English Department News

       

March 6, 2002

         

Volume 4, No. 23


 

 

March 6 Haley Center Poetry Project, 10:00 - 2:00  click here for a list of readers
March 6 Undergraduate Studies Committee - 2:15
March 6 Graduate Faculty Meeting, 3:00, HC 3104
March 7 Haley Center Poetry Project, 10:00 - 2:00
March 11 Great Books Committee - 3:00
March 12 Auburn Chamber Music Society Concert, 8:00, Goodwin Music Hall
March 13 Tenured Faculty Meeting, 3:00, HC 3104
March 18-19 MA Comprehensive Exams
March 23-31 Spring Break
April 8 Great Books Committee - 3:00
April 8-12 Zora Neale Hurston Week - activities TBA
April 10 Faculty Meeting, 3:00, HC 3104
April 17 Faculty Meeting, 3:00, HC 3104
April 18 Benson Lecture - Debra Moddelmog, 3:00
April 20 Society for Technical Communication Meeting
April 22 Great Books Committee - 3:00
April 30   Classes End
May 1 Graduate Student Reception, 4:00-6:00, Pebble Hill
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
 


Haley Center Poetry Project Today and Tomorrow

Come out and support your friends and faculty as they read at the  Haley Center Poetry Project today and tomorrow from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.  Check out the link to the reading schedule at "poetry" to find out what's on the agenda.

"A Taste of East Alabama"

The Domestic Violence Intervention Center (the domestic violence shelter for east Alabama) will hold a fundraiser -- "A Taste of East Alabama" -- featuring food from the area's finest restaurants, on Thursday, March 14, from 6:00-10:00 p.m. at the Opelika Holiday Inn on Hwy. 280 (Exit 62 from I-85).  Tickets are $15 from Tom O'Shea or at the door.  For more information, call the DVIC, 749-1515.  

Summer Academy

The Summer Academy is a course development workshop sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts and the Instructional Media Group.

In 2002, the Academy is free and open to all teaching faculty at Auburn University. Participation is limited to 15 persons per session. The first academy will coincide with the first five-week summer session, the second with the second five-week session. Both the first and second academy will meet for half a day, five days a week.

Application deadline is March 15, but late applications may be considered.  Faculty interested in participating in the Academy or seeking more information can contact Wiebke Kuhn (kuhnwi1@auburn.edu) or visit the Summer Academy web site at frontpage.auburn.edu/cla/temp.asp?file=tech/sa/sa_main.txt.




Graduate Student Resources

For easier access, the file cabinet and book resources have been moved to HC 8011 (the larger computer work area on the 8th floor, next to the new, soon-to-be furnished common area). If you need a key to the room, check with Jean. It is the same key that opens the common area rooms.



Coffeehouse

UPC presents Coffeehouse at the Big Blue Bagel and debuts Tuesday, March 12, from 7:00-9:00 p.m.  Sing, play music, read poetry, or just come to listen.  If you have any questions call 844-5292 or email upc@auburn.edu.  If you will need an extensive set up, call 844-5292.

Earth Day

Celebrate Earth Day with the English Club.  On the afternoon of April 22, the English Club will plant a tree and perhaps read some earthy poetry at the Forest Ecology Preserve in Auburn.  Watch The English Channel for further details.

Fiction Reading

Get creative and get ready for the first Fiction Reading sponsored by the English Club.  The reading will be April 11th from 2:00-5:00 p.m. at the Big Blue Bagel.  Polish your best story and watch for further details.  Each reading should last 10-15 minutes.

Writing Awards

Prepare your best work.  Enter for your chance at fame and fortune.  English Department Undergraduate Writing Awards entries are due Friday, March 15.  Categories: Academic Essay, Poetry, and Creative Prose.  For more information, please contact Dr. Dykstal at dykstti@auburn.edu.

Beaux Arts Ball

All students of fine arts schools are invited to attend the Beaux Arts Ball. Traditionally the grand finale of Fine Arts Week at Auburn University, Beaux Arts Ball is sponsored by the AIAS (American Institute of Architecture Students). The Beaux Arts Ball is a formal event that will take place on March 16, on the riverboat and marina at Stone Mountain, Georgia.  There will be food and musical entertainment. The theme for the night will be "Days of Decadence" (the 1920s), though costumes are only limited to one's imagination.  Tickets will go on sale this week ($28/person and $50/couple) – look for a table in the Haley Center. Van transportation and hotel arrangements are available.  For more information or to volunteer to help sell tickets, contact Jason Andosia, president of the AIAS (American Institute of Architecture Students) at andosjm@auburn.edu.

Undergraduate Research Fellowship

Get paid to study.  Get paid to write.  Undergraduate Research Fellowship Applications are due this Friday, March 8.  For more information, see the Vice President for Research's web site at http://www.auburn.edu/research/vpr/internalfund.htm.

Resume Help

Need help with your resume and letters of application?  The English Center is here to help.  For an appointment, come by  the Center located in 3183 Haley Center, or call for an appointment (844-5749). 

Contests, Competitions, Awards . . .

You can find the hard-copy announcements of contests, competitions, and awards on the bulletin board outside the English Department office, 9030 Haley Center. 


Send your undergraduate news items to Brooke Bullman, the Undergraduate Student Editor for The English Channel, at bullmbe@auburn.edu.


Jennifer Garlen (an off-campus graduate student) has won the prize for the best paper delivered by a graduate student at the Southeastern American Society for Eighteenth-Century Literature. The conference was held at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill last week-end, and her paper title was "Beyond the Boundaries of the BBC: Seeing the Eighteenth Century as Rock & Roll Costume Drama."

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