EGSA Digest 8.31.12
EGSA,
Grab a meal and take a seat.
Announcements
“Who We Are†Updates
- Remember that we need the following information by the end of the day to update the EGSA website:
- Name
- Degree program (Ph.D. or M.A.)
- Focus or concentration
- Expected graduation
- Updated profile (short bio)
- Thank you to those who have already sent me your information. Maraka is proud of you.
- A few (dozen) of you have chosen to take the entirety of your allotted time to make sure you get your information and profile right but plan to submit it all before the end of the day. Maraka is satisfied with you.
- Several of you may not be planning on submitting anything. May the horror of 1,000 Marakas disturb your slumber.
Dues
- Pay your dues
- That wasn’t figurative; we actually want your money
- Please give $10 (cash preferred) to Heidi Seelke for your EGSA membership dues; you may pay her directly or leave your obligatory donation in the envelope she will leave in her office (CS 406)
- Benefits:
- Avoiding the shame that would otherwise be brought upon you and your father
- The right to participate in EGSA votes
- The right to a T-shirt
Graduate Writing Center
- Advanced graduate students are available to help you with your writing
- Email them your paper at gwc@baylor.edu, and they will contact you to set up a one-hour appointment
- See attached minutes for additional details
EGSA has a twitter
- @BaylorEgsa—twitter .com/bayloregsa
- Somebody told me to write that. I don’t know what it means.
Labor Day, Monday, 3 Sep.
- As its name would indicate, this is a holiday where you don’t have to work. Unless you’re a graduate student.
Upcoming Events
Iced Tea Social! Saturday, 1 Sep., 7pm, Quadrangle Apartments Community Room
- All English graduate students and families are invited
Something! Saturday, 15 Sep., 7:30pm, Watsons’
- The difficulty I experience in attempting to gather meaningful information from one of Watson’s emails notwithstanding, I think it’s safe to assume that some kind of gathering will take place at the time and location listed above.
- Clothing, as far as I can tell, is expected.
Modern Foreign Languages Lecture, Thursday, 6 Sep., 3-4pm, Morrison 102
- Dr. Perry Gethner, “Early Modern [French] Female Playwrights and the Struggle for the Center Stage”
Honors College Lecture, Tuesday, 11 Sep., 3-4pm, ABL Lecture Hall
- B. Fortenbaugh, “Aristotle and Theophrastus on Emotion, Virtue and Social Interaction”
PROFF Workshop, Thursday, 13 Sep., 3:30-5:00pm, Jones Library Creekmore Room
- “Begin with the End in Mind: Working towards Academic Employment throughout Your Time as a Graduate Studentâ€
- Event is free, but registration is required
Gallery Talk and Reception with Photographer Keith Carter, Thursday, 13 Sep., 5:30-7:00pm, Martin Museum of Art
- You may ignore this bullet point; I have no additional information
Want more? Open up the attachment for the minutes of today’s EGSA meeting. You’re welcome.
Jeremy Leatham
EGSA Secretary