle's Nest South - 11:00 a.m.
January 22 Faculty Meeting - HC 3104 - 3:00 p.m.
January 29 Faculty Meeting - HC 3104 - 3:00 p.m.
January 29 Great Flicks: A Walk in the Night - HC 1203 - 7:00 p.m.
February 12 Faculty-Student Brown Bag Lunch - Foy 213 - 11:00 a.m.
February 12 Great Flicks: Cool Hand Luke - HC 1203 - 7:00 p.m.
February 26 Great Flicks: Raise the Lantern - HC 1203 - 7:00 p.m.
March 5 Great Flicks: A Streetcar Named Desire - HC 1203 - 7:00 p.m.
March 10-11 MA Comp Exams
March 12 Faculty-Student Brown Bag Lunch - HC Eagle's Nest South - 11:00 a.m.
March 19 Great Flicks: Tom and Viv - HC 1203 - 7:00 p.m.
April 2  Great Flicks: Run Lola Run - HC 1203 - 7:00 p.m.
April 12 "April in Auburn" -- Birmingham STC Chapter in Auburn
April 16 Faculty-Student Brown Bag Lunch - Foy 217 - 11:00 a.m.
April 23 Great Flicks: Othello - HC 1203 - 7:00 p.m.
April 24 Benson Lecture
The Year-at-a-Glance Department Calendar details the department activities for the year.


Great Flicks for Spring
Click here to see the list of the Great Flicks movies scheduled for this Spring in order to begin thinking of ways to incorporate the videos or themes into your Great Books courses.  See Constance Relihan for more details.

Faculty-Student Brown Bag Lunches
AU faculty and students are invited to bring their lunches to discuss issues that affect the University. The goal of the lunches is to provide time outside the classroom for such interaction. These lunches will run from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon and are sponsored by Multi-cultural Student Services.

Dates and locations announced for spring semester are:

    January 22 - Haley Center Eagle's Nest South
    February 12 - Foy 213
    March 12 - Haley Center Eagle's Nest South
    April 16 - Foy 217

 

 




Writing Competitions and Internships for Undergrads
Submissions dates for the Department's third annual writing awards competition and for writing internships are quickly approaching.  Take advantage of these opportunities to have your writing lauded and/or to gain experience.  

Click on Competitions or Internships to find out about the respective opportunities. (Information available in .pdf format.)  Please see the bulletin board outside of HC 9030 or Dr. Dykstal (844.9092) for additional queries.  
  • Marvyn Petrucci has a poem forthcoming in the Black Warrior Review (Spring issue).

If you would like to include an item in the "Professional Notes" section of The English Channel, please submit your note to Betsy Smith or Alise Chabaud.


Russ Connell, AU and Department of English alum, was named Teacher of the Year for Ohatchee High School in Ohatchee, Alabama after only two years at OHS.  
 
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