English Department News

            

September 13, 2000

          

Volume 3, No. 3


September 13

  

Deadline for Professorial Faculty to submit ballot on type of search and type of administrative structure. Ballots are to be returned to Serlester Williams in the Dean's office, HC 2046

September 15

  

Spring Semester Teaching Preference forms due by 4:40 p.m.

September 18

  

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

September 20

  

Professorial faculty meeting, 3:10 p.m., HC 3104

October 12

  

Mid-Semester

October 23

  

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

November 22-24

  

Thanksgiving Holiday

December 7

  

Classes End

December 8

  

Dead Day

December 9, 11-14

  

Final Exams for Semester

December 16

 

Graduation

January 29, 2001

  

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

March 5, 2001

  

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

April 9, 2001

  

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


Web Directory Update Continues--Please Respond!

Help us update the Department Web Directory.  Fill in this survey now if you are new or have new information (e.g. a new web site).  If nothing has changed over the last year, please disregard this survey.
If you do not want certain information on the web, leave the according space blank. The only space that has to be filled is your email space. If you do not want your email address activated in the directory, mark the appropriate box. If you give us your web address, we assume that you want an active link.
We would also like to remind all faculty that we are about to update biographical information.  Please start thinking about your bio, so that you can give it to us on disk as soon as possible.
If you have any questions, please contact Betsy Smith or Rosemary Steck.

Scott Fitzgerald's Birthday Open House

You're invited to enjoy refreshments, a video, and a tour on September 24, 2000, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Admission is free. Come to the Scott & Zelda Fitzgerald Museum, 919 Felder Avenue, Montgomery. For more information, call (334) 262-4222. Contact Kelly Gerald if you are interested in a ride to Montgomery.

Soccer Enthusiasts Resume Play

Soccer on Sunday afternoons begins this Sunday, September 17, 2000 at 1:30 p.m. at the Shug Jordon soccer fields on Shug Jordan Parkway (between Donahue Drive and the overpass, next to the fire station).
If you have soccer equipment, i.e. balls and pumps, please bring them, and don't forget to bring plenty of water.
Background for newcomers: a few of us started playing last year under the tutelage of Phil Cavalier, who is now in North Carolina. Our philosophy was to have fun, kick the ball, keep injuries to a minimum, and develop basic soccer skills. There will be no slide tackles or other unnecessarily aggressive/violent play--we're trying to keep this friendly and fun. Speaking from personal experience, it was a blast! Please come give it a go.--Jessica Van Slooten

Question of the Week

With each publication of The English Channel, I'll be selecting a "Question of the Week" to feature in The English Channel Forum. Of course, I ask that you please send me your suggestions, by the usual deadline for the publication of the newsletter. This week's question: "What do you think about teaching on the semester system?" Please respond to the question in the Forum. If you have a suggestion for "Question of the Week," please send it to George Crandell. If you've forgotten your password, please contact George Crandell.


If you would like to include an item in the "Professional Notes" section of The English Channel, please submit your note to George Crandell.


To complete some unfinished citations in her book manuscript, Jacqueline Foertsch is in search of the Library's copies of The Critical Response to Kurt Vonnegut (ed. Mustazza) and Vonnegut's novel Deadeye Dick. If you are currently holding these books, or know of a student who is, could you arrange to lend them to her for an hour or so, by e-mailing Jacqueline Foertsch? She does not want to have to recall these texts from the current borrower, and would very much appreciate a brief time with them, sometime within the next ten days.
Shawn M. Knight will be performing the role of Shelley Levene in David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross on September 20-21 (Wednesday-Thursday) at 5:15 p.m. in the Auburn University Theatre upstairs. Admission is free, as the production is directed by a student, Zane Reeves, in partial fulfillment of his theatre degree requirements, but only fifty seats are available at each performance. If you are interested, contact Shawn for more information.
If you would like to include an item in the "Personal Notes" section of The English Channel, please submit your note to George Crandell.
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