EGSA, Treasure hunt: How many Twain quotes can you find? Announcements Good Humans Will Do Some or All of the Following Attend events related to the Prospective Student Weekend. See the attached schedule or the EGSA Quaff from earlier this week. Help with the EGSA Book Sale. Contact Adam Marshall. Always do right. This will…
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EGSA, This mid-week email serves three purposes: 1) it provides you with the schedule for this weekend’s events (attached), 2) it clarifies which events we hope you participate in (below), and 3) helps give order and meaning to your life (subject line). We need participation at the following events: Meet and Greet/Department Tea, Fri., 1-3pm,…
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EGSA, Hey. Announcements Important, Updated Proclamation by President Kilpatrick on the Prospective Student Weekend: Now with Typographical Corrections and Never-Before-Seen Content! Greetings to all and sundry: I send you this note to remind you of the prospective student weekend’s happenings next weekend, on the afternoon of Friday, March 1, and the morning of Saturday, March…
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President Kilpatrick sends the following: Hello All, I hope this email finds everyone well during this work-filled middle slump of the semester. Three weeks until Spring Break! I am sending this email to announce the results of the recent election for the EGSA Orientation Chairs. After the results came in, the leading number of votes…
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EGSA, Get ready. Incoming meteorites (and prospective students and lectures). Announcements President Kilpatrick’s Declaration on the Prospective Stuent Weekend, Fri.-Sat., 1-2 Mar. Greetings to all and sundry: I send you this note so that you can consider yourself officially invited to the prospective student weekend’s happenings on the afternoon of Friday, March 1, and the…
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EGSA, President Kilpatrick wanted to make a declaration regarding the Prospective Student Weekend, not the Stuent Weekend. The fault and shame are all my own. As long as I’m here in your field of vision, though, I might as well clarify for anyone who isn’t aware that the Prospective Student Weekend is an opportunity for…
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EGSA, Announcements New Orientation Chairs Nominations for new Orientation Chairs are due today (see minutes from last week’s EGSA meeting). To nominate someone who likes people generally and incoming students specifically, please send an email to President Kilpatrick and Secretary Leatham. To nominate someone who is grumpy, rude, and generally unhelpful, give that person an…
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EGSA, Happy Groundhog Day almost. (How does this work in Texas? Winter isn’t six weeks to begin with.) But even happier EGSA Meeting Day. Announcements EGSA Meeting This afternoon we will gather as a unified body of English Graduate Student Associates to do important things and hear significant stuff and make some decisions about some…
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EGSA General Meeting, 1 February 2013 Minutes Welcome – Nathan Kilpatrick GSA Announcements – Julie Ooms a. Elections for GSA president and vice-president in February i. Nominate someone by emailing Julie Ooms New constitution for GSA, ratified, available on GSA website Social/Service Events i. Steppin’ Out T-Shirts, “Back the Bears,†$7, email Julie Volunteers to…
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EGSA, Happy Friday. Announcements Deadline Last day to file for May 2013 Commencement: Today! Writing your dissertation you can still put off. Filing for May 2013 Commencement you cannot. EGSA Meeting Lest the suspense and anticipation caused by last week’s announcement overwhelm you, I declare on behalf of President Kilpatrick that an EGSA Meeting has…
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