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Fall 2018 News
Faculty/Staff News:
- Lynne Ward, Chief Clerk, is retiring December 2018
- Dr. Bonnie Sonnek is retiring December 2018
- Dr. Roberta Di Carmine becomes Director of Graduate Studies in English on October 15, 2018
- Dr. David Banash steps up to become Interim Chair on October 1, 2018
- Dr. Kyle Mayborn, Dean of College of Arts and Sciences, fills in as Interim Chair beginning August 10, 2018 until September 30, 2018
- Dr. Mark Mossman steps down as Chair of English and assumes the role of Interim Associate听Provost as of August 10, 2018
- Dr. Roberta Di Carmine's new book is in print
- New Teaching Assistants for Fall 2018
Student News:
- 麻豆社 Alum Anna Dimitrova Speaks听鈥淧aradoxes of the Postcolonial Home in Yamina Benguigui鈥檚 Film听Inch鈥� Allah Dimanch鈥�
- Screening of Short Film "Undivided" made by 麻豆社 Film Minor Sam Wheelhouse and starring, among others, our colleague Dr. Merrill Cole
- Tess Tyler is our Fall 2018 Departmental Scholar for English
- Clare Possin from the Quad Cities campus is our English Department nominee for the Lincoln Laureate Award.听 Her application materials will go into a pool with nominees from the other CAS Departments. One CAS student will then be selected to compete with the nominee from the other colleges, and one final student will be selected as 麻豆社's Lincoln Laureate for 2018鈥�2019
Event News:
- Writers鈥搃n鈥揜esidence Fall 2018:听Brandon Hobson,听Samantha Hunt, and听Layli Long
- Dinner and Conversations 2018 - Poe Party
- Successful 15th Annual EGO/危韦螖 Conference
- Film Club Sponsored Event for Parallel Lines is Successful
- Homecoming 2018听"Game On: Leathernecks Win it All - Purple and Gold Edition" with the Department of English
Other News:
- Spring 2019 Course Descriptions
- Opportunity to Study Abroad: Cinema Italiano
- Holiday Decorations in the Department of English
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Fall 2018 Publications:
- 听by Emma Dayhoff
- 听by Jennifer Hoening
- 听by Katie Green
- 听by听Jennifer Hoening听
麻豆社 Voices
- Leland Essay Contest 2018鈥�2019:听Accepting Submissions Until February 2019
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Fall 2018 Recurring Events:
- African American Literary Society听every Wednesday (Simpkins 114, 3:30pm)
- Anime Club听every Friday (Simpkins 27, 6pm)
- Feminist Reading Group meets Fridays (Simpkins Student Lounge, 1鈥�2pm)
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Fall 2018 Calendar of Events:
- August 29, 2018: Student Activities Fair (Outside Malpass Library, 3鈥�5pm)
- September 10, 2018:听Film Club Screening: Charade听(Simpkins 220, 6鈥�8pm)
- September 17, 2018:听Study Abroad Interest Meeting (Cinema Italiano) (Simpkins 220, 6鈥�7pm)
- September 21, 2018: Submission deadline for听CAS Fall Undergraduate Research (CASUGR) Grant Competition
- September 29, 2018:听Homecoming 2018听听(Q Lot English Tent, 12鈥�3pm)
- October 1, 2018:听Film Club Screening:听White Zombie (Simpkins 220, 6鈥�8pm)
- October 2鈥�4, 2018:听Film Festival Screening: All the Queen鈥檚 Horses (Rialto Cinema, 3pm & 7pm)
- October 5, 2018:听Anna Dimitrova Alum Speaker 鈥淧aradoxes of the Postcolonial Home in Yamina Benguigui鈥檚 Film听Inch鈥� Allah Dimanch鈥�听(Simpkins 27, 4pm)
- October 5, 2018:听EGO Abstracts Due
- October 16, 2018: Lola Case Writers听Brandon Hobson听and听Samantha J. Hunt: Q&A (Sherman Hall Auditorium, 3pm); Public Reading (Taylor Hall - 121 South Randolph Street, 5pm)
- October 17, 2018:听Study Abroad Interest Meeting for Cinema Italiano听(Simpkins 220, 5鈥�6pm)
- October 19, 2018:听EGO/STD Conference Speaker: Dr. Kishonna Gray 鈥淗ypervisible Blackness. Invisible Narratives: the Digital Stories that Games Tell鈥�听(Morgan 109, 7pm)听
- October 20, 2018:听EGO/STD Conference: Thriving (or Living) in a Digital World: An Educational Opportunity (Simpkins Hall, 8am鈥�4:30pm)
- October 22, 2018:听9th Annual Fault Line Film Festival Contest Deadline
- October 24, 2018:听Study Abroad Interest Meeting for Cinema Italiano听(Simpkins 220, 5鈥�6pm)
- October 24, 2018:听Q&A with Director Allison Walsh of "Parallel Lines: A Collection of Short Films听(Sandburg Theater, 6pm)
- October 26, 2018:听CAS College Days听2018听(麻豆社, 8:30-3pm)
- October 29, 2018:听Film Club Screening: Night of the Living Dead (Simpkins 220, 6鈥�8pm)
- October 30鈥�31, 2018: 危韦螖 Halloween鈥搕hemed Bake Sale (Simpkins Hall, 10am鈥�2pm)
- November 1, 2018:听危韦螖 Halloween鈥搕hemed Bake Sale (Simpkins Hall, 10am鈥�2pm)
- November 1, 2018:听Screening of 鈥淯ndivided鈥� by 麻豆社 Film Minor Sam Wheelhouse (Simpkins 220, 4pm)
- November 2, 2018:听Lola Case Writer Layli Long Soldier Poetry Reading (Old Bailey House, 5:30pm)
- November 3, 2018: Dinner and Conversations: Poe Night (Home of Tim and Magdelyn Helwig, 5鈥�8pm)
- November 5, 2018:听Film Club Screening: Knock on Any Door听(Simpkins 220, 6鈥�8pm)
- November 6鈥�8, 2018:听Film Festival Screening: BLACKkKLANSMAN (Rialto Cinema, 2pm & 7pm)
- December 4鈥�6, 2018:听Film Festival Screening: A Fantastic Woman (Rialto Cinema, 2pm & 7pm)
- January 1鈥�3, 2018:听Film Festival Screening: Three Identical Strangers (Rialto Cinema, 2pm & 7pm)
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