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Composition News
Please take advantage of or assist the Comp program in the following:

• Take advantage of the WebCT Composition Program resource available to all faculty members.  You will find sample ENGL 1100 and ENGL 1120 exams that might be useful in planning your own final, but feel free to use the ones posted verbatim as well.
• Send to Kathy McClelland materials you've used in ENGL 1100 or ENGL 1120, especially this past semester, to serve as resources on the Composition Program WebCT resource site.  Paper assignments, peer review materials, mini-lesson materials, and anything else you have you would be willing to share with other faculty are welcome.  Electronic versions can be e-mailed in the WebCT environment or to Kathy McClelland, or you can leave a paper copy in her mailbox. Disks are welcome, too, and will be returned promptly.
• To provide feedback about the usefulness of the WebCT Composition Program resource site, please complete the brief (6 question) "Usage Survey" on the homepage if you've used the site at all.  If you haven't used the WebCT Composition Program site yet, please take this opportunity to spend some time browsing the site and completing the survey, too.  All responses are anonymous.

The site's redesign will be completed and new materials posted before the beginning of Spring 2003. The more feedback given, the more the site can be tailored to your needs.  The more materials submitted, the more resources all of us have to use.

CLA to offer IT Workshops
The proposal deadline for the December 17 - 19 workshops on PowerPoint and WebCT is this Friday, November 22.  Please send your proposals to Bryan Taylor or Wiebke Kuhn.  Your proposal should answer the following:

• What kind of project are you planning?
• When do you want to use this project?
• How much experience do you have with either WebCT or PowerPoint? (The answers to this question will give us a better sense on how to design the workshops).

Participants will receive a modest stipend of $200 for their completed participation.  Click here for more details about the programs.

End-of-Term Celebration!
Please plan to come to the English Department’s gala end-of-term celebration and potluck dinner Monday, December 9, from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm at Pebble Hill.  Check your department mailbox for more information.

Assessment Reminder
Please remember to collect two copies of the second formal paper your students submit in each of your Great Books sections. Later you will be told which papers to forward to the GB Committee for assessment. Your continued cooperation is appreciated.

Women and Politics: A Global Perspective
The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures and the College of Liberal Arts are pleased to invite you to a major university-sponsored public event entitled "Women and Politics: A Global Perspective." This event will be held at the Auburn University Hotel and Dixon Conference Center tomorrow (Thursday, November 21).

For more information about the event click here. This event is co-sponsored by the Office of the Provost.


Pebble Hill Program
Caine Campbell will read from his new novel A Reminder of Stones at Pebble Hill at 4:00 p.m. today (Wednesday, November 20). 

Beginning his academic career as a noted historian of the pharmaceutical profession, Campbell served as associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts where, among other things, he was instrumental in establishing the college's honors program.  His gift for storytelling found expression in brief stints on radio and tv and in print journalism. 

After retiring from Auburn, Campbell settled in Texas where A Reminder of Stones, a novel about murder and intrigue, is set. 

Ward Allen, professor emeritus of English, will introduce Campbell.  A reception will follow the reading.  Copies of A Reminder of Stones will be available for purchase and signing by the author.

End-of-Term Celebration!
Please plan to come to the English Department’s gala end-of-term celebration and potluck dinner Monday, December 9, from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm at Pebble Hill.  Check your department mailbox for more information.

If you would like to include an item in the "Professional Notes" section of The English Channel, please submit your note to Betsy Smith or Alise Chabaud.

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Please submit items and direct all questions or comments about The English Channel to Betsy Smith or Alise Chabaud.

To include an item in The English Channel, submit text items by Tuesday at 11:40 a.m. for publication Wednesday. Graphic images are due by the preceding Friday at 11:40 a.m. Submit items by email or by putting a note or disk in Alise Chabaud's mailbox (disks will be returned). If you submit an image on disk, please make sure that it can be edited to fit and be read clearly on the page. Items over fifty words in length should be submitted on disk or sent by email. Please check your submission for accuracy and completion--all calendar items and meeting announcements must include the date, time, and location of the event. Please omit all unusual formatting.