澳门六合彩历史记录

College of Arts and Sciences

Spring 2010 News & Events

  • June 9: Dead Filmmakers Society Summer Film Series
  • June 7: Summer first four-week session begins (through July 2).
  • June 7: Summer eight-week session begins (through July 30).
  • June 1: We are very sad to hear of the death of English major Lyndsey Manuel. Our best wishes to her friends and family.
  • May 31: Memorial Day: No Classes, University Closed.
  • May 17: Summer pre-session begins (through June 4).
  • May 16: 澳门六合彩历史记录-Quad Cities Commencement, I Wireless Center, 1:00pm.
  • May 15: Undergraduate Commencement, Western Hall, 4:30pm.
  • May 14: Graduate Commencement, Western Hall, 5:30pm.
  • May 13: Creative writing students鈥� reading. Cafe Aroma, 8-10:00pm.
  • May 10-14: Final Exam Week.
  • May 6: English Graduate Organization, University Writing Center, 4:00pm.
  • May 6: Memorial tree dedication (for Viktor Kemper and other 澳门六合彩历史记录 staff), east of Simpkins, 11:00am.
  • May 5: Thesis colloquium. Simpkins 341, 4:30pm.
  • May 5: Spring potluck lunch and retirement party for Randy Smith. Simpkins 020, 11:30-2:00pm.
  • Apr 30: Sigma Tau Delta Teacher Appreciation, Simpkins 025, 11:00am-2:00pm.
  • Apr 28: Department Awards Night, Multicultural Center, 4:30pm.
  • Apr 26: Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society induction ceremony, Helwig residence, 5:30pm.
  • Apr 26: MA thesis defense: Michael Baumann. Simpkins 014, 2:00pm.
  • Apr 21: Faculty reading: Magdelyn Helwig and Erika Wurth, Multicultural Center, 7:00pm.
  • Apr 21: Faculty/staff reception for incoming chair Derek Royal, Inselhaus, 4:30pm.
  • Apr 21: English Graduate Organization, Simpkins 341, 4:00pm.
  • Apr 21: Faculty interest meeting, LAS courses, Simpkins 025, 3:15pm.
  • Apr 16: Public reading of Emily Dickinson鈥檚 poetry. East side of Malpass Library, 1:00pm.
  • Apr 15: Faculty colloquium: Bill Knight, 鈥淐anon Fodder: Carl Sandburg鈥檚 Advice to Journalists.鈥� Multicultural Center Board Room, 11:00am.
  • Apr 14: Sigma Tau Delta Meeting and Elections, Simpkins 025, 4:15pm.
  • Apr 14: Writing faculty meeting, Simpkins 020, 3:00pm.
  • Apr 12: Deadline for Creative Writing awards.
  • Apr 10: NCTE Spring Conference, Simpkins ground floor, 8:00am-5:00pm.
  • Apr 9: Faculty research group. Wine Sellers, 3:00pm.
  • Apr 8: Faculty colloquium: Mark Mossman, "Irish Girls Gone Wild: Disability, Gender, and the Construction of Celtic Sentiment." Room change: Simpkins 327 027, 4:00pm.
  • Apr 1: Deadline for Graduate Program awards & fellowships.
  • Apr 1: Reading, Case Writer-In-Residence David Treuer. University Union Lincoln Room, 7:30pm.
  • Mar 31: Journalism scholarship dinner featuring Onion writer Kurt Luchs, Old Dairy, 7:00pm.
  • Apr 1: 鈥淛ournalism & Humor: from Mark Twain to Jon Stewart鈥�, Onion writer Kurt Luchs, Union Sandburg Theater, noon.
  • Mar 31: 鈥淗amlet鈥檚 Machine,鈥� Dr. Howard Marchitello, Rutgers University-Camden. University Union Lincoln Room, 7:00pm.
  • Mar 31: Q&A, Case Writer-In-Residence David Treuer. University Writing Center, 4:30pm.
  • Mar 31: Writing faculty meeting, Simpkins 020, 3:00pm.
  • Mar 25: EGO thesis roundtable. Simpkins 027, 4:00pm.
  • Mar 25: "Waiting on a Train" Author聽James McCommons to Give Honors Anniversary Address
  • Mar 24: Faculty search event, Simpkins 027, 3:00pm.
  • Mar 24: Journalism Beyond Print, Malpass Library 180, 11:45am.
  • Mar 15-19: Spring Break; no classes.
  • Mar 12: E&J faculty research group, Wine Sellers, 3:00pm.
  • Mar 11: NCTE meeting, Simpkins 025, 6:00pm.
  • Mar 10: Journalism Day - Todd Frankel, 鈥淏reaking Away From the Pack,鈥� University Union Sandburg Theatre, 7:00pm.
  • Mar 10: Faculty reading: Merrill Cole and Charles McLeod, Multicultural Center, 7:00pm.
  • Mar 10: Workshop by Todd Frankel: 鈥淗ow to Tell Compelling Stories on Deadline.鈥� Western Courier offices, Heating Plant Annex, 4:30pm.
  • Mar 10: EGO meeting, Simpkins 341, 4:15pm.
  • Mar 05: EGO presents "Critical and Creative Ekphrasis: A Symposium on Writing the Visual". University Art Gallery, 3:00pm.
  • Mar 05: Deadline to apply for 2010-11 department scholarships.
  • Mar 03: EGO meeting, Simpkins 341, 4:15pm.
  • Mar 01: Women's Art Exhibit, 'Honoring Our Mothers' Project Display and Reception (English Majors Featured)
  • Feb 25: Charlie Wheeler, Public Affairs Reporting Program at UIS, Simpkins 019, 11:00am.
  • Feb 24: EGO meeting, Simpkins 341, 4:15pm.
  • Feb 19: Faculty search event, Simpkins 027, 3:00pm.
  • Feb 18: NCTE, with Career Services guest speaker, Simpkins 025, 6:00pm.
  • Feb 18: Faculty search event, Tillman 301D/QC 114, 3:30pm.
  • Feb 17: EGO meeting, Simpkins 341, 4:15pm.
  • Feb 12: Lincoln鈥檚 Birthday; no classes.
  • Feb 11: Workshop: Using Western Online. Simpkins 321, 1:30pm.
  • Feb 10: Workshop: Using Western Online. Simpkins 319, 3:30pm.
  • Feb 9: Faculty search event, Simpkins 020, 3:30pm.
  • Feb 8: Faculty search event, Tillman 301D/QC 114, 3:00pm.
  • Feb 5: Faculty search event, Simpkins 027, 3:00pm.
  • Feb 5: Faculty search event, Simpkins 014, 11:00am.
  • Feb 5: NCTE Book Sale, Simpkins 025, 9:00am-3:00pm.
  • Feb 4: Workshop: Intro to Simpkins computer labs. Simpkins 321, 3:30pm.
  • Feb 4: NCTE Book Sale, Simpkins 025, 9:00am-3:00pm.
  • Feb 3: EGO meeting, Simpkins 341, 4:15pm.
  • Feb 3: Workshop: Intro to Simpkins computer labs. Simpkins 319, 3:30pm.
  • Feb 3: NCTE Book Sale, Simpkins 025, 9:00am-3:00pm.
  • Feb 2: Faculty search event, Simpkins 020, 3:30pm.
  • Feb 2: NCTE Book Sale, Simpkins 025, 9:00am-3:00pm.
  • Feb 1: Faculty search event, Tillman 301D/QC 114, 3:00pm.
  • Jan 29: Faculty search event, Simpkins 027, 3:00pm.
  • Jan 29: Faculty search event, Simpkins 014, 10:00am.
  • Jan 27: EGO meeting, Simpkins 341, 4:00pm.
  • Jan 26: Faculty search event, Simpkins 027, 3:30pm.
  • Jan 25: Faculty search event, Tillman 301D/QC 114, 3:00pm.
  • Jan 25: Deadline to submit essays for the Leland Essay Contest.
  • Jan 21: Our search for an assistant professor of world literature has been put on hold.
  • Jan 19: Classes Begin.

Faculty News

  • June 11: Congratulations to Bill Knight, selected as the 2010 Hallwas Liberal Arts Lecturer.
  • May 8: Four E&J professors will soon earn tenure and/or promotion: Roberta DiCarmine (tenure & promotion to Associate Professor), Mark Mossman (promotion to Professor), Amy Patrick (promotion to Associate Professor), and Erika Wurth (promotion to Associate Professor).
  • April 28: 15 years - Diana Allen, Kathleen Balderson, English & Journalism; 10 years - Clara Carrigan, English & Journalism, Christina Wherley, English & Journalism
  • Apr 28: Lisa Barr mentored three students for Undergraduate Research Day: Kaley Rowe, Julie Watkins, and Jesse Patridge.
  • Apr 23: Bill Knight鈥檚 Galesburg Zephyr newspaper column 鈥淚llinois can handle detainees鈥� has been named one of North America鈥檚 top 12 opinion pieces by the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editors.
  • Apr 21: Mark Mossman鈥檚 essay 鈥淎cademic Capitalism and the New Humanities MA鈥� has been selected for summer 2010 review by the PMLA editorial board.
  • Apr 16: Charles McLeod has been chosen "Best Professor on Campus" by the Western Courier.
  • Apr 16: Tim Helwig has been awarded a 2010-2011 short-term visiting research fellowship from the Library Company of Philadelphia.
  • Apr 14: Roberta Di Carmine has won the College of Arts & Sciences Award for Internationalizing the Campus.
  • Apr 6: Everett Hamner presented 鈥淒efining American Religion鈥� at the Young Scholars in American Religion Conference in Indianapolis.
  • Apr 5: Charles McLeod, Barbara Ashwood-Gegas, and Peggy Otto were nominated for this year鈥檚 Honoring Our Professors of Excellence (HOPE) awards.
  • Apr 5: Roberta Di Carmine published 鈥淭eaching Students to Challenge the Status Quo: Recognizing Oppression in African Film鈥� in The Councilor 71.1.
  • Apr 4: Dan Malachuk published 鈥淲illiam James at Chocorua: A Northern Forest Philosopher鈥� in Nature and Culture in the Northern Forest: Region, Heritage, and Environment in the Rural Northeast (U of Iowa P, 2010).
  • Apr 3: Merrill Cole has been awarded a Senior Fulbright Research Grant to Germany to develop his project, 鈥淟ust Murder Sex Dolls and Other Weimar Monstrosities: Anita Berber, Sebastian Droste, and Hanna H枚ch in Inflation-Era Berlin.鈥�
  • Apr 2: Charles McLeod has had three short stories accepted for publication: 鈥淪ettlers of Unassigned Lands,鈥� by South Dakota Review, 鈥淭he State Bird of Minnesota,鈥� by Michigan Quarterly Review, and 鈥淢icroclimates,鈥� by Post Road.
  • Mar 30: Mark Mossman鈥檚 essay 鈥淪ensation and the Body: Disability and the Victorian Sensation Novel.鈥� was accepted for publication in A Companion to Sensation Fiction, ed. Pamela Gilbert (Blackwell, 2011).
  • Mar 25: Chris Morrow presented 鈥淣ot So Happy Few: Anti-Militarism in Dekker鈥檚 The Shoemaker鈥渟 Holiday鈥� at the College English Association Conference in San Antonio. His essay also received 鈥淭he James R. (Dick) Bennett Award for Literature and Peace.鈥�
  • Mar 20: Carol Bollin chaired 鈥淪till Writing in The Centers: Reconsidering Current Practics in Writing Center Pedagogy鈥� at the Conference on College Composition & Communication (CCCC) in Louisville, KY.
  • Mar 18: Neil Baird presented 鈥淯ndergraduate Ethnographies of Digital Communities: Methodological Adaptation in Studies of World of Warcraft and Second Life鈥� at the Conference on College Composition & Communication (CCCC) in Louisville, KY.
  • Mar 18: Bradley Dilger presented 鈥淢utualizing the Mix鈥� at the Conference on College Composition & Communication (CCCC) in Louisville, KY.
  • Mar 15: Shazia Rahman has been selected as the College of Arts and Sciences鈥� Gonfalonier for undergraduate commencement.
  • Mar 11: Everett Hamner published 芒鈧揊ilmmaking Beyond the Film Classroom芒鈧� in Religion and American History.
  • Mar 11: Congratulations to our eleven faculty members who earned Professional Achievement Awards: David Banash, Merrill Cole, Roberta DiCarmine, Bradley Dilger, Everett Hamner, Dan Malachuk, Chris Morrow, Mark Mossman, Amy Patrick, Shazia Rahman, and Bonnie Sonnek.
  • Mar 4: English Professor Emeritus Janice Welsch to Participate in 10th Annual Civil Rights Pilgrimage
  • Mar 1: Bradley Dilger鈥檚 essay "Beyond Star Flashes: The Elements of Web 2.0 Style" was published in Computers & Composition.
  • Jan 12: Lisa Barr鈥檚 鈥淢issing Stories From The Streets: Why Wasn鈥檛 the Pittsburgh G-20 Police Riot Better Covered?鈥� was published in the January/February issue of The Humanist.