EGSA Digest 10/14

• Friday, Oct 21 @2:30-4pm in Carroll Science, 4th Floor Lounge
• By Dr. Mona Choucair of our very own English Department!

· Heteroglossia Follow-Up on Statements of Teaching Philosophy

• Friday, Oct 21 @3:45-4:30pm in Carroll Science, 204
• Those interested can meet to read and review drafts of teaching philosophies. Bring your draft for others to review, and be prepared to review two or three other teaching philosophies. Remember, this is a great opportunity to check off another requirement for the Higher Education Teaching Certificate. If you have any questions, please contact DeAnn_Barta@baylor.edu or Joshua_Boyd@baylor.edu.

· PROFF Workshop: Your CV and Cover Letter*

• Tuesday, Oct 25 @3:15-4:45pm in Draper 109
• The curriculum vitae (CV) has for years been the basic “unit of currency” in academic hiring and career development. At its most fundamental, the CV establishes your credentials, qualifications and experience. But can a CV do more? How can your CV and cover letter work together? This workshop teaches the considerations of both content and structure in CVs and cover letters that apply in different situations. Bring your CV, because most of this workshop will consist of personal consultation with faculty. See http://www.baylor.edu/graduate/index.php?id=85124 for more info. *Registration required.

·  Religion and Literature Reading Group

• Thursday, Oct 27 @11am-12pm location TBA
• Thisweek,thegroupisreadingthefourthchapterofRalphWood’sTheComedyofRedemption.Contact Jeffrey_Bilbro@baylor.edu.

·  Pumplefest!

• Friday, Oct 28 @ 6:30-8:30pm at the Sugar Creek Neighborhood Cabana.
• Be ready to play. Be ready to eat. CLICK HERE TO RSVP! Due to technical villains set on ruining our plans, you will need to enter your own name (not Ginger’s) when you click “yes” or “no” on the evite. Ginger and Virginia have been working hard on this, and it’s so near!

·  Conference: Educating for Wisdom in the 21st Century University

• Thursday, Oct 27 through Saturday, Oct 29 @Bill Daniel Student Center, events across these days
• We invite scholars and teachers from across the disciplines, college and university administrators, and students (both undergraduate and graduate) to join us as we explore these questions:
• What is the nature of wisdom? Is it something that we construct, seek, or are drawn into? How do we encounter it in various disciplines? What curricular and co-curricular efforts might encourage wisdom’s formation in students? How might educating for wisdom transform scholarly research? How might Christian universities—drawing upon the resources of the Christian traditions—seek and share wisdom and a love for what is true, good, and most beautiful? How might such wisdom be offered in the service of others.
• Visit http://www.baylor.edu/ifl/index.php?id=80288 for more info.

UPCOMING

Spring Registration – Please see attached .pdf (sent out from Julie Sherrod yesterday) for registration schedule. Around 8:30am on your scheduled day, your registration flag will be dropped, allowing you to sign up for classes in BearWeb.

ONGOING

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

Calls for Papers

• ·  Nov 1: The Festival of Faith and Writing (CCL) conference will be held April 19-21, 2012 at Calvin College in Michigan. See attached flyer and visit http://festival.calvin.edu/festival-2012/ccl-regional-meeting/call-for- papers for more information.
• ·  Nov 15: Hybrid Irelands: At Culture’s Edge. At University of Notre Dame March 29-31. See attached poster and call for papers.
• ·  Dec 15: Conference on Christianity and Literature. Topic:”Belief and Unbelief.” Conference website: http://spu.edu/depts/english/ccl

Job Openings(!)

Azusa Pacific University has openings, contingent on funding, for two full-time faculty positions with areas of expertise in one or more of the following: Poetry, Linguistics, Shakespeare or Renaissance Drama. We are open to outstanding candidates at any rank, (Assistant/Associate/Full Professor); rank and salary are commensurate with experience. 4/4 load, including upper division courses in area of specialty and lower division composition or literature courses.

Ph.D. required. APU does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, age, disability, or status as a veteran. The successful candidates will be compatible with APU’s evangelical Christian liberal arts mission. Interviews at MLA and by phone. Send letter and C.V. to Dr. Sarah Adams, Search Committee Chair, English Department, 901 E. Alosta Ave., P.O. Box 7000, Azusa, CA 91702. APU is located near Los Angeles in the foothills of the San Gabriel mountains, with easy access to beaches and mountains.

*Event dates 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, visit http://www.bayloregsa.org/activities/ and 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 you colleagues for the next EGSA Digest, please email me at Sarah_Aspen@baylor.edu before noon on Fridays.