| Chair: Kent Baxter | Compiled by: RosaMaria Chacon |
Can’t be the Third Week but it is….Forward to a very early Spring Break for us. Forward to a Good Semester with Good student and colleague interactions!
Announcements
In medias res-Black History Month-sorry we didn’t get this out sooner. Still time to see some great films and a Talent Showcase, and hear great speakers. Theme is Hallowed Grounds: Sites of African American Memories. For more information, go to Department of Africana Studies under College of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
Third Critical Transitions Conference March 4th Woodbury University 9:30-3:30. It covers many interesting theoretical, pedagogical and professional Composition issues and Includes best Interview practices for full-time positions.
If you are interested in Learning Management System platforms (and you know what one is), you might want to participate in the evaluation for a new CSU contract. See the Chancellor’s office learning platforms and services website.
Reminders
This Friday February 12th is the last day for students to add with a permission #, drop without signatures, or change grading status to CR/NC. You can save your students and yourself some trouble with a short email reminder (if you have the time).
Please email Tonie re student evaluations for your classes.
CSU Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Achievement submissions due Feb 24th at 9:00 p.m. One of your students may want to apply for this $12,000 scholarship.
Spring is a lovely time for a class observation–well maybe it’s summer no winter no summer. Required to make our classes keep chugging along, the observations call for your help and one isn’t too bad without a letter to write–just a short form to fill out.
March 1st–big date–deadline for submission of College of Humanities Faculty Fellowship and Grant Program and Probationary Faculty Support Program. Ya don’t get if ya don’t apply whether it be smaller 1 course releases or big ones like see Anthony below.
GradFest 2016–a shopping grad thing March 16th and 17th 9-6 in the bookstore. Let your students know–they may be interested.
Opportunities
If you want to go digital but need some help–check out the Workshop on Composing with Video February 29th 12:30-3:30. Sign up with Santosh Khadka for seating and refreshments.
Human Resources News–check it out for defense–classes and pepper spray, health insurance, and retirement information. Sometimes you can attend a great planning retirement workshop right on campus vs. driving to Glendale (unless you live near Glendale). Many interesting possibilities…
Great minds ride Together–Rideshare from afar and save $, stress, and the Planet (needs all and any help available).
Achievements
Anthony Dawahare has been selected as the College of Humanities Research Fellow for 2016-2017 for his project The Red Christ: Social Christianity and American Protect Literature, 1894-1940. Interesting and Transdisciplinary–Congratulations Anthony!
The research team of Santosh Khadka, Ligia Mihut, Sara Alvarez, and Shyam Sharma won a CCCC Research Initiative Grant ($9600) for the global project “On Their Own Terms: A Study of Writing Discourses in Colombia, India, Nepal, and Romania.”
Irene Clark gave a presentation at the University of Granada, Spain entitled “Writing Effective Theses and Dissertations: Entering the Conversation.” Spain–sounds like too much fun…The Spanish graduate students let Irene know that they would very much like to have the type of writing instruction we have here.
Noreen Lace’s poem “Dreams of Mr. Rabbit” has been accepted for Pilcrow and Dagger’s February/March issue entitled Love and Leprechauns….sounds perfect for Valentine’s Day and St. Patrick’s Day. Noreen has been very productive of late!
Very Nice Write-up in the College of Humanities newsletter Fall/Winter 2015-16 re Eric Kufs and Nazanin Keynejad. They are recipients of the prestigious 2015-16 Sally Casanova Pre-Doctoral Scholarship. Great Read, and dare I say, Great Pics for the English Department to peruse. So nice to stop and enjoy their success with them.
Kudos to All!
until another Thursday~