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Registrar's Insight on Incomplete Course Grades
A guest from the Office of the Registrar will speak on the topic of Incomplete Course Grades, familiarly known as "I." Explanation of the "I" policy, its intended use, and abuse. Question and answer period will allow audience members to ask whether an "I" is the right--or wrong--decision for their students.
Benefit for Flyway: Journal of Writing & Environment on Sunday, Nov. 8th
A benefit for Flyway at the M-Shop will feature music by The Bone People, a live auction, and a silent auction. Donations of auction items are currently being accepted.
The Sky Begins at Your Feet: A Reading and Discussion of Bioregionalism by Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Kansas Poet Laureate, Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, reads from her latest book.
"Myth, Magic, and Rhetoric in Ancient Ireland,” a Talk by Richard Johnson-Sheehan, 2009 Alumni Recognition Award Honoree
Dr. Richard Johnson-Sheehan, RPC alumnus and recipient of a 2009 LAS Alumni Recognition Award, will give an informal talk about his research titled, "The Mythology of Ancient Irish Rhetoric." Presentation with refreshments following.
The Early Bear Gets the Goose: Polar Bears, Snow Geese and Climate Change -- 2009 Errington Lecture by Dr. Robert Rockwell
The annual Errington Lecture brings leading environmental writers and thinkers to the ISU campus to honor the legacy of Dr. Paul Errington.
People I Wanted to Be, a Fiction Reading by Gina Ochsner, 2009 Alumni Recognition Award Honoree
Gina Ochsner, creative writing program alumna and 2009 LAS Alumni Recognition Award honoree, will read from her work. Presentation with refreshments.
Against Publication: Rethinking the Reward System Within the New Corporate University
2009 Goldtrap Lecture by Frank Donoghue, author of The Last Professors: The Corporate University and the Fate of the Humanities
“Against Publication”: A Roundtable Discussion with Frank Donoghue, author of The Last Professors: The Corporate University and the Fate of the Humanities
Afternoon Roundtable Discussion with 2009 Goldtrap Lecturer, Frank Donoghue.
Workshop: How to Use Department Websites
This training workshop will teach faculty, staff, and graduate students how the English Department websites work, including how to post the office hours and contact information that all instructors are required to post online. This session is planned particularly for new faculty and graduate students, but is open to anyone interested.
Please Don’t Come Back from the Moon & Other Stories : A Fiction Reading - Dean Bakopoulos
Assistant Professor of English, Dean Bakopoulos, will read from his recent work on Thursday evening, September 24th, for Eco-Voices: A Reading Series on the Environmental Imagination
English Department Fall Picnic
The English Department Fall Picnic will be held Sunday, September 20, 2009 from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. at the Walnut Shelter, Inis Grove Park, 2700 Duff Avenue, Ames, IA.
Electronic Rubrics: A Demonstration
Designed to assist instructors in saving time and enhancing communications with students. Demonstrations of Moodle-compatible rubric and grading using Excel and Microsoft Word's mail-merge systems.
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Fall Convocation
New Liberal Arts and Sciences faculty, staff, and chairs; newly promoted faculty; award recipients; and the 2009-10 Master Teachers will be recognized at the LAS Fall Convocation.
English Department New Faculty Reception
Reception to welcome new faculty to the Department of English.
Open House: Studio for New Media
The first fall Studio for New Media Open House will be held on Monday, August 24th, from 2pm until 3:30pm.
International Potluck to Celebrate the Career and Retirement of Dan Douglas
Join us at Moore Park to celebrate the career and retirement of Dan Douglas!
