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, 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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EGSA, In case you missed the hordes of undergraduates or the unreasonable reading assignments on your syllabi, this Digest serves as your official welcome-back-from-what-I-sincerely-hope-was-a-relaxing-and-unproductive-and-not-too-guilt-filled-because- you-weren’t-revising-that-paper-to-send-out-or-applying-to-conferences-or-digging-up-obscure-primary-sources-in-hard-to- access-places-break note. I missed you. Announcements Library Research Workshops Apparently there’s an emerging resource in the world of academic research that is threatening to change the way we Google. It’s…
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EGSA, I was having trouble distinguishing announcements from events today. Things, and stuff Important Dates Last day of classes: Mon., 3 Dec. Study days: 4-5 Dec. Finals: 6-12 Dec. Commencement: Sat., 15 Dec. Somewhere in there, you probably have some seminar papers due, so you may want to start thinking about those. Important Social Event…
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EGSA, It goes without saying that Pumpecanfest will be such a consequential event that few other activities will be required to supplement tomorrow night’s affair, and yet I find myself needing to apologize for the length of the Digest this week. I’m sure we can expect a bit more plumpness after the holidays. Announcements Thanksgiving…
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EGSA, There’s really no way to know for sure, but it’s possible that if you click right here, you will be able to view the two articles on pedagogy for next Friday’s Heteroglossia event. If this announcement confuses you, refer to the EGSA Digest sent out earlier today. If the term heteroglossia confuses you, don’t…
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EGSA, To fill that void you’ve been enjoying since Wednesday, here’s your Digest. Announcements Deadlines Last day to satisfy foreign language requirement for Dec. 2012 Commencement: Today. Parlez-vous Deutsch ya? Si non, Google μεταφÏάζω. Last day to submit defended and approved copy of dissertation/thesis for Dec. 2012 Commencement: Today. Don’t even bother with the undefended…
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EGSA, Right now you could be working on one of your seminar papers. You’ve made the right choice. Announcements Pumpecanfest Our social chairs deserve our thanks for their hard work, great events, and creative naming practices. Can I suggest for next year Pumpskorcakeandicecreamfest? What we lose in euphony we’ll make up for in Skor Cake.…
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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…
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