English Department News

        

January 23, 2002

          

Volume 4, No. 17

 

January 28 Great Books Committee - 3:00
January 28 English Hour: "O'Shea on James Joyce" 4:00 pm, 3104 HC
January 30 Undergraduate Studies Committee - 2:15
January 30 Faculty Meeting - 3:00 pm - 3104 HC
February 4 English Hour: TBA - 4:00 pm, 3104 HC
February 6 Undergraduate Studies Committee - 2:15
February 11 Great Books Committee - 3:00
February 11 English Hour: TBA - 4:00 pm, 3104 HC
February 13 Undergraduate Studies Committee - 2:15
February 18 English Hour: TBA - 4:00 pm, 3104 HC
February 20 Undergraduate Studies Committee - 2:15
February 25 Great Books Committee - 3:00
February 27 Undergraduate Studies Committee - 2:15
February 28 Mid-semester
March 6 Undergraduate Studies Committee - 2:15
March 11 Great Books Committee - 3:00
March 12 Auburn Chamber Music Society Concert, 8:00, Goodwin Music Hall
April 8 Great Books Committee - 3:00
April 8-12 Zora Neale Hurston Week - activities TBA
April 18 Benson Lecture - Debra Moddelmog
April 20 Society for Technical Communication Meeting
April 22 Great Books Committee - 3:00
April 30   Classes End
May 1-2  

Study/Reading Days
May 3-4, 6-8  

Final Exams

 Graduate School Calendar
May 11  

Graduation

 University Calendar
May 20 Classes Begin for Summer Term and Summer Session I
 

O' Shea to Give English Hour Talk on James Joyce

Tom O'Shea will kick off the first English Hour of the Spring Term next Monday, January 28, with a paper titled, "Reading Joyce Backwards." Please join us in HC 3104 on Monday, from 4-5pm, for cookies, beverages, and an interesting discussion of Joyce. This is the first of four consecutive Monday English Hours (more on upcoming talks in the next English Channel).

Instructional Technology Short Courses

Register for any of these short courses at  www.auburn.edu/oit/training. For more information please contact ittrain@auburn.edu 

1.    Concerned about student use of Internet resources without citations? Want your students to check their papers for themselves? Attend Checking Internet Plagiarism with Turnitin.com. (Jan 25, 2:00 p.m. in 201 Tichenor. Taught by N. Backscheider and H. Straiton.)

2.    Learn the elements of the WebCT course manager in Setting Up Courses on WebCT: WebCT An Introduction.  (Jan 17, 2 p.m. or Apr 16, 2:00 p.m.  Both in Parker 124)

3.    Online quizzes and review sessions. Respondus will help you put them into WebCT. Introduction to Respondus (Jan 24, 2:00 p.m. 124 Parker)

4.    Using OASIS WEB as a faculty member -an introduction to online student information resources including AU Study, WebCT, and the OASIS Web featuring grading online. OASIS Web for Faculty (Apr 18, 2 p.m. 124 Parker)

Coming down the road:
--Introduction to FrontPage: how to create web pages easily.
--Recognizing a good web page for teaching.




Contests, Competitions, Awards . . .

Contests, Competitions, Awards are listed in ascending order of their deadlines. You can find the hard-copy announcements on the bulletin board outside the English Department office, 9030 Haley Center. And, although we're not quite ready to put out the call for submissions just yet, don't forget the second annual writing awards competition of your own Auburn English Department!

1. The Association of College English Teachers of Alabama (ACETA) is sponsoring its annual Mary Evelyn McMillan Undergraduate Award, 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. The catch here is that the essay must be submitted by the instructor of the course, not the student, but if you feel that something you wrote should be considered you might try to elicit such cooperation. Deadline is February 1, 2002.

2. W. W. Norton and Company (publisher of all of those wonderful anthologies and critical editions, among other books) is offering a cash prize of $2500 for an outstanding undergraduate essay on any literary topic. Four runners-up will each receive a cash award of $1000. Student essays may cover any topic in English, American, or comparative literature and must be typed or printed, double-spaced, between 1750 and 3000 words in length, and should follow the latest MLA guidelines for format and citation of sources. Deadline is April 15, 2002. For more information, see http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/scholar/scholars2002.htm

3. ROSEBUD, "the magazine for people who enjoy good writing," announces the 2nd William Stafford Prize for Poetry. Entrants should send 3 to 5 printed poems, any style or theme. First prize is $1000 and publication in ROSEBUD. Send entries to R. Virgil Ellis / Stafford Poetry Prize / P.O. Box 614 / Cambridge, WI 53523. Deadline is May 31, 2002 (Please check submission requirements before sending.)

4. The Ayn Rand Institute is offering hefty cash prizes (would you expect anything less from that avatar of capitalism?) for its Fourth Annual Essay Contest on Rand's novel Atlas Shrugged. Rules and conditions can be found on the Institute's website at http://www.aynrand.org/contests/atlas.html. Deadline is September 16, 2002--so get shrugging!

5. Sigma Tau Delta offers a veritable cornucopia of scholarship, award, internship, and grant opportunities. They post more information and all the forms on their website (www.english.org). Tens of thousands of dollars are available--but one does have to apply!

Internship

Turner offers internships to undergraduate students who have completed their sophomore or junior year, or students currently enrolled in graduate school. Internships are designed for student volunteers who receive course credit, and are unpaid (darn!). But here's your chance to learn "from the best in entertainment, news, sports, and business." To apply, visit www.turnerjobs.com, and follow the link "opportunities for college students."

English Center Hours

The English Center will be open 9 am - 10 pm Monday - Thursday and 9 am - 3 pm Friday during Spring Semester 2002.

 


  • Charlie Rose's short story, "Remission," appeared in the winter issue of Shenandoah.  His review of Charlotte Miller's novel, Through A Glass, Darkly, appeared in The Montgomery Advertiser and The Chattanooga Times.

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