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Events
English/Writing
Career Fair
Friday, May 18, 6:15pm
McGaw Lobby & Writing Center
On Friday, May 18, the English Graduate Student Association
and Sigma Tau Delta (the English Honors Society), in
conjunction with the Career Center, are hosting the
"Careers in English/Writing Fair." The purpose
of this fair is to bring DePaul alumni, professionals,
and graduate/undergraduate DePaul students together
to discuss career possibilities for English, Writing,
Communications, and New Media Studies majors and minors.
Event Agenda:
- 6:15-7:30: Alumni Panel
Former MAE, MAW, and NMS students in fields ranging
from teaching to editing/publishing to freelance writing
will speak of their post-DePaul experiences and answer
questions from current students.
- 7:30-8:00: Resume/Strategies Workshop
Representatives from the Career Center will provide
tips for job-seekers and those interested in updating
their resumes and CVs.
Event Panelists:
- John Blake,
technical writer for End User Documents (outside professional)
- Jan Flood,
MAW, Instructor and Assistant Director to the Graduate
Programs in English at DePaul
- Allison Tyndall Locke,
MAE, Steans Center for Community-based Service Learning
and First-Year Writing adjunct at DePaul
- Bayo Ojikutu,
MAW, Instructor at DePaul and novelist / fiction writer
- Roxanne Pilat,
MAW, First-Year Writing adjunct at DePaul, corporate
writing consultant, and PhD student at UIC
- Ted Scholz,
MAE, English faculty at Robert Morris College and
graduate internship coordinator with DePaul
- Darren Trongeau,
MAE, First-Year Writing adjunct and athletic advisor
at DePaul
- Jane Wagoner,
MAE, chair of English at Wright College, former high
school teacher
Please direct all questions to Melanie Yergeau, Sigma
Secretary and EGSA Committee Member [myergeau@depaul.edu].
Research
Colloquium in English & Writing
Friday, May 11,
6:00pm
Richardson Library, Room 300
Sigma Tau Delta is hosting the first annual Research
Colloquium in English & Writing, a student conference.
Eight students, graduates and undergraduates, will present
the work they have undertaken during the past school
year, research from the fields of language, literature,
and rhetoric and composition.
Presenters:
- Chadwick Paulson, Abandoning Kleos: The Unstable
Hero of Modern Literature
- Erin Carsele, 'No Man Can Assess the Value of a
Woman Who Can Be Trusted': The Structures of Power
that Lie within the Three Marriages of Le Roman de
Silence
- Mary E. Hilbert, The Parenthetical Spree: Nick
Hornby's Use of Parentheticals in His Essays for The
Believer
- Steven Kim, Pay Up or Die: Healthcare's Contribution
to the American Nightmare
- Nikki Braziel, From the Genteel to the Real: Symbolism
and Perception in "An Episode of War"
- Rachel Azark, Edmund Burke and the War on Terror
- Colby Cuppernull, The Writer and His Worlds: A
Rhetorical Look at How Ernest Hemingway Establishes
Ethos in His Fiction
- Amanda Licastro, Reconstructing Gender in Shakespeare's
Twelfth Night
2007 Induction
Ceremony
The 2007 cohort of Sigma Tau Delta members
at DePaul will be inducted on Tuesday, May 1, 2007,
in the Richardson Library, room 400, beginning at 4:45
pm. Refreshments will be provided.
New and current members of the DePaul
chapter who will continue to be students at DePaul in
2007-08 will be eligible to stand for election as officers
of the society. Those interested should contact advisor
James Murphy at jmurphy5@depaul.edu.
Faculty Conference: Writing
Sigma Tau Delta will be hosting a second panel on Friday,
February 23, featuring writing faculty whose interests
concern rhetoric and composition, as well as creative
writing. Students interested in pursuing an MFA or PhD
are encouraged to attend and voice their questions.
Food and beverages will be provided.
Friday, February 23
6:00-7:30 p.m.
313a McGaw
Presenters
include: Christine
Tardy, Shaun Slattery, and Dan Stolar
Please direct all questions to Matthew
Dal Santo [mdalsanto@gmail.com],
conference coordinator, or Professor James Murphy [jmurphy5@depaul.edu],
faculty advisor.
Faculty Conference:
English
Friday, January 19th
6:00-7:30 p.m.
313a McGaw
DePaul's chapter of Sigma Tau Delta will
be hosting an English faculty conference on Friday,
January 19th at 6pm, 313a McGaw. Members of the DePaul
English Department will discuss their experiences in
graduate school and in their professional academic careers.
Undergraduates and graduate students interested in pursuing
MAs and PhDs are encouraged to voice their questions
about graduate and professional academic work.
Food and beverages will be provided.
Please direct all questions to Matthew
Dal Santo [mdalsanto@gmail.com],
conference coordinator, or Professor James Murphy [jmurphy5@depaul.edu],
faculty advisor.
See photos
of the first panel.
Potluck Poetry Reading
November 10, 2006
7:00pm
Location TBA - on or near Lincoln Park campus
Come out and meet the members of Sigma Tau Delta!
Bring a dish to share and something to read. We'll
be mingling, eating and taking time to hear the work
of our fellow members. This will be a great chance to
unwind before finals, compare academic notes and hear
what everyone has been up to!
October 20-21, 2006
The Theta Zeta Chapter of Sigma Tau Delta at the University
of Wisconsin-Eau Claire is hosting a regional conference
to celebrate its golden anniversary. The conference
will be held at the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Eau
Claire. Please visit their web
site for more information.
Movie Screening
September 29, 2006
5:00pm
Student Center, Room 313
Sylvia, a 2003 biopic on the life of the poet
Sylvia Plath
Refreshments will be provided.
Inauguration for new
members
May 9, 2006
Richardson Library
Rosati Room, Room 300
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