EGSA: Publish a paper! Come to a lecture! Eat popcorn!
What’s the buzz? Tell me what’s happening!
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhViRRmCvTI)
Kind and patient as all of you are, I know this is the question you’ve all been asking today. Well, the answer is that much is happening in the world of EGSA this week. Here are the things that deserve your attention:
aï¡EGSA Spring Heteroglossia Event: “Just 120960 Minutes: Write a Publishable Paper in 12 Weeks or Lessâ€
Join us as Drs. Beth Womack and Tom Hanks share their experience with getting papers published and discuss Wendy Belcher’s new book, Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks: A Guide to Academic Publishing Success.
In the Faculty Lounge at 2:30 on Wednesday, March 23rd.
aï¡Hoagwood Film Viewing and Lecture:
Just a few reminders as we approach the Hoagwood Lecture (which will finally happen on Thursday, barring any further calamities. Just in case you're interested, the latest in this saga of problems is the sudden illness of the elderly proprietors of the Judge Baylor B&B, where Dr. Hoagwood was originally scheduled to stay).
LECTURE: “Visual Art and the Fictions of Adaptation.” (In addition to being a film critic, Dr. Hoagwood, an English prof at Texas A&M, is a nineteenth-century British scholar. For more information, see http://www.bayloregsa.org/conference/ ). The lecture will be held on Thursday, March 24, 2011 @ 3:30 in the Cox Lecture Hall (basement of the Armstrong-Browning Library), with refreshments to follow.
FREE FOOD & COLLEGIALITY OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU! A few spots remain for the pre-lecture luncheon that is to be held for Dr. Hoagwood in at noon on Thursday. This is a good opportunity to get to know a faculty member of a neighboring institution and to mix with the Baylor faculty and grad students who will be there as well. And, of course, there is good free food (a full buffet, I believe). If you are interested, please contact our hospitality chair DeAnn Barta (deann_barta@baylor.edu).
NOW FOR THE POPCORN! Since Dr. Hoagwood’s Lecture will address several films (listed in full at http://www.bayloregsa.org/conference/), we will have a viewing of one of the “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” movies he will be discussing. You can attend this even if your schedule does not allow you to attend Dr. Hoagwood’s lecture – be at CS G-03 at 3:30 on Wednesday.
We hope to see you at some or all of these events this week.
On behalf of the lecture committee, Steve Petersheim, Lecture Organizer
aï¡EGSA Meeting Next Week:
Join us at our Spring EGSA Meeting at Wednesday, March 30 at 9 AM. As always, come with any questions, concerns, or opportunities pertinent to grad students, and hear important news from our President, GSA Rep, and many others who work for the good of English grad students. Location TBA.
aï¡Help Needed for Book Sale:
Hello EGSA members,
It’s your friendly neighborhood Fundraising Chair. As the book sale at the end of March is approaching (exact dates and times coming REALLY soon, I promise), we are seeking book donations from the English faculty. I will also be sending out an email shortly to all university faculty as well. As I am a commuter, I am not on campus as much as some. I am seeking a few people who would be willing to help share the task of picking up books from professors, so that they may be more willing to hand over their books (since they don’t have to do any of the lugging). I have requested that all faculty who wish to donate books contact me, so I will be the point person, but for those pick-ups I can’t handle, it would be lovely to have some help. Thank you to those of you who have helped with pick-ups already!
So, please contact me at lisa_echtenkamp@baylor.edu, if you'd like to be a pal, or just run me down in the hall or something. I'm around sometimes.
As soon as I have managed to communicate clearly and efficiently with the Student Reservations people about WHICH dates are open WHERE we would like to set up, I will send out the final date/time/location information, as well as yet another solicitation for assistance in manning (or humanning, shame on me) the book sale itself.
Sincerely, Lisa Echtenkamp EGSA Fundraising Chair
aï¡Registration for Summer and Fall 2011:
www.baylor.edu/bearweb
Students may register on their scheduled day beginning at 6 a.m. through midnight on the dates listed for the following summer sessions and fall semester: Minimester – May 15; ten week Summer Session and Summer Session I – June 2; Summer Session II – July 8; and Fall – August 26. (BearWeb may be unavailable at times if system maintenance is needed) Students are responsible for registering for the courses for which they have been advised according to the requirements of their degree.
Graduate Students March 29 (A-Z) - Tuesday - Beginning 6 a.m. (Continuous access to BearWeb registration any day after March 29)
aï¡ CFP: The Moveigoer at Fifty:
CALL FOR PAPERS:
The Moviegoer at Fifty
The Inaugural Conference of the Walker Percy Center for Writing and Publishing Loyola University New Orleans
October 14-16, 2011
http://loyno.edu/wpc/call-papers
aï¡ Support the Epilepsy Foundation of Texas:
EGSA:
Many of you know that my son Bodhi suffers from epilepsy. Until his first seizure last spring, Stacey and I knew very little seizure disorders. My father suffered the last years of his life from epilepsy. Ashamed of his disorder, he attempted to hide his seizures from us. The Epilepsy Foundation of Texas (EFTX) does a wonderful job helping families and educating the public about seizures and seizure disorders. On April 9 the Dallas branch of EFTX will host its annual fundraiser at the Dallas Zoo. Stacey and I are lucky; Bodhi’s seizures have decreased without medication through a change in diet. Many families, however, continue to struggle to find equilibrium years after initial diagnosis. If you are interested in participating in the April event or if you would like to make a donation to a worthy cause, please see the attached flyer or visit the EFTX website – www.eftx.org.
All the best, Dustin Morrow Dustin Morrow