English Department News

            

February 14, 2001

          

Volume 3, No. 18


February 14

  

Happy Valentine's Day!

February 19

  

Graduate Studies Committee meeting, 2:30 p.m., HC 9030D

February 26

  

Great Books Committee meeting, 3:00 p.m., HC 9030D

February 26

  

English Hour, Christian Gregory, "Captivity as Farce: Patty Hearst and the Proletariat of Fear," 4:00 p.m., HC 3104

March 2

  

Mid-Semester

March 5

  

Graduate Studies Committee meeting, 2:30 p.m., HC 9030D

March 5

  

Littleton-Franklin Lectures, E. O. Wilson, Auburn University Hotel and Conference Center, 4:00 p.m.

March 12

  

Great Books Committee meeting, 3:00 p.m., HC 9030D

March 21

  

Book Author Reception, 3:00 p.m., Pebble Hill

March 26-April 1

  

Spring Break

April 2

  

Graduate Studies Committee meeting, 2:30 p.m., HC 9030D

April 9

  

Great Books Committee meeting, 3:00 p.m., HC 9030D

April 9

  

Littleton-Franklin Lectures, Lynn Margulis, Auburn University Hotel and Conference Center, 4:00 p.m.

April 16

  

Graduate Studies Committee meeting, 2:30 p.m., HC 9030D

April 23

  

Great Books Committee meeting, 3:00 p.m., HC 9030D

April 26

  

Benson Lecture and Undergraduate Awards Ceremony, Patricia Yaeger, 3:00 p.m., Auburn University Hotel and Conference Center Auditorium

April 30

  

Graduate Studies Committee meeting, 2:30 p.m., HC 9030D

May 2

  

Classes end

May 2

  

Graduate Student Reception, Pebble Hill, 4:00 p.m.

May 3

  

Reading Day

May 4-5, 7-9

  

Final Exams

May 12

  

Graduation

May 22

  

Classes begin for Summer Term


Isabelle Thompson Awarded Essay Prize

One of Isabelle Thompson's articles, "Women and Feminism in Technical Communication: A Qualitative Content Analysis of Journal Articles Published in 1989 through 1997," won the 2000 NCTE Award for the Best Article Reporting Historical Research or Textual Studies in Technical or Scientific Communication. Congratulations!

Promotion and Tenure Decisions Announced

The English Department congratulates Isabelle Thompson, who was recently promoted to Professor, and Jon Bolton who was awarded tenure and promoted to Associate Professor.

Nominations Sought for Phi Kappa Phi Awards

Faculty members are encouraged to nominate outstanding students for awards to be made by the local chapter of Phi Kappa Phi. The Susan Stacy Entrekin Yakes Award for juniors ($5,000) will be evenly divided among the winners; the L. M. Ware Award for $500 will be presented to one senior; and the Eugene Current-Garcia Award for $500 will be presented to one senior in the humanities.
These awards are not scholarships, but awards presented to students who have demonstrated academic excellence to use as they desire.
With the change to semesters, the deadline for nominations has been moved up considerably to Thursday, February 15, 2001. Forms may be picked up from Tim Dykstal (HC 9092). Please consider nominating deserving English majors.

AAUP Schedules Forum on Selecting a University President

The Auburn Chapter of the American Association of University Professors is sponsoring an open forum on the topic of "Stakeholders' Participation in the Selection of University Administrators." The forum aims to educate both faculty and the governing board about the joint responsibilities of shared governance. Scheduled speakers include Jack Venable from the Board of Trustees, Associate Professor Larry Gerber (History), Secretary/Treasurer of the Alabama Conference of the AAUP, and Professor Eugene Clothiaux (Physics), a former chair of the University Senate (and who also served on the search committee that brought William V. Muse to Auburn).
The forum, free and open to the public, is scheduled for Friday, March 2, 2001 at 3:00 p.m. in Tichenor 206. All--including faculty whom columnist Paul Davis labels "apathetic" and "silent"--are invited to attend and participate in the discussion.
For more information about the AAUP, please contact George Crandell.

Question of the Week

How do we prevent cheating and plagiarism? Please respond to this week's question in The Forum. If you have forgotten your password, please contact George Crandell.


On Monday, February 19, 2001, Joyce Rothschild and Pat Morrow will be traveling to Montgomery where he'll be delivering a guest lecture on the way that Scott Fitzgerald and Pat have been shadowing each other through the last century. The title of the presentation is "Scott, Marilyn, Scottie, then Patrick and Beyond." First there will be anecdotal reminiscences about Pat's family and F. Scott, then the story "Absolution" and The Great Gatsby. The course is being conducted at AUM by Dr. Anne Little, Pat's former student at Auburn, who now has authored a pair of books.
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