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Footnotes: The Department Newsletter

Volume 52 | November 12, 2007 | Number 12

FROM THE MAIN OFFICE

Mandatory 2007 Ethics Training
The online Ethics training continues through November 14 th. All University of Illinois employees are required to complete this training. http://www.etcc.il.gov/.

FROM THE GRADUATE STUDIES OFFICE

Fellowship Payment
Graduate students on fellowship for the Fall semester (8/16/07-12/15/07), will receive their last fellowship payment on 12/16/07.

Congratulations!
Hannah Bellwoar successfully passed her Special Field exam on Professional Writing (Prior, Ch.; Mortensen, Hawhee, Littlefield) on 11/7/07.

Christa Olson successfully passed her Special Field exam with Distinction on Rhetoric's of Democracy and Visual & Expressive Culture ( Hawhee, Ch.; Cintron, Mortensen, Prendergast, Finnegan) on 11/8/07.

FALL 2007 - Dates to Remember
Nov 17 - 25: Fall vacation for students
Nov 22 - 23: Thanksgiving Break (all campus holiday)
November 26: Instruction resumes
November 30: Last day to drop a second half-session course
November 30: Last day to elect credit-no-credit option for a second half-session course or to change from credit-no-credit option to a regular grade
November 30: Last day to take final exam for Dec. doctoral degree
December 7: Instruction ends
December 7: Last day to deposit Dec. master's theses December 8: Last day to add or drop a second half-session course with approval (a W is recorded)
December 8: Last day to add or drop a semester course with approval (a W is recorded)
December 8: Reading Day
Dec 10 – 15: Final examination period
December 10: Last day to change an I grade from spring or summer to prevent F by rule
December 14: Last day to deposit Dec. doctoral dissertations
December 17: Dec. degree conferral (no commencement)

FELLOWSHIPS

Gaius Charles Bolin Dissertation Fellowships – Academic Year 2008-2009
In 1985 Williams College established the Gaius Charles Bolin Fellowships to promote diversity on college faculties by encouraging able minority students to complete the doctoral degree and to pursue careers in college teaching. The Bolin Fellowships are one-year residencies at Williams. At least two graduate students from underrepresented groups are appointed each year. Fellows devote the bulk of their residency to the completion of dissertation work and teach one course as a faculty member in one of the College's academic departments or programs.

Named in honor of its first black graduate, who was admitted to Williams in 1885, the Bolin Fellowships will be awarded to graduate students from underrepresented groups who are working toward the Ph.D. in the humanities or in the natural, social, or behavioral sciences. http://www.williams.edu/admin/deanfac/fellowships/bolin.php

Eligibility: Applicants must be U.S. citizens and must have completed all doctoral work except the dissertation by the end of the current academic year.

Terms: The stipend for 2008-2009 is $33,000. The College will also provide health and dental benefits, housing assistance, academic support including office space and computer and library privileges, and an allowance of up to $4,000 for research-related expenses.

During the year of residence at Williams, the Bolin Fellows will be affiliated with an appropriate department or program, and will be expected to teach one one-semester course, normally in the fall semester.

Application: Candidates should submit two full sets in hard copy form (electronic applications will not be accepted) of each of the following materials, to be received by December 1, 2007: a full curriculum vitae, a graduate school transcript and three confidential letters of recommendation, a copy of the dissertation prospectus, preferably limited to 10-15 pp., and a description of teaching interests within one of the departments or programs at Williams.

Respond To: William G. Wagner, Dean of the Faculty – GCBDF, Williams College, P.O. Box 141, Williamstown, Massachusetts 01267.

Notification: Candidates will be notified of the Selection Committee's decision by early March, 2008.

Williams College is a coeducational liberal arts institution, offering undergraduate education to its 2,000 students. The College has built its reputation on a long tradition of outstanding teaching and scholarship and on the academic excellence of its students. Among the opportunities that Williams offers its students and approximately 260 faculty members are interdisciplinary programs and centers, including the Multicultural Center, the Oakley Center for the Humanities and Social Sciences, and the Center for Environmental Studies as well as extensive library and museum collections, state-of-the-art theatre and dance facilities, a center for information technology, and well-equipped laboratories. See also Williams College website (www.williams.edu). See file in 213 EB (Journals Room) for more information.

An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer

WRITERS NEEDED

Buzz magazine is hiring writers for print and online!!
We're looking for creative and dedicated writers to tell Champaign – Urbana what's in, who's coming, what's showing and why we should care. Writers especially needed for topics dealing with Arts, Theater, Music and LGBT. We love to feature a wide variety of perspectives, writing styles and article formats. Undergrads, grads, non-students, staff, aliens welcome.

Following deadlines and eagerness to work are musts. If interested, email tsafro@gmail.com with the following: 200-300-word magazine-appropriate writing sample on topic of your choice and story ideas on any topics you choose. Also, please discuss what you're interested in writing about, and put "Buzz writer" in your subject line.

Check us out on Thursdays inside the DI or on the newsstands and online at the217.com.

CALL FOR PAPERS

International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines (IABPAD) Conference
http://www.iabpad.com / iabpad_conference@suddenlink.net
Call for Papers (Deadline Extension)
IABPAD Conference, Orlando, Florida (January 3-6, 2008)

HOTEL INFORMATION: The IABPAD will hold its Winter conference at The Double Tree Hotel in Orlando, Florida. You can make reservations by calling the toll free number at 1-800-952-2785. The room group rates with breakfast are $ 105 (single), $115 (double), and $125 (triple). The group rate will be honored 3 days before and 3 days after the conference dates, based on guestroom availability.

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING DEADLINES:
1- Submission of abstracts, work-in-progress, or complete papers: November 20, 2007
2- All final-formatted versions of abstracts, work-in-progress, or complete papers for the Proceedings should be received on or before December 1, 2007
3- Registration: December 1, 2007

The group rate will be honored 3 days before and 3 days after the conference dates, based on guestroom availability.

Please fill the submission form and email it with your submission(s) to: Iabpad_conference@suddenlink.net. See file in 213 EB (Journals Room) for form.

ADDITIONAL BENEFITS: Continuing Professional Education (CPE). The IABPAD provides a form documenting certain hours of participation for participants seeking CPE.

Statistics Seminar: The IABPAD Conference organizes this session. It is designed to give attendees in-depth coverage of statistical methods for data analysis with applications.

Seeking Employment or Looking to Change Position: The IABPAD allows institutions the opportunity to post positions by using flyers. This is a special service to help you review and apply for vacancies. The IABPAD will provide the name of the institution, department, and contact person in the conference program if we receive the required information on time.

These conferences will provide opportunities for participants from business and related fields to attend, present their research, and interact with members from inside and outside their own areas of specialization.

Contact: Abdalla Hagen, Ph.D., Program Chair, E-mail: iabpad_conference@suddenlink.net.

LECTURE

The University of Notre Dame English Department 2007 Annual Joseph P. Duffy Lecture - Jewish Poetics
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
4:30 p.m. - Lectures
Hesburgh Center Auditorium

Michael Heller - (Independent Scholar, formerly of NYU) "Remains of the Diaspora: A Personal Meditation"

Hank Lazer - (Professor and Assistant Vice President, Univ. of Alabama) "Is There a Distinctive Jewish Poetics? Several? Many? Is There Any Question?"

Reception will follow at the Morris Inn
7:00 p.m. - Poetry Readings
Hospitality Room, S. Dining Hall
Michael Heller & Hank Lazer

Michael Heller is a poet, essayist, and critic, who taught for many years at New York University. Among his books are Exigent Futures: New and Selected Poems; Uncertain Poetries: Selected Essays on Poets, Poetry and Poetics; Knowledge; In The Builded Place; Wordflow; Earth & Cave; Living Root: A Memoir; and a libretto, Benjamin, based on the life of Walter Benjamin. His critical book on the Objectivist poets, Conviction's Net of Branches, received the Di Castagnola Prize from the Poetry Society of America. He is the recipient of many awards, including those from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and The Fund for Poetry.

Hank Lazer is a prolific American poet, scholar and editor. His twelve books of poems include The New Spirit (2005), a book-length work fusing Jewish and African American diasporic histories which was nominated for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize. In addition to his poetry, Lazer is a noted critic of modern and contemporary poetry. In 1996, Northwestern University Press published Opposing Poetries, a two volume collection of Lazer's essays on contemporary poetry ( Volume 1: Issues and Institutions and Volume 2: Readings). In 1997, Lazer and Charles Bernstein (co-editors) began a new series in literary criticism, Modern and Contemporary Poetics, for the University of Alabama Press. To date, they have published twenty-two books in the series.

Sponsored by the English Department, the Creative Writing Program, the Joseph P. Duffy Lecture Fund, and the Abrams Chair in Jewish Thought and Culture.

Contact information: Lynn McCormack, Sr. Administrative Assistant to the Chair, University of Notre Dame English Department, (574) 631-4702 Ph. or e-mail (mccormack.12@nd.edu).



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Footnotes Directory	Footnotes: The Department Newsletter Volume 52 \| November 12, 2007 \| Number 12 FROM THE MAIN OFFICE Mandatory 2007 Ethics Training The online Ethics training continues through November 14 th. All University of Illinois employees are required to complete this training. http://www.etcc.il.gov/. FROM THE GRADUATE STUDIES OFFICE Fellowship Payment Graduate students on fellowship for the Fall semester (8/16/07-12/15/07), will receive their last fellowship payment on 12/16/07. Congratulations! Hannah Bellwoar successfully passed her Special Field exam on Professional Writing (Prior, Ch.; Mortensen, Hawhee, Littlefield) on 11/7/07. Christa Olson successfully passed her Special Field exam with Distinction on Rhetoric's of Democracy and Visual & Expressive Culture ( Hawhee, Ch.; Cintron, Mortensen, Prendergast, Finnegan) on 11/8/07. FALL 2007 - Dates to Remember Nov 17 - 25: Fall vacation for students Nov 22 - 23: Thanksgiving Break (all campus holiday) November 26: Instruction resumes November 30: Last day to drop a second half-session course November 30: Last day to elect credit-no-credit option for a second half-session course or to change from credit-no-credit option to a regular grade November 30: Last day to take final exam for Dec. doctoral degree December 7: Instruction ends December 7: Last day to deposit Dec. master's theses December 8: Last day to add or drop a second half-session course with approval (a W is recorded) December 8: Last day to add or drop a semester course with approval (a W is recorded) December 8: Reading Day Dec 10 – 15: Final examination period December 10: Last day to change an I grade from spring or summer to prevent F by rule December 14: Last day to deposit Dec. doctoral dissertations December 17: Dec. degree conferral (no commencement) FELLOWSHIPS Gaius Charles Bolin Dissertation Fellowships – Academic Year 2008-2009 In 1985 Williams College established the Gaius Charles Bolin Fellowships to promote diversity on college faculties by encouraging able minority students to complete the doctoral degree and to pursue careers in college teaching. The Bolin Fellowships are one-year residencies at Williams. At least two graduate students from underrepresented groups are appointed each year. Fellows devote the bulk of their residency to the completion of dissertation work and teach one course as a faculty member in one of the College's academic departments or programs. Named in honor of its first black graduate, who was admitted to Williams in 1885, the Bolin Fellowships will be awarded to graduate students from underrepresented groups who are working toward the Ph.D. in the humanities or in the natural, social, or behavioral sciences. http://www.williams.edu/admin/deanfac/fellowships/bolin.php Eligibility: Applicants must be U.S. citizens and must have completed all doctoral work except the dissertation by the end of the current academic year. Terms: The stipend for 2008-2009 is $33,000. The College will also provide health and dental benefits, housing assistance, academic support including office space and computer and library privileges, and an allowance of up to $4,000 for research-related expenses. During the year of residence at Williams, the Bolin Fellows will be affiliated with an appropriate department or program, and will be expected to teach one one-semester course, normally in the fall semester. Application: Candidates should submit two full sets in hard copy form (electronic applications will not be accepted) of each of the following materials, to be received by December 1, 2007: a full curriculum vitae, a graduate school transcript and three confidential letters of recommendation, a copy of the dissertation prospectus, preferably limited to 10-15 pp., and a description of teaching interests within one of the departments or programs at Williams. Respond To: William G. Wagner, Dean of the Faculty – GCBDF, Williams College, P.O. Box 141, Williamstown, Massachusetts 01267. Notification: Candidates will be notified of the Selection Committee's decision by early March, 2008. Williams College is a coeducational liberal arts institution, offering undergraduate education to its 2,000 students. The College has built its reputation on a long tradition of outstanding teaching and scholarship and on the academic excellence of its students. Among the opportunities that Williams offers its students and approximately 260 faculty members are interdisciplinary programs and centers, including the Multicultural Center, the Oakley Center for the Humanities and Social Sciences, and the Center for Environmental Studies as well as extensive library and museum collections, state-of-the-art theatre and dance facilities, a center for information technology, and well-equipped laboratories. See also Williams College website (www.williams.edu). See file in 213 EB (Journals Room) for more information. An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer WRITERS NEEDED Buzz magazine is hiring writers for print and online!! We're looking for creative and dedicated writers to tell Champaign – Urbana what's in, who's coming, what's showing and why we should care. Writers especially needed for topics dealing with Arts, Theater, Music and LGBT. We love to feature a wide variety of perspectives, writing styles and article formats. Undergrads, grads, non-students, staff, aliens welcome. Following deadlines and eagerness to work are musts. If interested, email tsafro@gmail.com with the following: 200-300-word magazine-appropriate writing sample on topic of your choice and story ideas on any topics you choose. Also, please discuss what you're interested in writing about, and put "Buzz writer" in your subject line. Check us out on Thursdays inside the DI or on the newsstands and online at the217.com. CALL FOR PAPERS International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines (IABPAD) Conference http://www.iabpad.com / iabpad_conference@suddenlink.net Call for Papers (Deadline Extension) IABPAD Conference, Orlando, Florida (January 3-6, 2008) HOTEL INFORMATION: The IABPAD will hold its Winter conference at The Double Tree Hotel in Orlando, Florida. You can make reservations by calling the toll free number at 1-800-952-2785. The room group rates with breakfast are $ 105 (single), $115 (double), and $125 (triple). The group rate will be honored 3 days before and 3 days after the conference dates, based on guestroom availability. PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING DEADLINES: 1- Submission of abstracts, work-in-progress, or complete papers: November 20, 2007 2- All final-formatted versions of abstracts, work-in-progress, or complete papers for the Proceedings should be received on or before December 1, 2007 3- Registration: December 1, 2007 The group rate will be honored 3 days before and 3 days after the conference dates, based on guestroom availability. Please fill the submission form and email it with your submission(s) to: Iabpad_conference@suddenlink.net. See file in 213 EB (Journals Room) for form. ADDITIONAL BENEFITS: Continuing Professional Education (CPE). The IABPAD provides a form documenting certain hours of participation for participants seeking CPE. Statistics Seminar: The IABPAD Conference organizes this session. It is designed to give attendees in-depth coverage of statistical methods for data analysis with applications. Seeking Employment or Looking to Change Position: The IABPAD allows institutions the opportunity to post positions by using flyers. This is a special service to help you review and apply for vacancies. The IABPAD will provide the name of the institution, department, and contact person in the conference program if we receive the required information on time. These conferences will provide opportunities for participants from business and related fields to attend, present their research, and interact with members from inside and outside their own areas of specialization. Contact: Abdalla Hagen, Ph.D., Program Chair, E-mail: iabpad_conference@suddenlink.net. LECTURE The University of Notre Dame English Department 2007 Annual Joseph P. Duffy Lecture - Jewish Poetics Wednesday, November 14, 2007 4:30 p.m. - Lectures Hesburgh Center Auditorium Michael Heller - (Independent Scholar, formerly of NYU) "Remains of the Diaspora: A Personal Meditation" Hank Lazer - (Professor and Assistant Vice President, Univ. of Alabama) "Is There a Distinctive Jewish Poetics? Several? Many? Is There Any Question?" Reception will follow at the Morris Inn 7:00 p.m. - Poetry Readings Hospitality Room, S. Dining Hall Michael Heller & Hank Lazer Michael Heller is a poet, essayist, and critic, who taught for many years at New York University. Among his books are Exigent Futures: New and Selected Poems; Uncertain Poetries: Selected Essays on Poets, Poetry and Poetics; Knowledge; In The Builded Place; Wordflow; Earth & Cave; Living Root: A Memoir; and a libretto, Benjamin, based on the life of Walter Benjamin. His critical book on the Objectivist poets, Conviction's Net of Branches, received the Di Castagnola Prize from the Poetry Society of America. He is the recipient of many awards, including those from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and The Fund for Poetry. Hank Lazer is a prolific American poet, scholar and editor. His twelve books of poems include The New Spirit (2005), a book-length work fusing Jewish and African American diasporic histories which was nominated for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize. In addition to his poetry, Lazer is a noted critic of modern and contemporary poetry. In 1996, Northwestern University Press published Opposing Poetries, a two volume collection of Lazer's essays on contemporary poetry ( Volume 1: Issues and Institutions and Volume 2: Readings). In 1997, Lazer and Charles Bernstein (co-editors) began a new series in literary criticism, Modern and Contemporary Poetics, for the University of Alabama Press. To date, they have published twenty-two books in the series. Sponsored by the English Department, the Creative Writing Program, the Joseph P. Duffy Lecture Fund, and the Abrams Chair in Jewish Thought and Culture. Contact information: Lynn McCormack, Sr. Administrative Assistant to the Chair, University of Notre Dame English Department, (574) 631-4702 Ph. or e-mail (mccormack.12@nd.edu).

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