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Natasha Trethewey's Domestic Work Awarded Cave Canem Poetry Prize Natasha Trethewey, who was recently awarded a Bunting Fellowship at
Harvard University, has been awarded the Cave Canem Poetry Prize for her volume of poems called
Domestic Work, recently published by Graywolf Press. Rita Dove, one of the judges who
selected Trethewey's work for the award, writes a glowing review of her work, which can be
found in the Washington
Post.English Department Announces New Writing AwardsThe English Department is pleased to announce three new awards
for excellence in student writing. The competition is open to all undergraduate students
at Auburn University.A $100 award is offered for the best students work submitted in each
of the following categories:
Graduate Students Represented at Research ForumThree English Department graduate students will be giving presentations
at the Graduate Student Research Forum on March 19, 2001 at the Auburn University Hotel and
Conference Center. From 8:45 to 9:00 a.m., Matthew Binney will present "Habermas Informs
the Third Earl of Shaftesbury and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz: Origins of the Self and Others
in Discourse Theory" in Ballroom B.From 9:00 to 9:15 a.m., Patsy S. Fowler will talk about "'This
Tail-Piece of Morality:' Phallocentric Reinforcements of Patriarchy in Memoirs of a
Woman of Pleasure," also in Ballroom B.Kelly Gerald will be present a visual display on "Flannery O'Connor and the Visual
Arts." She will be available in Ballroom A to answer questions between 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.Please note that the Graduate Student Council still needs faculty
volunteers to serve as judges and moderators. Oral judges and moderators are needed
from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Poster judges are needed from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. If you can
volunteer your time, please contact Amanda Chancey,
Research Forum Coordinator.National A.A.U.P. President to Address FacultyProfessor Jane Buck, President of the American Association of
University Professors, headquartered in Washington, D.C., will be the
guest of the Auburn Chapter on Monday, March 19, 2001. She will address
AAUP members and interested faculty at 2:00 p.m. in Tichenor 206. She will talk about faculty concerns about shared
governance, the Board of Trustees, the selection and retention of
administrators, the impact of proration--the list of concerns goes on
and on.Everyone is invited to attend.Liberal Arts Employment DayYes, you can get a job with an English major, and Career
Development Services is recognizing the fact by staging the second Liberal Arts
Employment Day, on Tuesday, April 10, 2001, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Haley
Center first floor lobby.Liberal Arts Employment Day is an opportunity for the students and
alumni of the College of Liberal Arts to meet with representatives and view exhibits from various
businesses and organizations who are seeking Liberal Arts majors for career and/or internship
positions.Employers will be on hand to explain why they want students who can
write, speak, and think well. Later that day, Susan Breeding, an Auburn English major
alumna, and Aimee Grantham, a senior English major presently engaged in a very interesting
internship, will discuss both how to market oneself with an English major and the relevance
of their majors to their present and future careers.Great Books Assessment Project ContinuesThe second round of assessment for the Great Books program has begun! All
Great Books teachers should have received a memo about how to collect a set of student papers from their
classes. Soon a memo will be put in your boxes that should be distributed to your students,
explaining the procedure to them. Every teacher in every class should collect a set of papers
from his or her students--Honors Great Books teachers, too.We really appreciate your continued support for this project. After
spring break, Constance Relihan will schedule a meeting to discuss what has been learned from
reading last fall's materials.Question of the WeekWhat are some ways to respond to students who claim, about
works that appear on your syllabus, "I read that in high school." Please respond to this week's question in The Forum. If you have forgotten your password, please
contact George
Crandell.
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