English Department News

            

March 1, 2000

          

Volume 2, No. 16


February 28-March 28

  

Spring quarter Late Registration/Schedule Adjustment period: All students may register during this period.

March 1

  

Modern Times Discussion Group, HC 3106, 4:00 p.m.

March 2

  

Graduate Studies Committee meeting, HC 9030D, 3:10 p.m.

March 6

  

English Hour, Tim Dykstal, "Dissipation and the Economy of Sensibility," HC 3104, 4:00 p.m.

March 7

  

Tenured Faculty Meeting, HC 3104, 3:10 p.m.

March 7-8

  

Enrollment Representatives for Auburn University Life Insurance Plan, HC 9030D

March 9

  

Last day of classes

March 10

  

Dead Day

March 11, 13-16

  

Final examinations

March 18

  

Graduation

April 10

  

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

April 24

  

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

May 5

  

Benson Lecture and Undergraduate Awards Ceremony, Susan D. Gubar, 213 Foy Union, 3:00 p.m.

May 18

  

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


Van Slooten Nominated for 2000-2001 Merriwether Fellowship

Congratulations to Jessica Van Slooten, who has been chosen as the department's nominee for the 2000-2001 Merriwether Fellowship, a $4,000 award given to three doctoral students in University-wide competition.

Graduate Studies Committee Plans Meeting

There will be a meeting of the Graduate Studies Committee on Thursday, March 2, 2000 at 3:10 p.m. in HC 9030D. The agenda will be posted on the EGO bulletin board.

Enrollment Representatives Coming To English Department

Enrollment Representatives for the Auburn University Life Insurance Plan will be in the English Department on March 7th and March 8th in HC 9030D. All full-time employees must turn in the enrollment form to an Enrollment Representative. All full-time employees must complete the enrollment forms so that Auburn University will have a record of their beneficiaries, even if they do not wish to enroll in the additional insurance.

Instructional Technology News

E-Reserve: You can scan documents for E-Reserve and submit material electronically. Instructions for how to scan the documents are located with the scanner in HC 8011.

Grant Forms: If you have a grant form (such as the NEH grant form) available in pdf format (Adobe Reader), you can complete the form using the computer, not a typewriter. Instructions for how to complete the form are available in HC 8011.

Final Issue

The March 1st issue of The English Channel is the final one for winter quarter. Publication will resume on Wednesday, April 5, 2000. Thanks for your contributions.

On February 25, 2000, Constance Relihan spoke on "Elizabethan Fiction, Humanist Learning, and the Place of the Woman Reader" at the annual "Local Readings" Symposium, sponsored by the Hudson Strode Program in Renaissance Studies at the University of Alabama. Other invited speakers came from the University of Georgia, the University of Mississippi, West Georgia University, and the University of Alabama at Huntsville. About 20-25 faculty and graduate students affiliated with the Hudson Strode Program attended the event.

Please know that Margaret Schwindler passed away on Monday, February 28th. A memorial service is planned for 10:30 a.m., Friday, March 3rd, at St. Michael's Catholic Church (302 East Magnolia Avenue).

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