Year-at-a-Glance Department Calendar University Calendar Graduate School Calendar

Great Books
At the April 2 Department meeting, the Great Books Committee will ask the faculty to approve two changes to the GB program. First, we will ask the department to approve changes to the AU Bulletin description of the course to more accurately reflect current teaching practices. The revised copy in the Bulletin we are proposing is, for ENGL 2200: "Culturally diverse readings in world literature from the ancient period to 1600." The revised copy for ENGL 2210: "Culturally diverse readings in world literature from 1600 to the present." Corresponding changes will be proposed for the Honors versions of these courses. 

Second, we will ask the faculty to vote to change the names of ENGL 2200 and 2210 from Great Books I and II to World Literature I and II. Again, the Honors versions of these courses would have their names changed in a corresponding fashion. We will have all the appropriate forms filled out and available for your review before the meeting. These changes would bring the courses into greater correspondence with the course guidelines as we revised them last fall and would more accurately reflect to students the connect of the courses as we currently teach them. The changes would not, according to Linda Glaze, have to be reviewed at any level beyond the relevant curriculum committees. 

If you want to discuss these changes with members of the GB committee in anticipation of the April 2 meeting, please do so. 

English Hour
Join us for an English Hour on March 17 at 4:00 p.m. in HC 3104.  The topic is "Teaching Modern Drama in Great Books."  All faculty and GTAs are invited to attend an English Hour panel discussion on teaching modern drama in Great Books classes. Prof. Marc Silverstein, Rhonda Powers, and Beth Latshaw will conduct a panel discussion in which they describe some of the ways that they have incorporated modern drama into their classes.

Linguist to Lecture for Black History Celebration
Today as part of Auburn University’s Black History Celebration, Dr. Lise Winer, a linguist at McGill University specializing in the language and literature Trinidad and Tobago, will speak at Pebble Hill at 7:00. Dr. Winer will talk on "Comprehension and Resonance: Creole Literature and English-speaking Readers." Among Dr. Winer’s publications are the Dictionary of Trinidad and Tobago English/Creole and Varieties of English Around the World: Trinidad and Tobago. Coffee and dessert will follow Dr. Winer’s talk.

This event is free and open to Auburn students, staff, faculty, administration and the general public.

Dr. Winer will meet with linguistics classes on Thursday, March 13 in Haley Center 2350, from 9:30 to 12:00 to discuss her experiences editing the Dictionary of Trinidad and Tobago English/Creole. Dr. Winer will also discuss the language varieties represented in two early 20th century newspaper columns.

Event sponsors include the Department of English, The College of Liberal Arts, and the Center for Diversity and Race Relations.

Poets (and Poetry Lovers) Wanted
All students, faculty, staff, and other friends of poetry are cordially invited to participate in the Haley Center Poetry Project for Spring 2003, sponsored by the Department of English, Sigma Tau Delta, and the AU Bookstore. The second of our twice-yearly poetry readings continues today from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Haley Center courtyard (outside the AU Bookstore). Refreshments will be served!  Come to enjoy the readings--bring your classes!  For more information, contact Jim Ryan: 844-9031 or ryanjae@auburn.edu.

Online Book Order Reminder
If you are teaching this summer, please submit your book orders by 8:00 a.m. March 31 (Monday).  The order form in available at www.auburn.edu/english/info/forms.htm.

If you are teaching upper level and graduate classes this fall, please submit your book orders by 8:00 a.m. March 31 (Monday).  The order form in available at www.auburn.edu/english/info/forms.htm.

April in Auburn: STC Workshop
The STC Birmingham chapter will have their April meeting in Auburn at the workshop "Fifty Years......And Counting" on Saturday, April 12, 2003. Registration begins at 9:00 am.

The keynote address "On the Leading Edge of Technical Communication: Trends in Our Profession" will be given by George F. Hayhoe, Editor, Technical Communication, and Professor and Director of the M.S. program in technical communication management at Mercer University.  Professors and professional technical communicators will present throughout the day on MS Word, e-portfolios, and knowledge harvesting.

The registration fee is $10 for STC members and $15.00 for non-STC members.  There is no registration fee for students.  All proceeds go into the Birmingham STC Chapter scholarship fund.  For additional information, click here, or contact Don Cunningham (cunnidh@auburn.edu or 334.844.9061).

English Hour
Join us for an English Hour on March 17 at 4:00 p.m. in HC 3104.  The topic is "Teaching Modern Drama in Great Books."  All faculty and GTAs are invited to attend an English Hour panel discussion on teaching modern drama in Great Books classes. Prof. Marc Silverstein, Rhonda Powers, and Beth Latshaw will conduct a panel discussion in which they describe some of the ways that they have incorporated modern drama into their classes.

MTPC Exams
The oral comprehensive exams for MTPC students continues tomorrow, March 13.  The first part of the exam consists of the candidate presenting his or her portfolio to the examining committee, but is open to graduate students and graduate faculty.  The second part of the exam will cover the candidate's course work and research projects.  This part of the exam is open to graduate faculty.  The exam schedule follows:

Good Luck
A number of MA and PhD students are preparing to take their comprehensive exams in the upcoming weeks.  We wish them all the best.  To those who are finished: congratulations!

Poets (and Poetry Lovers) Wanted
All students, faculty, staff, and other friends of poetry are cordially invited to participate in the Haley Center Poetry Project for Spring 2003, sponsored by the Department of English, Sigma Tau Delta, and the AU Bookstore. The second of our twice-yearly poetry readings continues today from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Haley Center courtyard (outside the AU Bookstore). Refreshments will be served!  Come to enjoy the readings--bring your classes!  For more information, contact Jim Ryan: 844-9031 or ryanjae@auburn.edu.

April in Auburn: STC Workshop
The STC Birmingham chapter will have their April meeting in Auburn at the workshop "Fifty Years......And Counting" on Saturday, April 12, 2003. Registration begins at 9:00 am.

The keynote address "On the Leading Edge of Technical Communication: Trends in Our Profession" will be given by George F. Hayhoe, Editor, Technical Communication, and Professor and Director of the M.S. program in technical communication management at Mercer University.  Professors and professional technical communicators will present throughout the day on MS Word, e-portfolios, and knowledge harvesting.

The registration fee is $10 for STC members and $15.00 for non-STC members.  There is no registration fee for students.  All proceeds go into the Birmingham STC Chapter scholarship fund.  For additional information, click here, or contact Don Cunningham (cunnidh@auburn.edu or 334.844.9061).

Poets (and Poetry Lovers) Wanted
All students, faculty, staff, and other friends of poetry are cordially invited to participate in the Haley Center Poetry Project for Spring 2003, sponsored by the Department of English, Sigma Tau Delta, and the AU Bookstore. The second of our twice-yearly poetry readings continues today from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Haley Center courtyard (outside the AU Bookstore). Refreshments will be served!  Come to enjoy the readings!  For more information, contact Jim Ryan: 844-9031 or ryanjae@auburn.edu.

April in Auburn: STC Workshop
The STC Birmingham chapter will have their April meeting in Auburn at the workshop "Fifty Years......And Counting" on Saturday, April 12, 2003. Registration begins at 9:00 am.

The keynote address "On the Leading Edge of Technical Communication: Trends in Our Profession" will be given by George F. Hayhoe, Editor, Technical Communication, and Professor and Director of the M.S. program in technical communication management at Mercer University.  Professors and professional technical communicators will present throughout the day on MS Word, e-portfolios, and knowledge harvesting.

The registration fee is $10 for STC members and $15.00 for non-STC members.  There is no registration fee for students.  All proceeds go into the Birmingham STC Chapter scholarship fund.  For additional information, click here, or contact Don Cunningham (cunnidh@auburn.edu or 334.844.9061).


English Department Announces Writing Awards
The English Department is pleased to announce its annual awards competition for excellence in student writing in each of the following categories: poetry, creative prose, and academic essay.  Submissions should be made to the Undergraduate Awards Box in 9030 Haley Center by Thursday, March 13, 2003, 4:45 p.m.  Winners will be recognized at the annual Benson Lecture on Thursday, April 24, 2003. 

Click here for complete information, including eligibility and submission requirements.  For more information, please contact Tim Dykstal, the Coordinator of Undergraduate Studies, at dykstti@auburn.edu.

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