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English Center GRAND Re-opening
The English Center will celebrate their new expansion with a GRAND Re-opening today, September 25 from 2:00 - 4:30 p.m.  All are welcome to come and see the Center's new additions, including a new reading area, mural, and on-line chat.  Refreshments will be provided.

Throne of Blood: View it today, Voice it tomorrow
Throne of Blood is being shown tonight (Wednesday, September 25) at 7:00 p.m. in HC 1203. Anyone and everyone is welcome to attend, not just GB students and teachers. 

On Thursday, September 26, anyone interested in discussing the movie is welcome to participate in an informal discussion about it in the English Center from 12:30-1:30.

Haley Center Poetry Project
The Haley Center Poetry Project returns this Fall with two days of poetry readings in the Haley Center courtyard. Last year, more than 80 readers---including undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, and other friends---helped make this public event a great success.  All interested students and faculty are once again encouraged to participate in the Poetry Project on either October 8 (Tuesday) or October 9 (Wednesday). Readings will be held under the large white tent near the AU Bookstore from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. each day (rain or shine). 

Readers may read any poetry that they wish: whether it be old or new, published or unpublished, well-known or obscure. Those who would like to read their own original poetry are especially encouraged to participate. Each reader will have the microphone for about 8 to 10 minutes, and so selections should be chosen to fit that time format.

Sign-up sheets are posted outside of Jim Ryan's office (HC 8070) so please choose a time as soon as possible. We'll try to finalize reading times within the next few weeks. If your preferred time is not available, please let me know and I'll try to work out the schedule in a favorable way.

Contact Jim Ryan (844-9031 or ryanjae@auburn.edu) for more information.


English Club to host career Panel
The English Club would like to have a career panel on the Friday of Homecoming Weekend (November 8). Are you in touch with an alum who has done well for herself or himself after graduation? If so, please forward Alicia Carroll, Faculty Advisor of the English Club and Sigma Tau Delta, their name, a brief description of their chosen career, and their email address or phone number. With your help we aim to have a well-rounded, inspiring panel.


Open Mic Nights
UPC Fine Arts presents Open Mic at the Big Blue Bagel on October 1, 15, and 29, and November 12.  Open Mics begin at 7:00 p.m. and end at 9 p.m.  Anywhere in that time you can read poetry, act out monologues, play music, sing, or just come to listen.  Just bring some material, yours or someone else's, and be prepared to perform! 

If you need anything more complicated than a couple of microphones or if you have questions, call the UPC office at 844-5292.

Soccer sundays
If you think you might be interested in playing soccer on some Sunday afternoons, please email Kathryn Pratt at prattkj@auburn.edu. We are looking for enthusiasm, not expertise.

Scholarship Scramble
The College of Liberal Arts Development office reminds you that if you are planning to play in the First Annual College of Liberal Arts Scholarship Scramble, please have your registration card turned into their development office as soon as possible. If you need any information please do call Arlana at 844-1483, Jonathan at 844-1432, or Mary at 844-1141.

Open Mic Nights
UPC Fine Arts presents Open Mic at the Big Blue Bagel on October 1, 15, and 29, and November 12.  Open Mics begin at 7:00 p.m. and end at 9 p.m.  Anywhere in that time you can read poetry, act out monologues, play music, sing, or just come to listen.  Just bring some material, yours or someone else's, and be prepared to perform! 

If you need anything more complicated than a couple of microphones or if you have questions, call the UPC office at 844-5292.

Welcome New Instructors!

Corinne Andersen received her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana this May. Her dissertation, "Representing the Subject: An Interdisciplinary Study of Women's Autobiography, Self-Portraiture, and Autoethography in the Twentieth Century", reflects her interest in American, French, and Latin American, art and culture.

Diana Curtis I come from the small, historic town of King's Lynn, which is situated in fen country in Norfolk, England. My three small grandchildren all live there. I earned my bachelor's degree in England at Loughborough University, but my master's and doctrate were completed here in the US, at Texas Tech University. My dissertation traces this country's rise to economic, technological, and military power through the works of Melville, Twain, Nabokov, and Cormac McCarthy. It would be much easier to list the things I don't like than the things I do, but I've always loved music, the theatre, and food--not necessarily in that order.

Bios were not available for James Elston, Raina Joines, Richard Joines, Robert Nagel, and Edward Shields.

Joseph Brown recently earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Political Science from the University of Georgia. An Eagle Scout, Joseph enjoys camping and hiking, Atlanta Braves baseball, and post-apocalyptic science fiction films from the 1960s and 1970s.

Paul Cook.  Hello.  I am from South Carolina and I graduated with a B.A. in English from Winthrop University.  My interest is in Composition and Rhetoric, and 20th century British/ American literature.

Deryck Hodge.  I am originally from Dadeville, a speed-trap town about 25 miles up 280.  I completed my B.A. here at Auburn this past May.  My interests include creative writing (fiction), contemporary fiction, and American literature, especially Southern lit.

Kelly Messerschmidt graduated with a B.A. in English from Auburn in 1998.  She returns to pursue a Masters of Technical and Professional Communication.

James Reaves earned BA degrees in English and Communication at Jacksonville State University in Alabama.  After graduation, he spent the next five years working and traveling throughout Europe, Australia, the South Pacific, Canada, and the United States; working on a novel; and briefly hosting a radio talk show.  His interests include most everything.

Matthew May Hi!  I enjoy countering the weapons of the status quo (e.g. hierarchical organization and limitative distribution) with joy (tempered with mild cynicism) informed by philosophy and deployed through rhetoric, dance, flitting, dreaming, etc.  Glad to be here.
Daniela Raducanu graduated from Craiova University, Romania, with a B.A. in English and Spanish Language and Literature.  She enjoys music, the Portuguese language, and English literature.  She is currently working towards her Master's degree.
Adam Schowalter graduated from the University of Florida in 2002 with a BA in English and political science.  He is working toward an MA in English Literature.

John Cambell	Scott Freiler
Karen Milstead	Eva Shoop

Neither photos nor bios were available for: Angela Farmer, Derek Kittle, Beth Leone, Adrea McDonnell, C. Scott Nesbitt, Katharyn Privett, and Angela Woods.

Faculty at Work: New Directions '02

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