EGSA Digest 10.26.12

EGSA,
I know you’re starved for information this week, so dig in.

Announcements

Upcoming Frights

• There’s something scary looming. It’s about 20 pages long, and it requires you to complete about a year’s worth of research and writing in less than a month.
• And then there’s Halloween. As with the Seminar Paper, which requires you to pretend to be a legitimate scholar, you are expected to adopt a false persona, and you are judged on how convincing and clever you are. And we’re not talking about Facebook here. Spooky.
• And, finally, someone informed me that today is the Feast Day of King Alfred the Great. Frightening? Oh, where to begin?

Cookie Report

• They were really good.
• So was the information about registering for Spring classes and succeeding in graduate school. It’s attached.

Deadlines

• Last day to submit record of oral examination for dissertation/thesis students for Dec. 2012 Commencement: Fri., 2 Nov. 2012.
• Last day to satisfy foreign language requirement for Dec. 2012 Commencement: Fri., 9 Nov. 2012
• Last day to submit defended and approved copy of dissertation/thesis for Dec. 2012 Commencement: Fri., 9 Nov. 2012
• Last chance to bask in the security of graduate school before facing the real world: Commencement

Upcoming Events

Robert Browning and Victorian Poetry Conference at 200, Thurs.-Sat., 1-3 Nov., ABL

• Add the format of the conference to the list of things I don’t understand. (See one of the emails you received regarding this event.)
• But even that shouldn’t keep you from fregistering.

Socratic Method for Any Class and Personality, Thurs., 1 Nov., 10-11am, Maybe They’ll Tell You Where to Go When You Fregister

• Dr. Trent Dougherty
• Teaching 101: Find a way to relate to your students. Socratic Method ought to suffice.
• Fregister

Life on the Grad Line, Tues., 6 Nov., No Time Listed, Fentress Room (SUB)

• “Handling Finances in Graduate School”
• Obviously you need to master finances before you move on to scheduling.

PROFF Workshop, Tues., 6 Nov., 3:30-5:00pm, Pat Neff 300

• “On the Trail and at the Table: The Substance and Style of Interviewing”
• What?