EGSA Digest 01.20.2012

English Graduate Student Association

EGSA Digest 01.20.2012

January 20, 2012 EGSA Digests 0

EGSA says, “ .”

I like you[,] alot.
Please take note of the following notices and events regarding the next two weeks of English Graduate Student life, as well as upcoming and ongoing events.
SBA, Secretary

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Last Day to Submit for Phoenix

Submit to Baylor University’s premier student publication, the Phoenix! The Phoenix accepts publications of all types of creative fiction and nonfiction, as well as artwork (including photography, paintings, drawings etc.). All submissions are anonymous and made online through the Phoenix’s website found at www.baylor.edu/phoenix . The deadline for submission this year is January 20, 2012. For further info please contact Benjamin_crawford@baylor.edu .

T-shirt SUBMISSIONS RE-OPENED; RE-VOTING Sun-Wed

We are going to re-open t-shirt submissions so we have a few more to choose from! Please take thirty minutes, go to custom.ink.com (for instance), and create an EGSA t-shirt you would like to wear, then email Kalani_Pattison@baylor.edu your t-shirt images by the end of Saturday. Feel free to team up for designs. [If you have an idea but don’t want to “design,” email me (Sarah_Aspen@baylor.edu) your idea, and I’ll build it— cuz I like that “alot.”]
Then, voting will reopen Sunday through Wednesday, and we will announce the winning design dramatically at Thursday’s EGSA Meeting.

Online TA Evaluations

Kathleen McGinty-Johnston and Rachel Webster are trying to collect feedback so that they can represent more of our opinions during one of Kathleen Morley’s focus groups. If you are still interested in giving personal feedback on this issue, please contact Kathleen_McGinty@baylor.edu or Rachel_Webster@baylor.edu or volunteer to participate in one of these focus groups by contacting Kathleen_Morley@baylor.edu .

In the Next Two Weeks (Jan 23-Feb 5)

SET Seminar: Active Learning in Large Lecture Courses*

Tuesday, January 24 @ 3:30-4:30pm in Jones 206 (Creekmore) *Registration required.

EGSA General Meeting

Thursday, January 26 at 11am in CS G-03
At our first meeting of the semester, we will discuss business mentioned (but not limited to that) in the attached minutes from the EGSA Council meeting this week, along with other concerns. Please try your best to attend!

PROFF Workshop: Mock Interviews*

Thursday, January 26 @ 1:30-5pm in Pat Neff 300 *Registration required.

SET Seminar: Suicide Prevention—QPR Gatekeeper Training*

Thursday, Feb 2 @ 2;30-4:00pm in Jones 206 (Creekmore)
National data show that 10% of students seriously consider suicide and 1.5% of students attempt suicide each year. The purpose of this course is to provide training on how to talk to students at risk of suicide. QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer – three simple steps to follow when talking to someone who may be at risk of suicide. Jim Marsh, Director of Counseling Services, will teach participants to do the following: (1) Recognize the warning signs of suicide (2) Know how to offer hope (3) Know how to get help and save a life. *Registration required. https://www1.baylor.edu/TD_Reg/ClassDetail.aspx?ClassID=8530

UPCOMING

Bad Wine/Bad Poetry

In the works! Stay tuned for announcements from our social chairs, and get psyched.

ONGOING

Downtown Waco Farmer’s Market

Saturdays, from 9am-1pm at 400 University Parks Drive (near the old fire tower downtown)
Begun in November, Waco’s newly established farmer’s market is a great way to get local produce, meat, eggs, eggs, bread, flowers, and handmade goods (like soap, candles, etc.), not to mention the hot crepes and burritos available! If you live in the campus area and would like a ride, email Sarah_Aspen@baylor.edu or call/text her at (630)723-1295 to carpool.

Midday Prayer

Thursdays at noon in the Bobo Spiritual Life Chapel. A quiet service for faculty, staff, and grad students with silence from noon to 12:15, then a short liturgy

*Events are listed in the wonderful EGSA calendar Nathan has put together and will continue to update. To find this calendar or add it your Gmail account, click above, then click “+ Google Calendar.”
*If your event is not on the calendar, please email Nathan_Kilpatrick@baylor.edu with the pertinent information.
*If you have any information you would like to share with your colleagues for the next EGSA Digest, please email me at Sarah_Aspen@baylor.edu before noon on Fridays.

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