EGSA Digest 8.24.12

Dear EGSA,

Welcome (back). We hope the transition into a new semester and, for some of you, to a new graduate program has been smooth.

For the benefit of the first-year students, the older students who are still puzzled by the state of their inbox on Fridays, and those who are not part of the English Graduate Student Association and somehow made it on my email list, a word about this email:

Every week or two the EGSA secretary sends out an email to everyone in the English graduate program with announcements and information about upcoming events. It’s called the Digest, presumably because your body can break down an entire meal and absorb the nutrients in the same amount of time it takes to read the email. If you have information that you would like to force upon your peers, please let me know.

Announcements

EGSA Meeting, Friday, 31 August, 2:30pm, CS 301

• General information meeting for all English graduate students
• Brief; will not interfere with 19th Century Research Seminar (see below)

GSA Meeting, Thursday, 30 August, 1:00pm, Location TBA

• Learn more about the Graduate Student Association and its activities

“Who We Are” Updates

• To make sure the information on the EGSA website is current, please send me (Jeremy Leatham) the following information by 31 August:

1. Name
2. Degree program (M.A. or Ph.D.)
3. Focus or concentration
4. Expected graduation

• If you do not have a profile posted on the “Who We Are” page or you’d like to update yours (change of interests, children, spouse, etc.), please also submit a short bio. Go here to see others’.
• Don’t question it; just do it. (For those curious enough to click on random links but too busy to watch the full clip, skip to 2:16. And then use your saved time to send me the requested info.)

Job Opening

• Immediate full-time opening available for English teacher or long-term sub (9th Grade English and 12th Grade English). Small classes (12-15 students), supportive environment, and flexible curriculum. For more information, please submit resume to Dr. Matthew Polk (mpolk@rapoportacademy.com).

Upcoming Events

Iced Tea Social, Saturday, 1 September, 7:30pm, Location TBA

• Social chairs Elizabeth Fredericks and Sarah Rude are organizing our first EGSA social event. All are invited, and families are welcome.

19th Century Research Seminar, Friday, 31 August, 3:30pm, Armstrong Browning Library

• Dr. Walden, “Red, White, and Blue Water: American and the Atlantic Ocean”

Congratulations on surviving the first week of the semester and the first EGSA Digest.

Jeremy Leatham